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Your brain responds to the sweet treat using the same pleasure pathway addictive drugs use, new research shows.

Forty years after the country's worst nuclear accident, Three Mile Island could close. That's sparked a debate about the risks and benefits of this carbon-free energy source.

History was supposed to be made Friday when, for the first time, two female astronauts were scheduled to do a spacewalk together outside the International Space Station.

Authorities say dozens of spiny dogfish sharks washed up on beaches across southern New Jersey last weekend.

Studies that link genetic markers with disease focus largely on white European populations, and neglect other races and ethnicities.

Next Friday, March 29th an historic spacewalk will take place; Anne McClain and Christina Koch will step outside International Space Stat ...

"Nobody wants the spent fuel near them," said Don Hudson, who lives downstream from the defunct Maine Yankee plant.

For certain snappers, in fact, a market preference for plate-size whole fillets is driving fishermen to target smaller fish. For some wild fish populations, this can be dire.

 A panel convened by the World Health Organization said it would be "irresponsible" for scientists to use gene editing for reproductive purposes, but stopped short on a ban.

State environmental officials say thousands of dead fish have washed up in a New Jersey shore community.

Less than two weeks before the accident at Three Mile Island, a Hollywood thriller depicting the frightening scenario of a disaster at a nuclear plant hit the screens.

The new study concludes that only 8.5 percent of the guidelines are backed up by randomized controlled trials.

Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale hosted a public hearing to gather input for a special report looking into the state’s response to climate change.

NASA’s 2020 budget request for $21 billion includes significant funding to build systems and infrastructure to return to the moon b ...

‘What’s the point of preparing for a future if you won’t have one?’ said Philly’s lead organizer, Sabirah Mahmud, 16.