Gremlin-Like Creatures Rediscovered in Indonesia

The Large Hadron Collider will remain shut down until early summer as a major helium leak is repaired at a cost of $21 million.

In the first operation of its kind, doctors have used stem cells to replace a woman's trachea, the most recent in a string of stem cell developments.

Struggling amid the economic crisis, the power industry says energy will become more expensive in the future.

Lifestyle changes should come before medicine, says a researcher whose recent study detailed the benefits of statins for people with a low heart disease risk.

Bristol University researchers are ready to try a new treatment on humans to repair cartilage, the latest application involving adult stem cells.

Two groups of scientists have uncovered new planets in unprecedented ways, paving the way for a more in-depth search for life outside our solar system.

The government says that the state’s newly discovered supply of gas hydrates has the potential to heat more than 100 million homes for 10 years.

The United Nations is leading efforts to restore the city of Babylon, but experts wonder whether it sustained too much damage during the Iraq War.  

A study found that a change in diet did not alter mice’s ability to recognize one another’s scent, suggesting that odor could be as individual as DNA or fingerprints.

Eight men are finalists to participate in a 105-day isolation experiment during which they will live, eat, sleep and work inside a sealed laboratory.

Scientists have engineered an immune cell that can find and attack HIV, even when it mutates.

A newly published study has found that people at low risk of heart disease could benefit from taking cholesterol medication, though not everyone agrees treatment is a good idea.

The study of a cave formation in northern China reveals that the strength of monsoons may have played a large role in the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties.

On Nov. 8, 1895, German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen’s experiments with cathode rays led him to discover X-rays, a feat that earned him the first-ever Nobel Prize for Physics.

A fungus found on trees in the Patagonian rainforest has been found to produce, in certain conditions, the compounds found in diesel fuel.

The findings provide insight into the genetic makeup of non-European races, and may usher in a new era of individualized medical care based on genetics.

The new House will be without three champions of the space program at a time when several recent events have challenged NASA’s primacy.

A new study reports that dogs use some of the same mechanisms as humans to interpret human expressions.