SCIENCE

The Gulf of Maine is seeing a lobster boom recently, but scientists warn of the consequences of warmer waters.

Some agricultural techniques that speed production may have the side effect of reducing emissions, researchers say.

The mercury might be rising, but on Friday, Earth will be as far from the sun as it can possibly get.

Science fiction artist Ron Miller predicts the apocalypse, death of the solar system in photos.

Henry Liebman, an insurance adjuster from Seattle, caught a 39-pound rockfish off the coast in Sitka, Ala., in late June.

NASA's Curiosity captured Phobos, one of two Martian moons, rising in the night sky in its latest video.

After over 10 years gathering information on stars and galaxies, NASA has decommissioned its "galaxy hunter" spacecraft, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

Many invasive plants and animals can be combated with a knife and fork.

Elements that burn in different colors are a key ingredient of your Fourth of July fireworks display.

Pluto's two smallest moons, discovered in 2012 and 2011, now have official names: Styx and Kerberos.

The end of the Earth may happen in 2.8 billion years as the sun grows and heats up the planet causing the oceans to evaporate.

The live stream of supernova 2013df begins at 4 p.m. PDT, 7 p.m. EDT, on July 2 and can be viewed in high def.

India joins the US, China, Russia, Europe and Japan in successfully launching a satellite to aid its navigation systems.

An earthquake measuring 6.1 in magnitude hit Indonesia’s Aceh province on Tuesday morning, killing one and leaving two others missing.

A Russian rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome crashed and exploded within the facility seconds after its launch.

Death Valley, Calif., fell to 126 degrees after setting record high for June of 129.9 on Sunday.

Researchers believe there may be 60 billion planets that could sustain water or life orbiting red dwarf stars in the Milky Way.

Researchers may have discovered the process behind the formation of alcohol in space.

El Niño was unusually active in the late 20th century, possibly because of climate change, a new study reveals.

The organizers of RoboCup Soccer, a tournament of football-playing robots, believe they can beat human soccer players in a game by 2050.

From baking Bisbee, Ariz., to the crowded beaches of Southern California, the American Southwest is cooking this weekend.

Wi-Fi could help us see through walls; the only known wild American jaguar is photographed.

Astronomers have discovered that gas giant exoplanets, similar to Jupiter and Saturn, tend to stay close to their parent stars.

Brisdelle, which contains the same active ingredient as anti-depressant Paxil, got the stamp of approval Friday.

Astronomers discovered a new type of pulsating star in an eclipsing binary star system.

Math and science can be brought to life over afternoon tea.

In a recent study, a team of paleontologists discovered that the “parrot dinosaur” was a quadruped animal during its early stages of life.

The UK has tentatively approved a three-person IVF technique that could eliminated inherited mitochondrial disorders.

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached the edge of our solar system and is all set to enter interstellar space.