The U.S. Navy's recent demonstration of its new laser weapon, designed to blast enemy drones out of the sky, proves that these systems no longer solely exist in the world of science fiction.

About 508 million years ago, a skinny, flat worm swam through the deep sea, waiting for the right moment to extend its 50 sharp spines and nab its next meal, a new study finds.

More than 500 million years ago, a worm swam in the ocean's deep waters, hunting for tiny prey that it could capture with its 50 pointy spines.

Move over, temperature spiral. A new animation shows what global warming looks like in more than 100 countries.

Scientists took DNA from Bronze Age skeletons to learn more about the origins of the Minoan and Mycenaean people, who built the first advanced civilizations in Greece.

A 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifact that looks just like a fidget spinner and that a museum labeled as a "spinning toy" for 85 years is actually — unexpectedly — an ancient weapon, curators told Live Science.

Southern Oregon's idyllic Crater Lake — snow ringed and shade dappled — belies its violent past.

A Cretaceous mantis fossil is helping scientists piece together how these insects evolved their prey-nabbing adaptations.

A medical school in Queensland, Australia, was the recent recipient of a big donation: a diseased liver that weighed more than 26 lbs.

In a new study, Tinder users had lower levels of self-esteem and more body dissatisfaction than people who didn't use the dating app.

A new study suggests that for some, an obsession with the "Harry Potter" franchise may signal something darker: a greater awareness of death.

The 110-million-year-old dinosaur, a nodosaur — a relative of the ankylosaur — was covered in spiky, bony plates known as osteoderms, but it had another trick up its sleeve to protect itself from predators: camouflage.

A baby boy in India was born with his own "twin" inside his abdomen — an extremely rare condition called "fetus in fetu."

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake hit Edmond, Oklahoma last night (Aug. 2) at 9:56 pm. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The remains of a 110-million-year-old tank-size dinosaur — so well preserved that a museum preparator said it looks like a statue of a sleeping dragon — show that this fearsome creature was covered in armor and spikes, and also used camouflage.