Tia Ghose

Using magnetic fields, scientists have manipulated the brains of mice, getting them to run around, spin, and even lose control of their limbs.

A cache of letters written by Einstein to a dear friend is going up for auction today.

From flowers that closed prematurely to hundreds of thousands of farmed salmon on the loose, the eclipse had a strange impact on nature yesterday.

People who purchased eclipse viewers for the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse don't need to throw them away; they can donate them to children for the next eclipse, or hold on to them until 2024.

From sheer awe to Pac-Man jokes, here's how famous scientists reacted to the total eclipse on Twitter.

Despite fancy telescopes and solar observatories, total eclipses like the one today offer scientists a unique chance to understand the sun's dynamics.

A new simulation of the corona of the sun during the total solar eclipse today could test predictions about these huge jets of plasma that emanate from the sun.

A new simulation of the corona of the sun during the total solar eclipse today could test predictions about these huge jets of plasma that emanate from the sun.

Aerial and remote surveys recently revealed nearly 100 volcanoes lurking beneath the Antarctic ice that had never been mapped before.

Evidence of chalkstone manufacturing from Jesus's time in ancient Galilee has recently been uncovered.

Scientists just took one step closer to making safe pig organ transplants for humans, thanks to the use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR.

Bizarre reports claim that U.S. workers at the embassy in Havana were made ill by a covert sonic device, but how exactly would such a sonic weapon work?

While a nuclear attack by North Korea would be horrific, there are still things emergency responders can to do prepare for such an event.

This year's hurricane season is likely to be more active than usual, thanks to an absent El Niño and warmer tropical Atlantic Ocean waters.

A Google employee wrote a manifesto arguing that innate differences between men and women may partly explain the gender gap in tech jobs, but experts say that's off-base

Physicists have created the fastest-swirling vortex in the universe from a primordial soup of fundamental particles that re-creates the Big Bang.

A biologist in Oregon has successfully used CRISPR to edit single-celled embryos carrying severe genetic defects.

A new method for creating self-destructing molecules could be used for drug delivery, erasable ink or other applications.

Ebola virus may linger in semen for more than two years, a new study suggests.

A Pictish fort that was long thought demolished has recently been unearthed under a town in Scotland.

Stunning new images capture the movement of a gigantic iceberg that recently broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica.

One company is offering their employees the unusual perk of getting a free microchip, which they see as the future of micropayments.

There is no evidence that fidget spinners offer any benefits for ADHD, autism or anxiety, a small new review study reveals.