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When it comes to drinking alcohol, the healthiest thing to do is abstain entirely, according to a large, wide-ranging report published by scientists.

An underwater photographer had a terrifying — yet breathtaking — view of a 16-foot great white shark in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Massachusetts.

An extremely rare 170-million dinosaur footprint has been found in Scotland. Paleontologists, however, are keeping its precise location secret until they can complete their research.

A newly hired NASA intern recently lost a position at the agency after a vulgar exchange with a famous NASA engineer on Twitter, according to news reports, such as one from USA Today.

Remarkable drone footage offers a rare glimpse of an isolated tribe in Brazilian Amazon.

The peak of hurricane season is only a few weeks away. However, so far, there have been no major storms in the tropical Atlantic. Meteorologists cite several reasons for the slower than normal season, including dust plumes from the world's largest desert.

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. House candidate Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera has a long list of accomplishments to bolster her campaign in Florida. But she is perhaps best known for claiming that she was abducted by space aliens as a child.

NASA is preparing to launch a cutting-edge, laser-armed satellite that will spend three years studying Earth's changing ice sheets from above.

A 9-foot great white shark with a red hue on its face and underbelly was found dead on a Massachusetts beach Thursday, officials said.

An Oregon man who was caught on video seemingly antagonizing a bison in Yellowstone National Park was reportedly sentenced to 130 days in jail Thursday after entering a guilty plea to the charges against him.

Vice President Mike Pence highlighted the critical importance of the Moon to America’s space future in a speech at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Thursday.

Remarkable drone footage offers a rare glimpse of an isolated tribe in Brazilian Amazon.

Call it a close encounter of the dorsal fin-kind.

A finback whale that died near the coast of Massachusetts has unwittingly donated its body to science.

This August is shaping up to be a pretty shaky month, thanks to several large earthquakes across the globe. These earthquakes have spurred reports that California is more likely to experience a catastrophic earthquake, colloquially known as "the big one," very soon. But experts say that's not how earthquakes work.

NEW YORK — Last night (Aug. 21), astronauts made history by playing the first-ever tennis match in space aboard the International Space Station. The match was projected live onto an enormous globe in Queens, New York, where a crowd of space and tennis enthusiasts gathered to watch the historic event.

NASA has issued an alert that a "potentially hazardous asteroid" is on a "close approach" towards Earth.

The closest known extinct relatives of modern humans were the thick-browed Neanderthals and the mysterious Denisovans. Now, a bone fragment from a Siberian cave, perhaps from a teenage girl, has revealed the first known hybrid of these groups, a new study concludes. The finding confirms interbreeding that had been only hinted at in earlier genetic studies.

A brown briefcase containing fossils and several other unlikely items was discovered in Alabama and police on Wednesday said they were searching for whoever the items belonged to.

A crocodile had a little support while crossing a canal in Key West, Florida, earlier this month — a yellow pool noodle.