SCIENCE

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, spacecraft has produced an amazing series of photographs showing seasonal changes on Mars that include dry ice “smoke” carving grooves into the Red Planet’s sand dunes.

PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop using brominated vegetable oil in its Gatorade products, but what exactly makes the chemical unsafe?

Donor-advised funds have reportedly channeled money from the Kochs to groups that deny the link between fossil fuels and global warming.

A rare lynx sighting in Colorado has conservationists excited and the Internet wondering if it's a house cat on steroids.

Local authorities responded on Friday to a dolphin that was trapped in the Gowanus Canal.

A genetic comparison of dogs and wolves finds that man's best friend is better adapted to digesting carbohydrates.

The Discovery Channel on Thursday released what it says is the first video of a giant squid in its natural habitat. But is the video real or just another fake?

A new strain of the norovirus, better known as a stomach bug, originating in Sydney, is expected to wreak havoc on America as it has in other parts of the world.

After a few months of a relatively mild winter, on Thursday morning 12 states east of the Rocky Mountains saw temperatures fall below zero.

The death of Linda Riss Pugach, who was blinded in one eye from a lye attack ordered by her lover and eventual husband Burt Pugach, has piqued the curiosity of Internet users who are wondering: What is lye?

Divers managed to free a tangled dolphin off the coast of Hawaii, but many marine mammals aren't so lucky.

For the first time, scientists have shown that an insect navigates by starlight.

Of the three living species of this creature, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is at most risk of extinction.

Not all pooches and pups can rely on their fur to keep them warm in winter.

Deep Space Industries said Tuesday that it plans to start launching its 55-pound FireFly spacecraft in 2015.

A National Institutes of Health advisory group said that most of the nearly 700 chimps currently kept by the agency should be retired.

Dr. Oz, on the January 3 episode of his television show, discussed the miracle that is red palm oil. Despite the dubious medical claims, conservation groups are also voicing their concern of Dr. Oz’s recommendation of the supposed diet miracle.

The lumbering reptilian dinosaurs depicted decades ago are being replaced by more bird-like creatures.

Forty years after Roe v. Wade, scientists still haven't quite come to a consensus on the thorny bioethical issues associated with abortion.

Four-stranded DNA structures have been seen in the test tube but never before in the natural life of a human cell, until now.

This week marks the ninth anniversary of the rover Opportunity’s touchdown on a flat plain close to the Martian equator.

Creating a formula to designate a single day as the most depressing one of the year for everyone is silly pseudoscience, scientists say.

About 12,000 women in the U.S. are prone to cervical cancer each year. Though it was a second leading cause of death in American women years ago, today it is identified as preventable if detected early.

Feelings of loneliness not only weigh on the mind, but also can cause enough harm to the body to take years off someone’s life, according to new research.

The iron-hulled USS Hatteras was the only U.S. Navy ship to sink in the Gulf of Mexico as a consequence of Civil War hostilities, but, 150 years after it slipped beneath the waves, it can finally be seen again -- and in high-resolution 3-D sonar images to boot.

Goats represent more of a commitment than either bees or chickens, so it’s unlikely they’ll ever become as common as rooftop vegetable gardens.

Researchers found that three of four apps touted as skin cancer diagnostic tools are dangerously inaccurate.

While the attention will be on President Barack Obama during the 2013 Inauguration, NASA has announced that it will be participating in a series of events during this weekend. NASA’s plans include an open house, Star Party, floats in the inaugural parade and participating in the National Day of Service.

Why does alcohol ruin our well-made dietary plans? And does a calorie-laden breakfast actually help dull the pain from a night of revelry?