During August, our planet passes through debris strewn around the orbit of comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle.

The Icarus project is tagging animals for use as early-warning systems for earthquakes and other events.

The British-Dutch oil giant Shell said it was temporarily shutting down Europe's biggest refinery after a pre-dawn fire broke out at

Zambian authorities on Sunday said they had arrested three Chinese nationals and two locals found carrying pieces of rhino horn a

Researchers are aiming within the next two years to roll out an early warning system that can spot when toxic algae is appearing on hundreds of lakes across the U.S.

A neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein's brain and was the first to show that the brain's anatomy can change with experience, has died

Bawāna (India) (AFP) - Revered by most Indians, cows are at the centre of political battles and 'lynch mob' attacks, but they are being abandoned in growing num

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 m

The saddest, most frustrating moment in Al Gore's new climate change movie,

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A team of Rockfeller scientists have described how SSRIs initiate their action by targeting a particular type of nerve cell, a finding

Expert stargazers offer travel tips on how best to see next month’s solar eclipse.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court judge temporarily blocked a Los Angeles natural gas storage facility Friday from reopen

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