SCIENCE

The threads that anchor mussels to rocks are almost as thin as hairs, but turn out to be surprisingly strong.

Snow may have once fallen on Mars. New evidence suggests snow, or rain, created some of the valley networks found on the planet.

A Norwegian town shrouded in darkness for five months every year has installed massive mirrors to reflect the sun and illuminate its town square.

You're much more likely to die from an injury out in the country than in a metropolis.

The agency said that it is now seeking input from the public, health experts and the tobacco industry before it shapes any policy.

Conditions at a warehouse belonging to Global Captive Breeders LLC were so bad that rescue workers later sought counseling. The owner and a former manager were charged with hundreds of felony animal-cruelty charges.

Dolphins living off the coast of Scotland responded to recordings of themselves, and of friends and family.

A virus, which has been called "the world's largest," was located by French researchers off the coast of Chile and recently in a pond in Australia.

NASA released its official photos of Earth. The photos were taken from Saturn (by the Cassini spacecraft) and from Mercury (by the Messenger spacecraft).

Fires are striking the Yukon Flats with more frequency than any time in the past 10,000 years, scientists say.

The CIA, along with NASA and NOAA, is exploring geoengineering techniques to reverse global warming in a National Academy of Sciences study.

Be sure to hold your nose if you meet any of these plants or animals out in the wild.

Fox revealed a trailer for the upcoming reboot of the "Cosmos" series, titled "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" at San Diego Comic-Con. Watch it here.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has already beamed back the first images of Earth from Saturn. The photos were taken on July 19.

The Cincinnati Zoo plans on breeding brother-and-sister Sumatran rhinos in a desperate attempt to save the endangered species from extinction.

Robots of the future may have smart skin covering their metal bodies.

Using a technique known as metagenomics, researchers were able to recover tuberculosis genomes from the lung tissue of an 18th-century Hungarian mummy.

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolted China's Gansu province, on Monday morning, killing at least 75 people and injuring more than 400.

A strong magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck China’s Gansu province Monday at 7:45 a.m. local time (Sunday at 7:45 p.m. EDT).

The major earthquake damaged buildings, cut power, and broke water mains.

Male free-tailed bats catch mates with song; chimps have long memories; King David's palace unearthed in Israel?

For thousands of years, humans have lusted after iced treats in the summertime.

A binary star system could be better for supporting liquid water on an orbiting planet due to a mechanism that reduces the heat of a young star.

Mosquitoes prefer to tuck into a nice meal of Type O rather than a dish of Type A.

NASA has kicked off phase two of its attempt to revive its out of commission Kepler telescope. The planet-hunting observatory has been shut down since May when it began having problems with its positioning system.

A recent study reveals that chimpanzees and orangutans can remember events that happened years ago.

CERN presented results from a recent experiment that confirms a prediction of the Standard Model, solidifying our understanding of how the universe works.

Some apes, such as chimpanzees and orangutans, can recollect their past just like humans can, study shows.

This weekend may offer a break from the extreme heat affecting millions across the nation.