A new archaeological find by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, otherwise known as the Penn Museum, proves it's never too late to come out of the closet.
Children diagnosed with depression at very young ages are very likely to suffer the disorder well into their adolescent years, if not farther, says new research out of Washington University in St. Louis.
Venezuela has yielded the remains of first new dinosaur species found in the north of South America: a creature estimated the size of a small dog, which mostly ate plants but likely also feasted on insects and other small pray.
There's a comet headed toward Mars and the last thing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants is any of its robot orbiters circling the Red Planet to end up the victim of a comet-particle impact.
SpaceX, the private space transport company led by visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk, is seeing its plans for a commercial space launch site in clearer focus, now that it's decided to build the first-of-its-kind facility in Texas.
Similar to the 1990 Kevin Costner film "Dances With Wolves," there's a unique wildlife program in Floria that could be appropriately dubbed "Hanging With Wolves, For a Price."
A Los Angeles County search-and-rescue team responded to a call last Friday and ended up pulling the remains of an estimated 16- to 17-million-year-old baleen whale from a resident's backyard.
An international team of researchers has combined three huge databases used to record the births and deaths of notable people and mapped the geographic migration of culture through history.
When it comes to serving up large meals with lots of calories, The Cheesecake Factory - which operates about 150 outlets throughout the world - apparently, er, takes the cake.
New research from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows the earth's earliest rocks and outer crust were likely lost to giant asteroids.
A single human gene associated with stress may be the secret link researchers have been looking for, in their efforts to predict those prone to committing suicide.
The instruments planned for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's next rover mission to Mars will be unveiled Thursday, July 31, starting at noon Eastern Daylight Saving Time, by way of a live broadcast on NASA Television and the space agency's official Website.
Four years after archaeologists overseeing excavation of the former World Trade Center site uncovered an ancient sailing ship, the mysteries of the old wooden vessel are finally unfurled.
The next so-called Supermoon, when a full moon occurs at its perigee - the closest point to Earth in its orbit - is due Aug. 10, which may make for a less-than-super annual Perseid meteor shower.
The flight program intended to get the United States back to the moon, to Mars and beyond might not be able to get off the ground itself, without more federal funding.
A new study from the University of California, San Diego has confirmed something that many in America's pet-friendly society likely will consider nearly as obvious as the nose on a canine's face: dogs get jealous.
An emergency science expedition has been sent to a remote region of Siberia, where a giant pit with a width of 80 meters, or just over 262 feet, has opened up about 19 miles from a strategic oil and gas region.
An effort to break California up into six new states is apparently on its way to a ballot in 2016, after supporters of the campaign have delivered more than enough qualifying signatures to the state capital in Sacramento.
Depending on your perspective, you could find the country's predicted climate shifts alarming and disruptive or refreshing, especially if you enjoy summering in Florida or California, but live a great distance from either.
