Science

Cicadas, the noisy but rather tame insects that spend most of their lives underground, are poised...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — What do Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Paul McCartney and Justin Bie...

PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double...

REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) — About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star...

Has bird flu already killed hundreds, if not thousands of penguins in Antarctica?

Scientists on March 20 unveiled a 16 million-year-old fossil skull unearthed in Peru of a river d...

PARIS (Reuters) — The spread of bird flu to an increasing number of species and its widening geog...

The government’s newly established headquarters for promoting volcanic observation and research c...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — While most people speak only one language or perhaps two, some are profici...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Research in the expanding field of space medicine has identified many ways...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens...

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain’s Astronomer Royal Martin Rees said sending people into space when rob...

ORTUCCHIO, Italy (Reuters) — A space center in the heart of Italy is set to host the main control...

BUDAPEST (AP) — Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands su...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — There definitely were no Muppets during the Permian Period, but there was ...