People who like dining out have 40 to 55 percent higher phthalate levels than those who eat at home.

As bacteria develop resistance to widely-used antibiotics, some researchers are turning to bacteria’s natural enemy: a very special virus called a bacteriophage.

The massive, deadly eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eldgjá in 10th century brought climate change and Christianity to the island colony.

The first compound microscopes date to 1590, but it was the Dutch Antony Van Leeuwenhoek in the mid-seventeenth century who first used them to make discoveries.

More than one self-experiment has resulted in a Nobel Prize. Against all odds, and sometimes in spite of the damage they cause, these crazy gambits pay off.

Astronomers who noticed a slight blip in space's background radiation got an insight not just into the early stars but into the age and nature of the early universe.

Decades after Charles Knowlton died, his book would be credited with the reversal of population growth in England and the popularization of contraception in the United States. 

When YouTube entered the scene in 2005, it made sharing amateur entertainment both instantaneous and global.

Scientists are "digitizing" water to better manage the precious resource. What does that mean and how is it helping?

Since Donald Trump was elected, national news stories dominate our attention and our social media feeds—at the expense of local news.