SCIENCE

What could be done if a huge asteroid is heading towards New York City in three weeks? Answer is: “Pray,” says NASA chief.

The high rate of genetic anomalies that crop up in the fossil record suggests inbreeding was common among our ancestors, scientists said.

Researchers found a correlation between pubic hair removal and a sexually transmitted viral infection called molluscum contagiosum.

This year’s vernal equinox occurs Wednesday, at exactly 11:02 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or 7:02 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

The increasing proportion of parents that do not intend to vaccinate their daughters against HPV is "troubling," one researcher said.

Japanese scientists looking for what sparks a chanticleer's cry observed roosters under different light cycles.

Areas from Maine to Washington, D.C., should see freezing rain or snow starting Monday evening, likely lasting into Tuesday.

The pontiff's scientific background really isn't all that unusual for a member of the Jesuit order.

A physician and natural running advocate says research linking Vibram FiveFingers shoes to bone injuries is flawed.

Researchers looking at the genome of the white clover stumbled across a scientific pot of gold.

Fourteen adult HIV patients have been “functionally cured” with intense anti-viral treatment right after they were exposed to the virus.

For about 10 to 15 percent of new mothers, the "baby blues" develop into postpartum depression.

We may have the technology to feasibly resurrect the woolly mammoth, but should we actually reintroduce it into the environment?

Truth serums aren't magic potions, just drugs that alter your cognitive functioning ability.

Scientists say the data shows the Higgs boson candidate is behaving as expected according to theoretical predictions.

The newly elected pontiff lost most of one lung to surgery in his teenage years, according to press reports.

Scientists at the Council for Nuclear Research Wednesday confirmed that the particle discovered July, last year was a God particle.

Words like "light" can't appear in cigarette marketing, but two Harvard researchers say the message is getting through via color-coded packages.

There’s precious little data to actually say whether or not changing soda cup sizes will have any measurable effect on obesity.

A new study suggests that Neanderthals may have traded visual acuity for a slight decrease in social brainpower.

A test being developed in the U.K. looks for a combination of markers in the blood linked to Alzheimer's.

Powdered rock extracted by the NASA rover from the Martian surface contains some of the chemical building blocks for life.

Icelandic sagas mention a "sunstone" that could find the sun even when it was hidden behind clouds or just below the horizon.

India’s indigenous-developed medium range sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' failed to hit the target in its maiden test flight Tuesday.

Women who taken aspirin have a lower risk of getting the skin cancer melanoma, a recently study revealed of the drug.

At sunset, the sun's low position makes light travel on a longer path, scattering blue and green away from our vision.

Along with the soda ban, Bloomberg's three-term reign has produced health initiatives aimed at curbing obesity, smoking and hearing.

The quake was centered near the rural community of Anza, Calif., about 100 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

In the second volume of her annual report, Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, said antibiotic resistance is labeled a "catastrophic threat" that needs immediate attention.