A new study found that certain antidepressants can increase the risk of contracting a fatal superbug.
Find out all you need to know about PC-KUS, a substance being heralded as a miracle cure for gray hair.
During Monday's repatriation ceremony, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials returned an illegally smuggled T-Rex fossil to the Mongolian government.
Everything you need to know about the 2013 solar eclipse, including live stream footage from Slooh.
Gray hair may soon be a thing of the past, according to a new study whose authors claim they have found a cure to the telltale sign of aging.
A heroin vaccine is helping rats kick the habit, and could be on its way for human addicts in the near future.
Both sides in the Syrian civil war have accused the other of using sarin gas, a potent nerve agent estimated to be 500 times as toxic as cyanide.
U.S. Doctors warn that Gonorrhea HO41 could temporarily be "worse than AIDS."
Sunday's Eta Aquarid meteor shower resulted in 30 to 40 meteors per hour.
Alaska's Cleveland Volcano -- aka Mount Cleveland when in a more sedate mood -- began erupting Saturday at 5 a.m. AKDT (9 a.m. EDT).
Here are a few things we missed this week: a bug-eyed digital camera, cannibalism in the shark womb, and tiny robots.
Scientists might actually have a professional incentive to avoid being funny in their published work.
A recent study found that commonly used lipsticks contain possibly dangerous levels of toxic metals.
NASA is soliciting haiku poems to pack onboard the Maven orbiter, which is heading to Mars in November.
Taking a charismatic species like the bald eagle or the gray wolf off the endangered list is a process fraught with tension.
Many scientists and teachers say Florida school officials and prosecutors are overreacting to a 16-year-old's botched science experiment.
As U.S. states mull Medicaid expansion options, a new study offers a mixed review of the short-term impacts of the program for low-income people.
The more material things teenagers want, the less they want to work, according to a recent study.
Researchers believe they are on the brink of finding a cure for the HIV infection.
Scientists have discovered "zombie worms" that can eat bones even though they have no mouths or digestive systems.
Breast implants may indirectly lower a woman's odds for surviving breast cancer by interfering with a doctor's ability to catch the disease in the early stages.
Researchers have compiled genetic atlases of DNA mutations associated with acute myeloid leukemia and endometrial cancer.
Across Africa, rhinos have been slaughtered by hunters who sell their horns to black markets in east Asia, primarily China and Vietnam.
By moving one carbon monoxide molecule at a time, researchers-turned-animators at IBM tell the story of a boy and his atomic pal.
Researchers at Stanford University have determined that 'Ata,' the tiny humanoid skeleton discovered in the Atacama desert, is indeed human.
Irish twin girls may have broken the world record for the longest interval between the birth of twins after being born 87 days apart.
Shooting a beam of infrared light at a bit of preserved hadrosaur skin may reveal some details about its color.
Usually the biological traces of schizophrenia can only be found in brain cells taken after death, but it may be possible to go through the nose instead.
The Citizens Hearing on Disclosure is presenting a congressional-style hearing on evidence of alien encounters and UFOs from researchers and eyewitnesses.
A cicada's legs are too short for it to scrub itself, but luckily, its wings are built to interact with dewdrops in a "self-cleaning" setup.