The same amount of calories eaten may result in more or less fat storage, depending on the time of day that you consume it.
Pairs of dolphins appear to copy signature "whistles" emitted by the other, suggesting these vocalizations could be akin to names.
The most powerful men in Silicon Valley have joined forces to sponsor the most lucrative annual prize in the history of science.
W49B is an unusually shaped supernova remnant that scientists think might have a new black hole at its core.
The elusive Higgs boson particle that was discovered by the Large Hadron Collider last year could unlock many of science’s most difficult questions. The mass of the Higgs boson could also hold the answer to the end of the universe, but don't worry; we've got billions of years.
Scientists trace South African climate history by studying layers of fossilized urine left by generations of rock hyraxes.
Scientists make the case for using a bit of sweetener to introduce children to vegetables.
The largest general scientific conference in the world offers a glimpse into many different worlds of cutting-edge research.
A Texas woman bagged a one-in-70-million-opportunity when she delivered two sets of identical twins in a Houston hospital on the Valentine’s Day.
The meteor that exploded over the Ural Mountains in central Russia Friday was the largest to hit Earth in 100 years, NASA said.
Some pretty illustrious people have participated in Reddit’s IAmA sessions during the past few months, but Sunday may have seen the most bizarre -- and interesting -- question-and-answer session in the feature’s history as Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield replied to queries while in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station.
Balancing accelerated food production with sustainability is a tricky act, but some scientists think aquaculture can pull it off.
A meteor’s flight across Russia, and word that a DA14 asteroid would narrowly avoid hitting earth Friday, has coincided with the publication of new evidence indicating the meteorite that hit earth millions of years ago wiped out the dinosaurs much faster than originally thought.
Scientists had long suspected that the cosmic rays hitting our planet come from the violent deaths of stars, but now there's proof.
News of a meteor exploding over Russia made international headlines the same day that California residents reported seeing a fireball flying overhead on Friday.
NASA said the meteor explosion was a "once in a century event" as 20,000 emergency responders converged on the area.
Scientists aim to figure out why heirloom tomatoes taste good, then breed that quality back into the mainstream.
Results from a big international test, expected later this year, will help gauge the state of the gender gap in science education.
Scientists say the asteroid 2012 DA14 that passed close to Earth on Friday and the fireball over Russia are not connected.
More than 1,000 people were injured early Friday morning when a meteor rocketed across the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, but astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson warned that the damage could be much worse in the future.
With the small near-Earth asteroid flyby on Feb. 15 and the meteor that broke apart over Russia on the same day, space objects crashing into Earth is a hot topic. To protect the earth, scientists have created a hypothetical asteroid defense system using lasers.
A woman has died of the H5N1 avian flu in China, but there's a worrying twist: She had not been in contact with birds.
Dramatic video shows a meteor bursting in the sky on Friday, the same day a newly discovered asteroid is expected to come close to Earth.
The small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby Friday may be one for the record books. There are many ways to watch the historic event online.
Babies as young as seven months old can pick up on the subtle cues that differentiate the grammatical structures of languages.
A 25-year-old loggerhead turtle can swim freely again thanks to prosthetic rubber paddles attached to a vest.
The emu is Australia’s national bird and an important symbol for the country.
2012 DA14 will pass within 17,200 miles of Earth's surface on Friday -- a distance more than twice the diameter of our planet.
The answer, based upon research by scientists, may surprise you.
May bought 155 acres of land in the village of Bere Regis that he intends to convert into an “ecological sanctuary” for wildlife.
