SCIENCE

A new study shows how most of Antarctica’s ice shelves are melting from the underside due to warm ocean waters.

New Jersey fishermen sight a Great White Shark off the coast of Atlantic City.

What does a cat do after it goes out the cat flap?

The National Weather Service confirmed several tornadoes touched down in Maryland on Thursday afternoon.

Wild cheetahs didn't reach the record top speed of 65 mph, but they can accelerate on a dime.

The Myriad ruling might result in lower-cost breast cancer risk screening, but it could stymie biotech investment in other tests.

Researchers using new sequencing methods helped solve the mystery of leprosy's sudden decrease at the beginning of the 16th century.

Myriad Genetics' patent claims on isolated versions of the BRCA breast cancer genes were invalidated in a unanimous vote.

A recent study claims the Pacific Coast, mainly British Columbia, is due to experience a high magnitude, megathrust earthquake.

Daily antiviral drugs use may help intravenous drug users reduce their chances of HIV infection, according to a new study in The Lancet.

Astronomers have solved the mystery surrounding Mars' twice-daily temperature changes, with peaks during the middle of the day and at midnight.

Eyeball licking has become a growing sexual trend among teenagers in Japan that has led to the spread of diseases and eye injuries.

Astronomers at NASA identified 26 new black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the galaxies closest to the Milky Way.

A treadmill with nearly 13 years of service has reached the end of its tenure on the ISS, but there's already a replacement named after Stephen Colbert.

Long tracks on Martian sand dunes seem to have formed thanks to sliding blocks of dry ice.

At least 10 U.S. states are expected to experience the rare wind storm "derecho" as early as Wednesday afternoon. The 2012 derecho classified storm led to the death of 22 citizens due to power outages.

A new video captures the birth and death of supernova SN 2012fr located in the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy.

Europe's oldest mummy, Otzi, suffered a blow to his head before dying, according to a new study.

The city of Chicago has released a provocative new ad campaign featuring pregnant boys which it hopes will decrease their rate of teen pregnancy

Shark Wheel has invented a square wheel that it claims is faster, slides better, and works on water and gravel better than round wheels.

A team of Swiss astronomers discovered a new class of variable star in the cluster NGC 3766.

The National Space Society and India have agreed to collaborate on the creation of an international organization to generate solar power in space.

A medium-strength solar flare on Friday comes as the sun nears the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, raising worries about the vulnerability of the U.S. electrical grid.

Martian clay from a meteorite contained high levels of boron which is necessary to create RNA, a "building block of life," according to a new study.

Dr. Koji Ebersole and his team of doctors used 'infant superglue' to save 3-week-old Ashlyn Julian from a brain aneurysm.

The black hole at the center of the Sculptor Galaxy is apparently sleeping despite the high level of star formation activity surrounding it.

A new ultraviolet photo of M101, or the Pinwheel Galaxy, highlights the billions of stars that may be similar to our Sun.

New video captured in the Gulf of Mexico shows an iridescent giant oarfish that swims with an undulating, serpent-like motion.

NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory recently released footage of a 38-hour tornadic storm on the sun, a phenomenon known as "sun tornadoes."