5 species named after a cursed explorer

August 14, 2016, 5:48 p.m. by Bryan Nelson

Do you feel like the older you get, the more time flies? You aren't alone.

August 14, 2016, 9:50 a.m. by Michael d'Estries

From knocking out the power grid to crippling communications, solar storms are beautiful phenomena with serious consequences.

August 13, 2016, 9:51 a.m. by Jenn Savedge

Here's how you can stop it.

August 12, 2016, 2:54 p.m. by Michael d'Estries

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have developed a self-healing fabric derived from the amazing biological properties of squid ring teeth.

August 12, 2016, 2:40 p.m. by Bryan Nelson

A recently discovered planetoid with an orbit unlike any other is probably not alone.

August 12, 2016, 1:47 p.m. by Mary Jo DiLonardo

He leaves behind his best buddies, a tiger and bear, at the Georgia sanctuary.

August 12, 2016, 1:13 p.m. by Bryan Nelson

Photovoltaic cells convert the sun's energy into electricity — but what if solar energy could instead be converted directly into liquid fuel?

August 12, 2016, 12:16 p.m. by Mary Jo DiLonardo

Adelinde Cornelissen of the Netherlands puts her mount before her medal race.

August 12, 2016, 11:53 a.m. by Michael d'Estries

Commonly found in pet stores, the pacu is a cousin of the piranha and native to South America.

August 12, 2016, 10:26 a.m. by Jaymi Heimbuch

Some of the Greenland sharks living today may have been born before the Mayflower set sail for the New World.

August 12, 2016, 10:09 a.m. by Noel Kirkpatrick

This mother bear can't look away even for a moment as her cubs slide down waterfalls in Katmai National Park.

August 12, 2016, 8:30 a.m. by Matt Hickman

Artist JR alters the city skyline in a monumental nod to non-Olympians.