SCIENCE

Scientists at CERN are testing a superconductor-based magnetic shielding technology to protect astronauts from radiation during deep space missions.

The far side of the moon was seen for the first time in 1959 when the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft sent back images of the region.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden accused Congress of failing to fund its commercial crew program, which would have made the space agency self-reliant.

Did you know that "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" detonated about 1,900 feet above the ground?

The victim may have contracted the disease from fleas on a dead rodent or other animal, according to health officials. 

The 21-foot robotic arm travels up and down a 40-foot track, shooting carbon fibers out of 16 spools that are heated as they're released.

The dead zone, which is caused by the overuse of farmland fertilizers, is the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.

The specific high-pitched call produced by wild bonobos may contain a hidden message that requires context to be understood.

Crews are currently working to repair the massive crater, but officials said that they cannot guarantee that repairs will be finished by Tuesday.

Melanoma affects about 2 percent of Americans and is the leading cause of skin cancer deaths in the U.S.

Unmanned aerial devices were involved in at least two foiled plots against the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security said.

Rangeomorphs, organisms that lived nearly 565 million years ago, employed a complex, dual mode of reproduction.

According to a new study, unless emissions are cut drastically, even artificial removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide would not prevent the end of "ocean life as we know it."

The United Kingdom reported 117 cases in 2014, up from 22 in 2009. 

Lexus, the car company owned by Toyota, has been teasing new magnet technology for months.

Legionella bacteria are spread through airborne water droplets, not from person to person.

Researchers found that selective eating among children can also impact parent-child relationship.

A study showed that people with schizophrenia who played a memory-improvement game showed better memory and overall function.

“Sometimes bad things happen to good robots,” hitchBOT's creators said, in a statement released over the weekend.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's comments came a day ahead of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan announcement.

The Rocky Fire in Lake County north of San Francisco has grown in size by about 20,000 acres (8,094 hectares) since Saturday, according to Cal Fire, a state website for fire information.

Dehydrated by a record-breaking drought, the state has missed out on an entire year's worth of rainfall since 2012, a NASA study found.

Researchers estimated the cost on the hypothesis that effective interventions and treatments for autism will not be identified by 2025.

The planet's magnetic field might have developed at least four billion years ago, making it much older than previously believed.

Scientists, who have analyzed data from Rosetta Philae lander, detect potential building blocks of life on the surface of Comet 67P.

West Africa's Ebola epidemic has disrupted birth registrations in Liberia, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without citizenship and in danger of being trafficked or illegally adopted, UNICEF said.

The amount of salt water hidden underneath the Tarim Basin could equal 10 times the amount of water found in all five of the Great Lakes located in the U.S.

Researchers said that the effects of resveratrol are mostly seen in people with specific genetic make-up, particular diets and lifestyles.

For the first time ever, an aurora has been discovered on an object -- a brown dwarf star -- beyond our solar system.