Charles Poladian

Texas Senate Democrats plan on a filibuster that will effectively defeat an abortion bill that would ban the procedure after 20 weeks.

NASA's IRIS mission will send a new solar observatory into Earth's orbit to study how the Sun creates energy.

The family of a transgender first-grader who was not allowed to use the girls' bathroom at school has prevailed in a groundbreaking ruling.

Jim Carrey said on Twitter he cannot support the violence found in "Kick-Ass 2" while the film's director, Mark Millar, has defended the movie.

Researchers were able to explain how Saturn's super storms, or Great White Spots, develop using data from the Cassini probe and computer models.

The Texas House has tentatively approved an abortion bill that would ban the procedure after 20 weeks while adding new restrictions.

Russia will send the Olympic torch to space as part of its Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Torch Relay.

The supermoon is appearing Sunday, and it promises to be a visually stunning event.

Empire of the Sun kicked off "The Music Experiment 2.0" in New York on Thursday.

A live stream of the supermoon will start on Sunday. The full Moon will be at its closest point to Earth for the entire year.

"World War Z" and "Monsters University" are aiming to dethrone "Man Of Steel" as box office champion.

New observations from a recent solar eruption has given astronomers a potential way to measure how fast young stars are growing.

Christine Quinn, Anthony Weiner, Bill Thompson and John Liu reiterated their plans to reform the NYPD, but fringe candidates were the favorites in Harlem.

A "bird" emerges from two merging galaxies in the latest image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Kickass Torrents' original domain has been returned to the site, but its quick emergence is the latest example of the ineffectiveness of domain seizures.

A would-be terrorist's incriminating Facebook posts led to the arrest of Sefa Riano in Indonesia on May 3.

The FBI says it foiled a terror plot involving a deadly X-ray weapon that could emit lethal doses of radiation.

Naked mole rats have been observed to be cancer resistant, and new research has discovered the chemical responsible for this trait.

Serena Williams issues an apology following comments from a Rolling Stone interview where the tennis superstar blamed the Steubenville rape victim.

Super-close, super-bright Supernova 2011fe provides "dream opportunity" to stimulate deeper thinking about markers of the expansion of the universe.

The winds of Venus are known to be traveling at a fast speed but have sped up in the last six years, and astronomers have no explanation for the acceleration.

"Godzilla" continues to prove to be a popular franchise as licensing deals revealed by Warner Brothers proves there is plenty of interest in the King of the Monsters.

NASA has issued a Grand Challenge to identify all potential asteroid threats to Earth.

Australian astronomers may have uncovered 280 new craters on the Moon using data to create a new "high-resolution" gravity map.

NASA's Curiosity was chosen to become an official LEGO product.

Cannabis legislation is pending in six states, potentially joining the 19 others that have already passed such laws. With the tide turning, the cannabis industry looks to the future.

Using a supercomputer simulation, NASA was able to decipher decades worth of black hole research.

In the latest Hubble image, the South America Galaxy can be seen twisting around itself as two galaxies are merging to form a new galaxy.

The ArcView Group, led by Steve DeAngelo, brought cannabis to Wall Street as entrepreneurs and investors discussed the burgeoning industry.