SCIENCE

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.

The Columbia University study is the first to quantify just how much global warming is exacerbating California's drought crisis.

According to a report by the Tracking Board, Warner Bros. is developing a movie about the life of the cosmologist best-known for the television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage."

The MERS virus has caused almost 400 deaths across the Middle East, Asia and Europe since 2012.

According to a new study, the country's carbon emissions in 2013 may have been 14 percent lower than previous estimates.

The storm posed no immediate threat to land, meteorologists said.

Aviation expert Mohd Harridon Mohamed Suffian said marine residues could tell scientists where the plane went down.

The highest number of children killed themselves on Sept. 1, the day that many schools reopen.

Researchers from Ohio State University said that the brain is unconscious and poses no ethical challenges.

The Palestinian camp has experienced an escalating humanitarian crisis amid a harsh government blockade and growing ISIS influence.

A study found that even light to moderate drinking can substantially increase the risk of breast cancer in women and all kinds of cancer in men.

Brazilian Olympic officials have fallen far short on efforts to clean up waterways that will host the 2016 summer events in Rio de Janeiro despite promises and ballooning budgets.

“Basically, Russia trades accuracy for throwing a mother-loving hell of a lot of shells in the general director of the enemy,” wrote one analyst.

Although the idea of an elevator to space has been around since the late nineteenth century, technological hurdles have made the construction of such a structure impossible.

A team of Japanese researchers found that meteorite impacts in ancient oceans may have been responsible for creating the basic components of DNA.

The ancient language, which sounds like a bird tweet, is still spoken by about 10,000 people in a northeastern mountainous region of Turkey.