A new, more detailed study of 1,000 distant galaxies explains why some gas-rich galaxies don’t produce as many stars as you’d ...

The surviving crew of the USS Frank E. Evans believed they were at war. But the names of their shipmates aren’t on the ...

A United Nations Committee is being urged to act on human rights violations committed by illegal loggers in Papua New Guinea.

Endocrinologist Creswell Eastman, who discovered the link between iodine deficiency and a range of health issues, has died ...

The 95th anniversary of aviation pioneer Amy Johnson's historic 11,000-mile (18,000 km) flight to Australia will be ... weather information and only basic maps to guide her over uncharted land ...

Scientists have unearthed surprising details about how our bodies handle insulin – the hormone that plays a crucial role in regulating blood sugar and ...

The 95th anniversary of aviation pioneer Amy Johnson’s historic 10,000-mile flight to Australia will be celebrated ... weather information and only basic maps to guide her over uncharted land ...

Long-range cruise missiles were once expensive and in the hands of the few. Now they are being reinvented at a fraction of ...

Barriers are high to development of mines and processing plants for vital metals needed for U.S. competition with China.

Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, ...