A small uncrewed spacecraft is buzzing the moon, with under two weeks remaining before its bold attempt to land on the lunar ...

Fruit flies are invaluable for scientific research due to their 77% gene similarity to humans, making them ideal for space ...

The Philippine Mars' final flight ended in Lake Pleasant, Arizona, where the aircraft will be displayed. See photos of the ...

Nick Paumgarten on saving a species. Plus: the fracturing of conservative Christians; a film-critic legend on the Hollywood ...

On this day in aviation history, February 18, 1944, the Royal Air Force launched a daring mission to liberate imprisoned French resistance fighters through a low-level precision bombing mission that ...

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.

Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic ...

The U.S. Military still has guns in use that were developed in the late 1970s to over 100 years ago. Of course, the military ...