Hundreds of people at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share the Nobel economics prize for work that underlines the importance of ...

Of the 202 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine this century, fewer than 70 percent hail from the ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

The Who played the final concert of their North American farewell tour Wednesday night, and from the sound of their closing speeches it might have been their last show ever. "I suppose, you know, it's ...

Iconic primatologist and conservation scientist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91 from natural causes, according to a statement from the Jane Goodall Institute, which she founded in 1977. Goodall ...

The federal government shutdown, which begins today, will have cascading effects across the nation and our economy. For one, it will pause federal programs and slow support for services that many ...

An American Airlines flight abandoned takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Sunday night after a cargo plane crossed the runway in front of it. American Airlines flight 2453 was ...

A stowaway was discovered dead inside the landing gear compartment of a North Carolina-bound American Airlines flight, according to authorities. The unidentified body was found in the main landing ...

Weaver ants’ feet have an incredibly strong grip—individual members of one species can, without slipping, hold an entire dead bird hanging off the edge of a table. And the mighty insects rarely work ...

Amir Amiri, an American citizen detained nine months ago in Afghanistan, was released Sunday and is on his way back to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced. "Today we welcome ...

Maintenance crews discovered the stowaway on an American Airlines plane Sunday. A stowaway was found dead Sunday in the landing gear of an American Airlines flight that arrived in Charlotte, North ...