The endangered California condor, the largest land bird in North America, is set to fly the skies again over the Golden State's Redwood Coast, after more than a 100-year absence
Researchers say they've finally solved the decades-old mystery behind a suspicious sound that baffled scientists for years because it's similar to duck quacking and, thanks to sonar technology, has been heard every winter in the waters off Antarctica since the 1960s.
Differences between the sexes started taking shape about 180 million years ago. That, say researchers from Switzerland and Australia, is the approximate time when there was a biological split between females, which have two X sex chromosomes, and males, which sport one X and also one Y chromosome.
About 24,000 pounds of chicken tenders sold under the "Sugar Lake Farms" brand by Prime Pak Foods of Gainesville, Ga., have been recalled because of misbranding and the use in the product formula of known allergens not declared on the product label.
Commercial space transport company SpaceX, or, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, has released a drone-recorded video footage showing a test version of an Falcon 9 rocket stage, fitted with landing gear, successfully blasting off and then safely setting back down on the same launch pad.
To mark this year's Earth Day, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is encouraging as many people as possible to participate in its #Global Selfie event April 22.
Biofuels like ethanol, made from the byproducts of harvested corn, are worse than gasoline for global warming, claims a new analysis by the federal government released in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change.
A woman who took part in ground-breaking research in which scientists used her own cells to engineer a lab-grown vagina has told reporters how the procedure changed her life.
Sometime in the future, getting it to rain over a specific region may be as straightforward as turning on a water faucet, or, more to the point, firing a laser beam.
California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, widely known as simply SpaceX, is claiming a partial victory in its ongoing quest for a recoverable --- and reusable --- rocket.
Russia has apparently been hit by another fireball from space. Whether it was in fact a meteor, a piece of space junk falling the the planet or a total creation of some video producer still needs to be determined.
New research from King's College London says children who are bullied can suffer adverse related effects throughout their lives --- and Gary Molina, a teaching assistant from Rosemead, Calif., a Los Angeles suburb, wonders why the study is generating so much national attention.
In a time when just about anyone with a handheld device can capture high-quality digital images and audio recordings, researchers from Arizona and the United Kingdom think it's time their scientific colleagues re-consider how they capture biological specimens.
Peruvian authorities have ordered the evacuation of 4,000 people living near the Ubinas volcano, which regional news outlets report has been spewing ash clouds, some up to 2 miles high, since March 29.
In a sexual role-reversal first, researchers say they've discovered female cave-dwelling insects from Brazil that have penis-like organs and their male counterparts, which apparently have vaginas.
The age of throw-away plastic computers, cell phones and other devices is taking greater shape today, with researchers from the University of Iowa and New York University announcing a new, inexpensive method for accessing stored data.
Beards continue to grow in popularity --- which may mean they may soon be cut out of the fashion mix, suggests a new study of female preferences from the University of New South Wales in Australia.
For all the media attention spent these days on the development of robotic technology, less than half of all Americans say they would actually want to ride in a driver-less vehicle and 65 percent wouldn't trust automatons to care for the sick or elderly.
