Science

Millions of people will tilt their heads skyward on Monday, marveling at a total solar eclipse. The moon will cross...

Will the ground around Whitehouse Station, N.J., continue to shake in the coming days? Almost certainly.Indeed, several small aftershocks have...

With a total solar eclipse set to pass through the United States on Monday, it is easy to imagine a...

Bird flu outbreaks among dairy cows in multiple states, and at least one infection in farmworker in Texas, have incited...

On Feb. 26, 1998, hundreds of people gathered to watch a total solar eclipse.The crowd gasped as the moon gobbled...

In a rare occurrence, a trillion cicadas from two different broods are expected to begin appearing in the Midwest and...

On Thursday, astronomers who are conducting what they describe as the biggest and most precise survey yet of the history...

In 1817, James Parkinson expressed a hope about the disease that is named after him. He thought that at some...

The first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig has fared so well that he has...

Say the words “animal self-recognition,” and many scientists will think of chimpanzees, crows and elephants.For the first time, researchers —...