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Former FEMA Administrator on hurricane prep

Former FEMA Administrator Brock Long joins Margaret Brennan to discuss hurricane...

What to know about invasive ant with fatal sting report...

A "sneaky" invasive species that has a potentially deadly sting can be found in ...

Mars volcano that dwarfs Earth's tallest ones seen in n...

It marks the first time Arsia Mons has been imaged on the planet's horizon, NASA...

The fascinating world of biomimicry

Scientists are increasingly looking to nature for technological innovations. Fai...

To the Moon! Apollo 11's great adventure

Jeffrey Kluger, editor-at-large at Time magazine, recounts the human landmark of...

Almanac: Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey

On June 23, 1894 Alfred C. Kinsey, the biologist and professor who founded the K...

Preview: Mission to Mars

NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which launches for the Red Planet next summer, will fe...

Mars beckons

Mankind has never been closer to setting foot on Mars. NASA is completing constr...

Japanese probe's second straight attempt at moon landin...

A private lunar lander from Tokyo-based company ispace was aiming for a touchdow...

Fluke discovery at planetarium sheds light on mysteriou...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpect...

Massive planet discovered orbiting tiny star, puzzling ...

It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the co...

National Science Foundation terminates research grants ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has terminated thousands of research grant...

Fungus in "agroterrorism" arrest already widely prevale...

Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus ...

What is the Air Quality Index?

If you're seeing a thick haze outside your window, it's likely air pollution. He...

Astronomers' hunt for elusive "Planet Nine" takes surpr...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears...

More heat records, stronger storms almost certain in ne...

Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth ...