Charles Poladian

The shooting tragedies at Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., have not affected American viewing habits when it comes to screen violence, according to a new report.

Scientists discovered ants use a mental archive of images of landmarks near their nest to return home.

Archaeologists from the University of Birmingham have uncovered an ancient monument that is believed to be the world's oldest "calendar," dating back to 8,000 B.C.

NASA spacecraft were able to capture the process believed to be responsible for all solar eruptions on video during a recent solar flare.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was able to capture a new Neptune Moon, S/2004 N1, in photos taken between 2004 and 2009.

The legendary snack cakes are back in stores, but fans may be disappointed as they appear smaller than their predecessors.

The Katmai brown bears live streams have returned and viewers will be able to get up close with the bears living at Katmai National Park and Preserve.

Having a cup of coffee is no easy task in space but scientists are hard at work solving the problem and have developed a zero-gravity coffee cup.

A Mercedes-Benz F1 racer driven by Juan Manuel Fangio to two F1 victories sold at auction for $29.6 million.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is 550 million miles from Pluto but was still able to take an image of the Charon, the dwarf planet's largest moon.

The much-hyped "Pacific Rim" will face plenty of competition from "Grown Ups 2" and "Despicable Me 2" at this weekend's box office.

NASA's Curiosity Rover completed its third drive on Tuesday, traveling 135 feet, in its months-long journey to Mount Sharp, approximately five miles from its current location.

A detective claims Terry Smith's body was found by Pam Ragland, a woman who reported "visions" of the boy's burial location.

NASA hopes a new laser system will improve communication and data transmissions from space.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9/11 mastermind, spent time reading "Harry Potter" and designing a vacuum cleaner.

Wildlife officials removed an arrow from a goose that had been living with the injury for several months.

NASA's Hubble telescope was able to capture HD 189733b's true color, an azure blue that's similar to Earth's own hue.

Sergei Magnitsky, the Russian lawyer's death whose death caused a rift between Russia and the United States, was convicted posthumously for tax evasion.

NASA was able to observe the solar system's tail for the first time from data collected by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer satellite.

A new text messaging app that promises to be "NSA-proof" is being developed by Peter Sunde, one of the founders of The Pirate Bay.

Chinese archaeologists may have discovered primitive writing that could be the oldest form of written Chinese language ever discovered.

It's rare to see a superstar-to-be this early in its development, and its discovery seems to support experts' star-formation theory.

According to one site's list, expectant parents have made Django and Katniss among the most popular baby names so far for 2013.

The live stream of the super sunspot AR1785 begins at 11 a.m. PDT, 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.

Astronomers have detected four radio bursts from outside our galaxy for the first time ever. Their cause is a mystery, and they're from billions of light-years away.

Dexter wants to go to Mars but is only 7 years old. He sent a letter to NASA, and the space agency responded with information and gifts for the aspiring astronaut.

NASA is providing a live stream of astronauts Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano as they walk in space to perform maintenance and repair equipment aboard the International Space Station.

A gay organization is setting up a boycott of "Ender's Game," citing book author Orson Scott Card's anti-gay views.

The legend surrounding a Stradivarius continues to grow, and a new study offers some new insight on the techniques used by Antonio Stradivari.