The date palm plant, which grew from seeds recovered in 1963 from the Masada fortress in Israel, has been confirmed as the world's oldest-sprouted seed.
Male barn swallows whose breasts were artificially colored red were coveted by females and spurned by males, responses that changed their bodies' chemistry, a new study found.
Changes in the behavior of an odd binary star suggest a third party could crash the affair, creating a stellar light show that should be visible from Earth within decades.
The mixture of moondust and carbon nanotubes could be used to make giant telescopes to more easily detect signs of life from distant Earthlike planets.
Watch spacewalking astronauts and robot arms remove a bus-size Japanese lab from the shuttle Discovery and attach the module to the International Space Station.
Mexico's iconic flatbreads have become a rallying cry for needy Mexicans angry at the country's biofuels and trade policies. Part of Global Food Crisis: A Special News Series.
Spacewalkers and robot arms attached the "Lexus" of space labs to the International Space Station and prepared for new challanges, including balky plumbing.
A new view of our home galaxy shows what its structure would look like to distant observers, including the demotion of two of it swirling arms to minor status.
Almost a thousand times faster than a terrestrial tornado, these solar twisters last about ten minutes and occur near the sun's poles, new satellite data shows.
