Science

December 30, 2011 never happened in Samoa. The island nation in the South Pacific skipped this day, to move ahead into a different time z ...

Federal regulators released a report that revealed just how close the city came to catastrophe after the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery explosion in June.

Black applicants to a prestigious research grant program at the National Institutes of Health are awarded funding at a significantly lower rate than their white peers.

Years after Mary Lee appeared, and following the brief blip of Miss May in July, there’s a new great white shark to track. His name is Shaw.

Walgreens is testing out delivery from store to door by drone in Virginia, and UPS won approval to expand air delivery of medical supplies.

Dairy farmers can go to this online catalog and pick a bull, and the company will ship doses of semen to impregnate their cows.

Cars have played a fundamental role in changing our modern lives — where we live, where we work, the shape of our communities, and how ...

Like clockwork, the monarch butterfly migration season along the Jersey Shore is heating up.

Only 15 women have participated in spacewalks, and all were accompanied by men.

Derrick H. Pitts has been named one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science.

Saturn pulls ahead of Jupiter in the number of moons detected – current score: 82 to 79 Researchers recently announce ...

Agency blocks the 120-mile interstate project from obtaining crucial permits once more

A new report from the National Audubon Society says Pa.'s ruffed grouse and N.J.'s American goldfinch could disappear.

Every culture, workplace, group, and family has its norms — its standards, the way things are done. Norms govern everything from relati ...

Scientists have released the most detailed look yet at how the U.S. government helps residents retreat from flood-prone areas. Climate change is making such questions urgent.