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When it comes to transportation, there's a hidden danger in choosing what feels safer.

From intense psychological trauma to exposure to neurotoxic dust, first responders at ground zero continue to confront significant physical and mental health risks.

Dating apps have given an ancient profession, confidence scamming, a high-tech boost.

Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they're able to hear without ears.

No, the US Space Academy wouldn't be a real-life Starfleet Academy. But what it would be is still a little unclear.

Public interest technology ensures that public policies are implemented in ways that change people's lives.

Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery of life beyond Earth.

Scientists studied active matter systems by racing worms through tubes - to unexpected results.

Some animal species have their eyes positioned on their heads differently than how people do - and it comes with pluses and minuses for how they see.

From eggs and jalapenos to dog food, granola and pet turtles - it seems like you can catch a Salmonella infection from just about anything these days.