Despite some daunting setbacks, executives with the Thirty Meter Telescope aren’t giving up on their plans to build it on Mauna Kea, and are investigating the possibility the observatory could be ...

Emeritus professor Lucy Shapiro is the 18th recipient of the Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award, often called the American Nobel.

With heatwaves among Europe's deadliest climate hazards, a team of scientists led by CMCC has developed a prediction system capable of providing helpful information 4 to 7 weeks before summer, which ...

It’s not too late to bring greater happiness into your day-to-day living. Even among life’s daily challenges, happiness is a choice. It's up to you.

After conventional wisdom seemed to make peanut allergies worse, a 15-year scientific journey led to “landmark” recommendations that now appear to be reducing their incidence.

The ISS has “come into its own as a very sophisticated scientific laboratory,” says retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who ...

Typically, Halloween averages temperatures around 61 and 81 for lows and highs respectively. This Halloween is looking below average while the past 10 years have set record lows and record highs.

Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica with record-tying 185 mph winds, and its strength defied typical weakening factors.

The Hong Kong-headquartered hardware supplier remains serious about tackling climate change – and achieving results, ...

Nearly 60 years ago, the original Star Trek series ignited a dream in the public’s imagination: that one day, people would travel the galaxy in ships propelled by faster-than-light “warp drives.” The ...

A Florida wildlife advocacy group has filed a legal challenge against the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...