Sarah Palin and other high-profile Republicans may be denying the science behind climate change now, but that's not what they were saying before.

Developments in Alaska may present policy hurdles for a possible presidential run by Sarah Palin.

Designer Emiliano Godoy's Snowjob Chair features a shimmering, silver cover made from post-industrial candy wrappers.

Sure you could bake some cupcakes, frost them pink and call them Valentine’s Day desserts, but you might want to be a little more creative when treating your

This image from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory may look like a space flower, but it's actually a planetary nebula.

Love can be confusing and heart-wrenching — but it can also be funny!

Has Astoria finally found a way to drive away pinnipeds humanely?

Pedestrian scrambles, an idea championed by Henry Barnes in Denver, stop the flow of traffic and allow pedestrians to cross the street in all directions.

Photographing the historic Venus transit of the sun is special enough on its own, but one space photographer managed to get NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in the

After blowing its first chance to orbit Venus two years ago, Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft is ready for a comeback in 2015, mission scientists say.

Consider this an Earth-bound travel guide to the solar system, places on Earth that closely resemble landscapes of other planets.

A big robotic airship could ply the skies of Venus for up to a year, giving scientists an unprecedented look at Earth's hellishly hot "sister planet."

In the Emoji Age, pencil-pushing may soon be a lost art.

Cohabitating doesn't provide the same health benefits for gay couples that marriage does for straights.

A federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the morning-after pill available to teens without a prescription.

Keeping sperm from being ejaculated may provide the key to creating a birth control drug for men.

The latest black hole discovery opens a whole new universe of not-so-big black holes.

A binary star system that got too close to our resident supermassive black hole paid the ultimate price.

Eco-publisher giving away copies of Riki Ott's book on the Exxon Valdez spill, <i>Not One Drop</i>, in exchange for donations to help in the Gulf coast relief e

Something seems fishy ... when asked about poor response to the disaster, the head of the Louisiana Coast Guard said: 'I'm just slow and dumb.'

Why are government officials still blocking journalists from documenting the Gulf oil spill? What are they hiding, and why is Obama letting it happen?

The answer, it turns out, is simple: BP didn't want workers to be disturbed by "false alarms."

Greenpeace ship blocked en route to protesting new oil find off the coast of Greenland.

A '100% self-supporting housing solution for the post-oil world,' the Oil Silo Home concept makes use of the thousands of oil storage units that will inevitably

It's just not possible to feed meat to the 7 billion (and growing) people on planet Earth.

Kermit pops into ‘Saturday Night Live’ to discuss the school lunch standards.

America does not grow enough fruits and vegetables to satisfy USDA recommendations for all citizens. This infograhic makes the argument easy to understand.

The USDA wants to set nutritional standards for snacks sold in vending machines, "a la carte" lunch lines and school stores.

The outgoing USDA deputy secretary receives a heartfelt letter signed by Alice Waters, Marisa Tomei, Robyn O’Brien and many more.

In Mexico, a drug cartel is extorting money from avocado producers and killing those who won’t pay. There’s no perfect way to avoid buying them.

The projections paint an unsettling picture of New York's future: A city where by the 2050s, 800,000 people could be living in a flood zone.

If a small chunk of ice currently plugging the edge of an ice sheet in Antarctica were to melt, it could release massive amounts of ice into the ocean.

A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows how many coastal cities are vulnerable to chronic flooding — and how many will be underwater.

The flower flower motif-stamped Los Angeles masterpiece is set to reopen as a museum following renovations.

The Institute of Medicine has raised the amount of potatoes, corn and peas it recommends you eat each week.

If you want to get the most nutrients out of your veggies, don't worry about gaining polyphenols or losing nutrients. Just eat them.

Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas's new book 'Land of Giants' chronicles some of the last days of this towering gentle giant.

Annual Koch Institute exhibition explores the thought-provoking and stunning visuals behind life sciences and biomedical research at MIT.

The cuddly duo — a boy and a girl born at the Hellabrunn Zoo on Dec. 9 — explore their enclosure with their mom, Giovanna.

Astronomers use infrared "eyes" to shed light on these enigmatic cosmic structures.

Video: Robots help surgeons transcend human limits.

Obama steals a play from the Reagan/Bush playbook, and hopes for the opposite result.

Garbage science isn't rocket science. Each of us throws away a ton of stuff every year. Literally. The problem, and why it's only getting worse.

The annual Olvera Street blessing of the animals was held on March 31 in Los Angeles.

The ancient Romans saw 'Pluto's Gate' in what is now modern-day Pamukkale in Turkey as the entrance to the underworld. Now we know how it worked.

From headaches to anxiety, your aches can be eased using this ancient Chinese healing method.

If you know what to look for, you can find wild plants that will calm a fever, freshen your breath or make a lovely cup of tea.

The Indian long pepper's use in traditional medicine dates back thousands of years.

What if they built electric vehicles (EVs) and there was no place to plug them in? That’s been the chicken-and-egg conundrum keeping EVs off the market in mod

The Honda CR-Z is the newest hybrid to hit the streets of America.