Colonising the solar system is not being stopped by technology alone. Radiation isolation distance gravity and long term human survival pose challenges far greater than rockets or funding. Even ...

Leaders from across the European Union held an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss Greenland and, more broadly, their fragile relationship with America. By Jeanna Smialek Reporting from Brussels ...

With Ruby's desires met, it is time to return home. Unfortunately, things aren't as they seem, and after just a few short hours, you will find yourself on a desperate hunt for your missing aunt. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pour one out for the ancient MetroCard and its equally old cousin, the PATH SmartLink card. The beginning of the end for these ...

Where there are Chinook salmon, the orcas will likely follow. Despite what can feel like a desperate and futile effort to save the region’s venerated southern resident killer whale population, the fix ...

Tropical Storm Jerry tracked closer to the northern Leeward Islands on Thursday, and it could become a hurricane by Friday or the weekend. The National Hurricane Center thinks Jerry, the 10th named ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky Way. By Katrina Miller Zenghua Zhang, an astronomer at Nanjing University ...

Tropical Storm Erin got a little stronger as it continued its march across the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center thinks strengthening will continue, and is forecasting Erin to ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.