LOS ANGELES -- In the war against pests, the lowly cockroach makes for a fearsome adversary. It can go weeks without water, survive decapitation for a time -- and, like any proper supervillain, can send humans screaming from a room.
Now ...
LOS ANGELES -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden dropped by JPL on Thursday to outline the agency's plans to capture an asteroid, and to look at a model of a powerful new ion thruster that has enough strength to drag a space rock into orbit around...
LOS ANGELES -- Here's a scientific finding that may knock you off your feet: At least 80 types of fungi reside on a typical person's heel, along with 60 between the toes and 40 on the toenail.
Altogether, the feet are home to more than 100 types ...
PASADENA, Calif. -- It's been seven years since Fox canceled the Emmy-winning comedy series "Arrested Development."
Its fan base might have been small, but it has remained vocal. Fans of the series, about the dysfunctional Bluth family, have ...
BALTIMORE--Some of springtime's more notable heralds appear to be fading away, as a new study finds frogs, toads and salamanders disappearing at an alarming rate across the United States.
In what they say is the first analysis of its kind, ...
The city of Moore, Okla., was struck by a devastating tornado Monday because all the familiar ingredients were in place to spawn such a massive storm.
It was also a victim of simple bad luck.
At least twice before in recent years, in 1999 and ...