Researchers are trying to better understand how light pollution affects the endangered animals.

President Elect Obama could pick an actual scientist to head the Department of Energy.

In their last year of high school, Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao went looking for a solution to their town's plastic waste problem, and found one close to home.

Watch as 15-year-old Ann Makosinski explains how she figured out the voltage and circuitry necessary to facilitate her design.

This hot young scientist has created solutions to everything from helping communities survive a flood to helping his twin sisters learn how to ride their bikes.

New report finds that women start dropping out of the sciences as soon as they graduate from high school.

Lego's new set features a paleontologist, an astronomer and a chemist — all of them female.

Three high schoolers each took home $150,000 at Intel Science Talent Search.

From atoms to stardust, these books get kids familiar with some of science's most fascinating terms and concepts.

Former surfing champion Ashley Lloyd Thompson is making waves in the world of surfboard shaping.

'Bill Nye Saves the World' will dispel myths and anti-scientific rhetoric on everything from climate change to GMOs.

The Science Guy is back, just in time to 'Save the World' with verifiable facts and guest stars like Alton Brown.

A group of stick spiders in Hawaii evolves into the same three 'ecomorphs' every time it colonizes a new island or region.

A cat's attraction to catnip has to do with a natural chemical compound in the plant called nepatalactone that also may help advance cancer research.

Dubbed the 'flying bulldog,' this extremely rare bee has been lost to science since 1981.

Things you otter know about these charismatic mammals found around the world.

Nearly 700 feet (more than 200 meters) under the Svartisen glacier in northern Norway, researchers are huddled together underground.

These caves may be beautiful, but they are often unstable and dangerous to explore due to persistent glacial motion and melting.

These glacial gifts offer a glimpse into our prehistoric and cultural past.

Irish teen Fionn Ferreira won the 2019 Google Science Fair for removing microplastics from water.

Scientists and artists have more in common than one might think. Many techniques used by artists are just as indispensable for scientists, who use interesting i

For centuries, art and science have informed one another, and the result has been some spectacular creativity.

These programs are designed for writers, visual artists and even musicians to take time off for inspiration.

Recent studies by two teams of U.S. physicists who are also on the hunt for the elusive Higgs boson (sometimes referred to as the "God particle") reinforced the

Leading coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson speaks at TED about the havoc humanity is wreaking on the ocean.

Two small studies found that when people gave money they were happier than those who spent it on themselves.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto's staggeringly diverse terrain, and scientists are only now starting to dig into what it could all mean.

Abraham Lincoln helped the country become the scientific and engineering powerhouse we know today, says Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Robot duels, gluttonous snakes and really long fingernails were just some of the oddities.

2015 was no stranger to shady science.

More than 250 earthquakes have struck the state's Southern border since New Year's Eve, and it's not the first time this has happened.

FDA bans 19 ingredients including triclosan and triclocarban found in antibacterial soap and suggests washing with plain soap and water.

Would you eat meat infused with seaweed? Scientists want to put it in your hot dogs and burgers.

The end of artificial preservatives may be near — thanks to the power of plants and phytonutrients called flavanoids.

Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a monster black hole larger than thought possible.

19 newly discovered dwarf galaxies are missing dark matter.

Scientists are studying new data from the Hubble telescope showing that planets with the density of cotton candy exist and they're called Super-Puffs.

Scientists discovered the oldest known material on the Earth's surface while studying a meteorite that landed in Australia 50 years ago.

Geometric crystal ornaments bring on the color, and they're easy to make too.

Novel generator uses harmless viruses to create an electric charge.

Junkyards can be fascinating, profitable and, too often, dirty and ecologically dangerous.

Xenobots are hybrids of living frog cells and machinery — a unique hybrid of organic and inorganic parts that can power themselves.

Scientists led by Frank E. Rheindt discovered new five new bird species and five more subspecies on three Indonesian islands.

The movie "Hidden Figures" is the story of the African-American trailblazers who helped win the space race. Now NASA is naming a building after one of them.

Volunteers can lend a hand, from categorizing whale songs to planting sunflowers.

Instead of synthetic insecticides, entomologist Rich Hofstetter is recruiting native fungi to protect forests from bark beetles.

It's hard to get a read on Polaris because it's too bright for our equipment. Plus, other cool facts about the North Star.

Think of making bread as a science experiment. ​But it all comes down to treating your yeast right.

The young female set a new speed record for her species.

Mad science? By combining the brains of two different species, one scientist hopes to create a hybrid bird which can be taught to sing.