Can the cruise industry hit its carbon-neutral targets? A new generation of ultra-low emission vessels may hold the answer.

The virus is widely circulating in white-tailed deer. Until now, no humans are known to have been infected by deer.

World famous climbers give back to the local Nepali community through mountaineering training at the Khumbu Climbing Center.

A buzz that rocked the state all summer sent geologists on a labyrinthine chase—and unearthed new mysteries about how energy ...

By Mary Anne Potts; Photograph courtesy Red Bull Photo Files New York City is a lot of things—outdoors hot spot is not generally one of them. Last night, however, there was no cooler place to be than ...

Not only do women get more migraines than men, but a new study shows they also experience them for a longer duration.

Moon dust is sharp, corrosive, and potentially fatal. NASA’s new electric force field shield is designed to blast it away.

Once dismissed as sticks and forgotten in a museum, the 5,000-year-old tools show prehistoric people hunted whales far from ...

Scientists are using lasers, satellites and even sound to determine what is falling from the sky—but the best tool may still ...

When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people ...

Preserved by dry, cool air and darkness, the cheetah mummies are offering scientists DNA insights into a lost population and ...