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The New Horizons spacecraft is set to make the first flyby of Pluto this July 

The dogs in a study chose whether a face was happy or angry by tapping an image with their noses 

The fossils, more than 160 million years old, preserve a tree-climber and a tunnel-digger that lived alongside the dinosaurs

Humanity's failure to reduce global nuclear arsenals as well as climate change prompted the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to advance their warning about our proximity to a potentially civilization-ending catastrophe 

Babies of parents who completed lessons on whow to work with their infants were moderately more engaged with other people and showed more social behaviors

A study reveals that people's "fish stories" are usually exaggerated when compared with scientific reports of body sizes for marine creatures

One of the "black boxes," the flight data recorder, keeps track of hundreds of measurements, including engine temperature and vertical and horizontal speed

Data from three major climate-tracking groups agree: Earth's combined land and ocean surface temperatures hit new highs this year

In the last century alone, researchers have described more than 1,000 cases of plague infections in the U.S.

A single genetic mutation 10 million years ago endowed human ancestors with an enhanced ability to break down ethanol, likely as they shifted to a terrestrial lifestyle

This the first time that a living Nobel laureate has auctioned off his or her medal

Scientists confirm that a comet carved out Ontario's Sudbury Basin 1.8 billion years ago, forming the second largest impact crater on Earth

Scientists will examine the mammoth to learn whether it will yield enough undamaged DNA to make cloning the extinct creature a reality

"Everybody dies, and every ship sinks" is the abbreviated story of the battle in which the Huis de Kreuningen was lost. Archaeologists believe they've now found it

Heath and Human Services has added four new substances, including a cleaning solvent and a wood preservative mixture, to its list of cancer-causing substances

Shiny cells coating the iridescent lips of giant clams reflect light and direct it towards photosynthetic algae within to create energy

Dolphins can sense magnetism, suggesting that they track Earth’s magnetic field to navigate through the water

The eyeless cavefish saves energy by freezing its circadian rhythm

The eruption that killed more than 30 people this weekend was a shallow steam explosion that is nearly impossible to predict

Hold your breath: New Guinness World Record set with 1,090-foot plunge

Wine harbors probiotics that may have health benefits

Eight-armed buffet: Divers record video of an octopus eating one of its own

Flock to this: A new analysis of anatomical features shows birds evolved gradually from dinosaurs

It has been rare to have two back-to-back solar storms charge toward Earth in recent years