Scientists say there is no chance that Europe's Large Hadron Collider will produce an apocalyptic black hole or deadly catastrophe when testing begins in August.
Copious chemicals and plastic make conventional banana growing far from "green." But a remote university is producing eco-friendly bananas that may be in your local grocery.
"You might be able to grow asparagus in it," said one scientist, based on preliminary findings of soil composition and pH from the Phoenix Mars Lander.
By dissecting the cocoa bean genome, U.S. government scientists backed by a leading candy company aim to safeguard the world's chocolate supply—and possibly make it taste better.
A shape-shifting skyscraper may someday energize the Dubai skyline with its revolving floors and environmentally friendly, electricity-generating wind turbines.
The ancestors of the first four-legged land animals already showed signs of the group's trademark diversity, suggests a new fossil reconstruction of a transition species.
A huge impact basin in the red planet's northern hemisphere could explain why the crust there is so much thinner than crust in the south, three new papers report.
DNA analysis of ancient Danish skeletons, including one with Arabian genes, suggests Scandinavians living 2,000 years ago were more diverse genetically than today, scientists say.
A substance called (E)-BCP that is a major component in cannabis essential oils could help combat inflammation without affecting the brain, a new study says.
A real-life solar eclipse has been "discovered" in Homer's epic, according to scientists who used clues from the poem and a simulation of ancient skies.
