A team of U.S. researchers observed an extremely rare quantum spin liquid in a new crystal, an ytterbium compound with the formula YbMgGaO4.
Step inside the world's largest scientific experiment, the Large Hardon Collider, in an exhibit at Queensland Museum in Australia.
A new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that the life expectancy among Americans dropped for the first time since 1993.
Will immortality become even possible? Singularity and transhumanism believers think so.
SpaceX canceled its Dec. 16 launch and moved it to January 2017.
Leonardo DiCaprio reveals the truth about climate change in his documentary, "Before the Flood." He met President-elect Donald Trump in his advocacy to curb climate change.
A new study suggests that eating a handful of nuts per day reduces the risk of heart disease, cancer and premature death.
Severe rainfall is expected to increase in rate and intensity by the end of the century if carbon emissions are not kept at bay in the United States.
About 25,000 snow geese died after they landed on contaminated water in an open pit in Montana.
DNA evidence found in human remains shows that malaria was present during the Roman Empire -- 2,000 years ago.
Scientists have found that a photon's shape affects how it is absorbed by a single atom.
Dozens of mental patients escaped the Mathare Mental Hospital in Nairobi, while the medical workers went on strike on Dec. 5.