An ocean expedition exploring more than a mile under the surface of the Atlantic captured a startingly silly sight this week: a sponge that looked very…

One chart shows that it's as contagious as chicken pox and more transmissible than the common cold and the flu.

A widespread internet outage caused several major websites to shut down Thursday afternoon, including Amazon, Delta, Capital One and Costco.It's still…

Miles O’Brien argues that this space race can “help the rest of humanity along the way.”

Updated July 20, 2021 at 9:36 AM ETWearing a cowboy hat under the West Texas morning sun, Jeff Bezos crossed the bridge to enter the capsule made by his…

Where will people go when a changing climate renders their homelands uninhabitable and what can governments do about it?

Dr. Vivek Murthy is releasing the first Surgeon General's advisory of his time serving in the Biden administration, describing the "urgent threat" posed by the rise of false information around COVID-19 — one that continues to put "lives at risk" and prolong the pandemic.

The Perseid Meteor Shower is upon us, and will fill the night sky with streaks of light and color until August 24.

What accounts for the extraordinary rise of Amazon, and what does that rise tell us about ourselves?

Ticks aren't known as beach-lovers, so ecologist Dan Salkeld and a colleague were surprised when they found 180 ticks in less than a mile on a coastal…