Science

LONDON — Charles Byrne never wanted to end up in a museum.Byrne, who stood at least 7 feet 7 inches...

A green-hued comet from the outer solar system is set to swing through Earth’s neighborhood in the coming days for...

With names like titanosaurus and giganotosaurus, you’d be forgiven for thinking that dinosaurs were the most massive animals to ever...

The storms that have walloped California in fierce waves since last month have left many communities cleaning up and digging...

Consider the oyster mushroom. It’s a mild thing, a pert, often creamy-colored whorl of fungus that goes well with thyme...

The only vaccine against H.I.V. still being tested in late-stage clinical trials has proved ineffective, its manufacturer announced on Wednesday,...

At first glance, you may think you’re looking at a picture of living crocodiles moving stealthily through mud. But the...

There is hope, however, that high-temperature superconductors could be used in the future to levitate trains over tracks, allowing them...

Federal regulators said Wednesday that they will begin penalizing nursing homes that give residents a false label of schizophrenia, a...

A handy explanation of some of the newer climatological verbiage.