Science

BLACKSBURG, Virgina –Researchers at Virginia Tech say man’s best friend may also be one of nature’s best defenses against an invasive pest.For the first time, a study shows that pet dogs could help st[...]

Gabbard on aliens: "continuing to look for the truth"Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard plays coy about government knowledge of UFO, but says she will continue to "look for the truth" in [...]

Four crew members who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this year to relieve two astronauts who wereleft strandedby a beleaguered space capsule returned to Earth on Saturday. [...]

Scientists say a species of bacteria rewrites the history of when an infectious and potentially deadly disease first arrived in the Americas.And it was long before the arrival of European explorers.Re[...]

Scientists say that they have formulated a way to help people in stressful and demanding work environments track their brainwaves and brain usage — an electronic tattoo device, or "e-tattoo," on the p[...]

A team of scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study School of Natural Sciencesin Princeton, New Jersey,might have found a newdwarf planet, potentially leading to more evidence of a theoretic[...]

Oceans around the globehave become darker over the last two decades, leaving researchers fearful for their marine inhabitants, according to a new study.Professor Thomas Davies of the University of Ply[...]

An underwater volcano off theOregon coastcould erupt late this year, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial Seamount, is more than 4,900 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean and 300 miles off the [...]

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.TheEuropean Union SpaceSurveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, bas[...]

Cracking the dolphin code.Dolphins are one of the smartest animals on Earth and have been revered for thousands of years for their intelligence, emotions and social interaction with humans.Now Google [...]