Georgia State University astronomers say they have found observational evidence for the theoretically predicted break between very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs.

Scientists have discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath oceans off of Australia, China, North America and South Africa.

A new study looked a snake venom in order to learn how it evolved into the sophisticated and deadly cocktail of proteins it is today.

The Saturn hexagon is a unique six-sided jet stream, a current of air, around Saturn's north pole.

The discovery of a giant planet orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-sun distance has astronomers puzzled over how such a strange system came to be.

Increased carbon dioxide uptake by the oceans might be making fish anxious, a new study suggests.

Astronomers have spotted what appear to be two supermassive black holes 3.8 billion light-years from Earth, circling each other like dance partners.

Male brains facilitate connectivity between perception and coordinated action. Female brains facilitate communication between the analytical and the intuitive.

When a mouse is trained to become afraid of a certain odor, his or her pups will be more sensitive to that odor as well. Researchers say that knowing how mouse parents can influence their descendants is a step toward understanding how human parents may pass some psychiatric disorders to their children.

A new algorithm could profoundly change the way we find photos among the billions on social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr.