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When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface.

If you want to touch history, book a trip to Italy. Here, past and present are neighbors. Ancient relics and modern marvels dance cheek-to-cheek, reminding us that so much of what we cherish today was first discovered, cultivated and enshrined by societies that walked this earth ages ago. In a…

We take our timekeeping rules for granted, but the history of these rules is long and complex.

Duff Goldman, the host of the Food Network show "Ace of Cakes," has for a third year brought a space-themed cake to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The risks of solar geoengineering will be magnified if critics are ignored and researchers are allowed to self-regulate.

In 2009, 'V' delivered a stunning debut. But it ultimately fell apart at the seams.

Phoenix may be getting hotter, but nowhere will escape the extreme heat of climate change

Conservation summit agrees to global levy on drugs from nature’s genetics, but developing nations furious at unmet funding promises

On a young Earth, giant meteors might have been a harbinger of life, not death.

The scientists also suggested that the amount of oxygen created may fluctuate depending on the number and mixture of nodules on the ocean floor.