A cow in Alabama recently tested positive for the neurological disorder commonly known as mad cow disease.

Elon Musk recently announced on Twitter that he had received "verbal government approval" for his Boring Company to build a superfast Hyperloop transit system that would take people from New York to Washington, D.C., in just under 30 minutes.

A 9-year-old boy hiking in the Las Cruces desert in New Mexico recently tripped over what is now thought to be a 1.2-million-year-old Stegomastodon skull.

Scientists once thought that sleep was a time when a person's brain and body shut down for the night. But now, researchers know that sleep is a highly active time.

The culture of Mexico varies widely throughout the country, but traditions are highly valued.

Selenium supplements are taken by people who want to prevent cancer, heart disease, memory loss and diabetes. But does taking selenium work? Here's a look at what the science says.

Even though both look like tinted shades, eclipse viewers are very different from ordinary sunglasses, because they filter out far more light.

Scientists are hoping to develop better treatments for nerve-gas poisoning by sending their experiments into space. Here's how this helps.

Space archaeologists want to understand the "microsociety" of astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

The evidence could tell archaeologists where to look for an influential monastery.

Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass and his team say they've found evidence of a tomb that could belong to King Tut's wife.

Space watchers have seen footballs, mini-soccer balls and water balls float through the International Space Station — but never a drone ball. New footage of a Japanese robot on YouTube shows it hovering and skittering around the Destiny laboratory.

A Facebook user in Malaysia captured images of a worm with a head like a mustache.

On the two-year anniversary of the New Horizons probe's flyby of Pluto, mission scientists unveiled two detailed global maps of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon.

People with Alzheimer's disease may have higher levels of bacteria in their brains compared to people without the condition, a small new study suggests.