Jeremy White

Space shuttle Atlantis may be permanently stuck on earth, but the private space industry is preparing for blastoff.

Private firms are competing to dominate a new market, and to boldly go where no company has gone before.

A huge release of methane gas may have triggered the prehistoric mass extinctions that allowed dinosaurs to become the dominant life form on earth, according to a new study.

Many of the amateur fundraisers who helped finance President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign will not return for the 2012 push, disillusioned by a perception that what was once a grassroots, outsider campaign has morphed into a big-money operation, Politico reported.

A Texas teen believes he has shot and killed the rumored beast

While toilets are ubiquitous in the developed world, 40 percent of the world's population lacks a method to flush away human waste that can lead to deadly diarrheal diseases.

A vote on science materials promises to re-ignite debate within Texas' State Board of Education over how public schools teach the theory of evolution.

Here's a list of movies that do an excellent job of capturing that sultry suspension of reality.

Utilities companies are taking extra precautions to ensure people who are upping their electricity use to cope with the heat wave do not trigger a repeat of the 2003 blackout that temporarily plunged cities from New York to Detroit into darkness.

As a potentially deadly heat wave scorches 32 states, utilities companies are taking extra precautions to ensure added strain on the electrical grid does not trigger a repeat of the 2003 blackout that temporarily plunged cities from New York to Detroit into darkness.

It pays to be average.

U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., refused to back down from an e-mail calling Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz vile and not a lady after she indirectly criticized his embrace of a plan that would burden Medicare recipients.

A former NASA astronaut prepares to tell a gathering of UFO investigators that he's found no evidence of a close encounter.

NASA has selected a destination for its latest Mars explorer, a car-sized probe named Curiosity, when the rover touches down on the red planet in August of 2012.

The Democrats are invoking former President Ronald Reagan's willingness to compromise as they work to complete a deal on deficit reduction.

In the poll, Mitt Romney still leads the Republican Party 2012 nomination race, but Bachmann has made significant gains.

Parts of 32 states faced warnings about potentially hazardous heat on Wednesday as the National Weather Service predicted that soaring temperatures would spread east to cities including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York.

Same-sex couples are scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday about their struggles with the Defense of Marriage Act, adding to intensifying efforts to overturn the federal ban on same-sex marriage.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's newest public health initiative doesn't concern mosquito nets or AIDS research or access to clean water. The foundation wants a new toilet.

The effort to repeal a federal ban on gay marriage gained some momentum on Tuesday as President Obama and 27 senators endorsed a measure to end the Defense of Marriage Act.

FBI agents arrested at least 14 people and seized computers on Tuesday as part of a broad crackdown against the hacking collective known as Anonymous.

New villain Bane, explained.

See Daniel Radcliffe transform from a recently discovered child actor to a star bidding farewell to the part of Harry Potter

A wave of Wisconsin recall elections beginning Tuesday will be closely watched as a gauge of the political climate and as a potential bellwether for 2012.

Alarmed by soaring rates of post-traumatic stress disorder amongst Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, researchers are pushing the federal government to allow them to conduct a study on using medical marijuana to treat psychological wounds.

A 3,000-foot-high wave of dust poured through the Phoenix area yesterday, coating cars, reducing visibility and delaying some flights.

Evidence that Casey Anthony ostensibly repeatedly searched the word chloroform on her computer stemmed from a computer flaw, according to a software designer who testified at the trial.

New research proves that humans and Neanderthals mated, making people everywhere but in sub-Saharan Africa distant descendants of Neanderthals.

new research proves that humans and Neanderthals mated, making people everywhere but in sub-Saharan Africa distant descendants of Neanderthals.