Americans needn't avoid Europe just because the dollar is in the dumps. Spring offers a less touristy experience, good weather, and more bang for the buck.
The introduction of the electric refrigerator in 1929 spelled the end of most annual ice harvests, but not all—as a town in upstate New York demonstrates each year.
You can put away your bib—or your protest sign—now. As of yesterday, Bubba, the colossal crustacean at a Pennsylvania seafood market, isn't going to pot.
Burmese pythons add 40 percent to their hearts' muscle mass within 48 hours of feeding, according to new research, which found that the process is fully reversible.
Four tiger cubs born in Chinese zoos are slowly being introduced to the South African wilderness. The hope is they will to survive on their own before being introduced into sanctuaries being prepared for them in China.
Space fans, get your telescopes ready. Tonight the Rosetta spacecraft will make a flyby of Earth on its way to launch the first probe to land on a comet.
Tiny fossils found in October do in fact represent a new human species, and its smart but small brain could overturn decades of evolution theory, experts say.
Ancient artifacts unearthed on a college campus are prompting archaeologists to rethink theories about Native Americans' early presence in North Carolina.
CT scans of Tutankhamun found no physical evidence of murder. But they did reveal unusual features, including a broken leg that may have helped kill him.
It had enough force to blast a crater larger than 20 football fields. So where's the melted rock at this Arizona landmark? Now scientists say they know.
Colombia President Alvaro Uribe's request to Panama to build a road through the wilds of the Darién Gap has drawn fire from political and environmental leaders.
The time is now for rich nations to share cash, food, and knowledge with the hundreds of millions of people enduring extreme poverty and hunger, a recent UN report says.
A stream of scientific analysis confirms that water once soaked Mars, raising the possibility of life there. Now, scientists say they may know where to look for it.
The quake that triggered the December 26 tsunami has increased stress on nearby faults, making another major South Asian quake more likely, scientists say.
At the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, 67 bodies—mostly just severed heads—lay cryogenically preserved in liquid nitrogen, waiting for the day when science can reanimate them.
Infants can recognize a wide range of faces, even among races or species different from their own, but the skill diminishes with age, a new study says.
Scores of studies have shown that olive oil, which is high in "good" fat, may prolong life by combating coronary heart disease and different types of cancer.
National Geographic scientists confirmed Sunday that the massive swine, which was shot last June, did in fact exist. But he was a bit smaller than his legend, they said.
African elephants have been recorded imitating truck noises from a nearby highway. Scientists behind the discovery say elephants are capable of vocal imitation and learning.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light from two distant planets. The scientific first opens a new era in which scientists can directly observe the extrasolar worlds that orbit distant stars.
After decades of hype, speculation, and multimillion-dollar laboratory research, the long-promised nanotechnology revolution is finally coming to a store near you.
For the first time, scientists have extracted what appears to be soft tissue from a dinosaur. The meaty-looking tissue seems to contain blood vessels and cells.
With efforts to reinsert her feeding tube exhausted, Florida brain damage victim Terri Schiavo will die in days. But she will not feel pain, neurologists say.
South African government officials say plans to use tourism as an economic development tool to empower disenfranchised communities are starting to bear fruit.
A magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck near the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Monday, initially raising fears that another deadly tsunami could ripple across the region.
For years a ray-gun-like sound baffled ocean scientists, until it was linked to dwarf minke whales. But is it a seduction song, a warning, or something else?
People with FASPS, a rare sleep disorder, have body clocks that are out of sync with most of the world. Researchers say they've traced a genetic culprit.
People with FASPS, a rare sleep disorder, have body clocks that are out of sync with most of the world. Researchers say they've traced a genetic culprit.
The report card has arrived from the largest ever scientific analysis of Earth's environmental health, and many ecosystems are simply not making the grade.
Paleontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of an ancient, chipmunk-size mammal with enormous forearms. The find could alter ideas about early mammal evolution.
