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When filming for a 1924 silent Western was finished, the crew members abandoned several of their extras
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With Daylight Saving Time set to start, take a look inside the radio-controlled clocks that adjust automatically
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A new study finds that a strong solar storm could disable satellites for a decade
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The juicy fruit can cause negative side effects with a number of prescription and over-the-counter medicines
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A new device uses an auditory phenomenon to silence people remotely
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For outdoor ice rinks, hockey season has gotten shorter in the past 50 years
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Pine and spruce trees managed to survive in certain spots in Scandinavia, according to DNA analyses
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A large survey finds that the elderly are more satisfied with their sleep habits than are people in any other age group
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Four years ago this week, researchers opened the "Doomsday Vault" to store frozen seeds in case of disaster
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A new study in pygmy hippos shows that males can influence the sex ratio of their offspring
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Baghdad was the bustling capital of the vast Islamic Empire a thousand years ago, when the city's climate was much different than today
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A newly identified brain circuit could be responsible for driving innate fear responses in many species
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The petroglyph, with a head, hands and "oversized phallus" is around 10,000 years old
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A new crowd-sourced project aims to identify and evaluate pathways that connect bits of wildlife habitat
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With nothing but numbers, logic and some basic know-how, the inventor of the Turing Test explained how to make a stripe
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As far as the microwaves were concerned, the 7-inch-long tube did not exist -- is true invisibility that far away?
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There are reasons to be very positive about this result, but also reasons to be very cautious
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A powerful magnetic field counteracted Earth's gravity and disrupted gene expression during development
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Having trouble finding a gift that matches the brilliance of your Valentine? We've got the solutions
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The sponge-like organisms date back to about 760 million years ago, extending the known time span of animals by 17 percent
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