The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency said that 25 to 30 people were missing.
With an estimated $28 billion a year lost to inefficiency, experts say the U.S. scientific community needs to invest more heavily in verifying results.
Sea levels worldwide rose an average of nearly 3 inches (8 cm) since 1992, the result of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of NASA scientists said on Wednesday.
American astronauts drink recycled urine while aboard the International Space Station, but the Russian crews, who also inhabit the station, do not.
“Managing exposure risks in the Grand Canyon will be a challenge,” said Dr. David Walters, a research ecologist and lead author of the study.
Can the ALS Association turn the viral phenomenon into an annual fundraiser?
Scientists concluded that microbiome of the throat of people with schizophrenia differed from that found in healthy people.
During a lecture Tuesday, the famed British cosmologist put forward a new idea to resolve a long-standing conundrum -- the black hole "information paradox."
The report said that three out of the 11 cases of human plague reported since early April have been fatal.
Researchers found men who committed spontaneous domestic murders have distinct profiles from those who kill people they do not know.
People under age 19 account for about 236,000 cosmetic procedures in the United States each year.
Fear and biases come into play, affecting decision-making and risk-taking, when markets dip, observers say.
"Selfies are fun, but the consequences are real," said Marcy McQuillan, the head of a lice removal service in San Francisco.
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and others have spent at least $106 million combined in recent years on the local, state and federal levels, a report said.
Public interest in the Pluto fly-by earlier this year has NASA mulling new plans.
Scientists have developed a new branching polymer network that could interface with nerves with fewer complications.
The iceberg emerged as a result of a calving event that took place on Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier Aug. 14-16.
Researchers warn of "very dramatic and very fast" changes to the boreal forest cover, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of the planet's total forest area.
Graphene, which is stronger than steel or Kevlar, has promising uses in solar cells, electrical circuits and medicine.
The images, captured during Cassini's fifth and final close approach of the moon, include high-resolution photos of Dione's pockmarked surface.
Scientists are conducting experiments to see if the mysterious dark energy is the product of interactions between hypothetical "chameleon" particles.
Typhoon Goni has battered the north of the country with strong winds and rain, triggering landslides and flooding. In addition to the deaths, two people are missing.
An ingredient in chili peppers can help people feel full and potentially reduce overeating.
Scientists at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica have confirmed the existence of neutrinos that might have originated in the far reaches of the Milky Way and beyond.
Researchers warned that current carbon dioxide levels meant that "we are orchestrating something akin to the end of an ice age, but much faster."
A genetic pathway controls metabolism by activating cells that control fat or burn it, and if the gene is flawed it makes people fat, a study has found.
Following the incident, where four critically endangered Takahe birds were killed, authorities have put culling operations on hold.
With July temperatures breaking previous records, 2015 seems on track to becoming the hottest year ever.
Marianne Winkler, a retired post office worker, was strolling down a beach in April on the North Sea island of Amrum when she came across the 108-year-old bottle.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Addyi on Tuesday.
