Some Marvel superheroes have gotten way to powerful and it's about time that they get nerfed, bringing stakes back to their ...

A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem.

The Fourth of July ranks among the most stressful days of the year for dogs. Here’s what science says actually helps them.

Flash! Bang! Boom! A History of Fireworks” tells the story of fireworks from the earliest Chinese inventions to today’s choreographed pyrotechnic displays.

At 50-year intervals, the U.S. has marked the Declaration of Independence at important junctures in the country’s history ...

The popular saying that “With God nothing is impossible comes” to the fore in Joseph Ayeni’s small but mighty non-fictional ...

From friendship in a world of chatbots to what it means to be alive, this month’s new popular science books are asking some ...

Pioneer of quantum mechanics Erwin Schrödinger's look at living organisms is one of the most influential popular-science ...

Science vessels were first responders to unknown dangers, making them far more expendable than larger cruisers.

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented ...

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...