Two Louisiana scientists reflect on the event and how its lingering effects are continuing to change the Gulf Coast
While researching the spill, scientists tracked deep-sea sharks, found new mud dragons, and discovered a type of ocean current
Sixty years after the great scientist's death, his gray matter is on display
When a dog looks into your eyes, it's bonding with you in the same way babies bond with their human moms
Synthesizing decades of discoveries, scientists have revealed links between changing environments and animal movements
Einstein reportedly believed that pipe smoking contributed to a calm and objective judgment, but his doctor said give it up
With funding from the Defense Department, scientists have begun work on devices that would use electric pulses to realign a memory process gone awry
Artist Christopher Marley's meticulous arrangements capture the incredible variety within families, genera and species
Swallowing a sulfur-rich protoplanet could help explain two lingering mysteries in the story of Earth's formation
Sophisticated GPS sensors in the average mobile device could be harnessed for seismic early warning systems around the world
A lensed galaxy and a mission to manipulate a space rock feature among our picks for this week's best space images
The good news is that an eruption there is highly unlikely, but the bad news is that it would be huge
Plucking hair could be a counterintuitive way to fight balding, according to a study of quorum sensing in rat follicles
Frankenstein, famine poetry, polar exploration—the "year without a summer" was just the beginning
But solving one puzzle of lunar origins has raised another linked to the abundances of tungsten in the primordial bodies
A device that tracks blood sugar and automatically administers insulin and glucagon could take some pressure off Type 1 diabetes patients and their parents
A new amphibian lab in Panama will help researchers to return charismatic golden frogs to the wild
The popular name could be pulled back out of the scientific wastebasket, based on new analysis of dozens of related dinosaurs
It seems that every time herpetologists wander into the Andean cloud forests, they emerge with colorful lizard species in tow
Astronauts spy a colossal eye and Hubble sees echoes of quasars past in our picks for the week's best space images
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