A new sandbar island popped up seemingly overnight off the coast of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

A new type of polymer — material made of long chains of molecules — inches along like a caterpillar when illuminated.

A NASA sounding rocket launched early this morning and lit up the skies over the U.S. East Coast with colorful clouds, ringing in an early July Fourth celebration.

The Great Lakes — Superior, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Erie — make up the largest body of fresh water on Earth.

Lake Ontario may be the smallest Great Lake, but its waters run deep.

Dr. Frankenstein, eat your heart out: Scientists have grown the pebbly green skin of sea turtles in the lab for the first time ever.

The iPhone changed the game not because of the technical details of the device, but rather as a result of its creators' imagination and courage.

A huge crack in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf is about to calve a Delaware-size iceberg. Here's a look at the gorgeous, yet collapsing, ice sheet.

A Kentucky Fried Chicken sandwich is now scheduled to travel into the stratosphere on Thursday (June 29) aboard one of World View Enterprise's Stratollite high-altitude balloon systems.

Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf is speeding up, indicating that a massive iceberg could break off, or calve, anytime now.

Ten years ago, the original iPhone hit stores in the U.S. and revolutionized how companies designed and built cellphones. Here are some of the technologies that the original iPhone and its successors have made must-haves for all modern smartphones.

The waters off the Oregon coast are mysteriously awash with strange, jelly-like creatures that look like translucent slugs, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Quitting or switching religions can impact adult children's closeness with their parents.

A tiny, paper-thin camera that has no lens could turn conventional photography on its head, according to new research.

Lake Huron has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes. It is the second largest by surface area and the third largest by volume of water.