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Scientists will gather today to debate where NASA should next land on Mars, as the American space agency prepares a new mission in its search for life on the Red Planet.

warming could re-awaken ancient diseases and even the Black Death, according to an Oxford University professor.

A new study, published in Nature Plants, highlights that extreme weather conditions, such as droughts and heat waves, in conjunction with global warming, will cause "sharp declines" in barley crops, the primary component of beer.

The late Professor Stephen Hawking revealed his answers to 10 "big questions" he was often asked in a new book published six months after his death.

A shipwreck discovered in Lake Erie in 2015 may be the oldest found in the famous lake, experts say.

Archaeologists in China have uncovered the tomb of a 900-year-old preserved skeleton named the "Grand Lady." The remains of the body were uncovered in a water-filled coffin within a tomb at Tieguai Village in China.

Another controversy is brewing about an American hunter's safari in Africa.

If the purpose of art is to expand our minds, how does that change when the artwork is 350 miles away in low Earth orbit?

Archaeologists in Norway have used ground-penetrating radar technology to discover an extremely rare Viking longship in what experts are describing as a “sensational” find.

Mysterious lights were spotted in China last week, leaving onlookers to wonder what they were and some even questioned if they were from another planet.

The late Stephen Hawking believed advances in genetic science would lead to a future generation of superhumans that could ultimately destroy the rest of humanity.

The Kepler wake-up whipsaw continues.

BERLIN — A shoebox-sized European space robot turned up a few surprises when it hopped around on an asteroid last week.

The failed launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft with two space fliers aboard adds a new chapter to an already long story of mishaps and failures besetting the Russian space industry, according to space safety experts.

This critter isn’t staying in one Kansas city for long.

For just a few minutes during last year’s total solar eclipse, a small creature ceased to buzz: bees.

The remains of a 10-year-old biting on a stone have been unearthed by archaeologists in a 5th Century Italian cemetery, evidence suggesting a “vampire burial” to prevent the child’s return from the dead.

NEW YORK — During the 1950s and 1960s, were extraterrestrials visiting the United States?

A brain-eating amoeba that killed a New Jersey man last month most likely came from a visit to a  Texas water resort, health officials said.

Tropical Storm Michael left a South Carolina woman with a very unusual crawfish infestation Thursday.