The quotation etched into the wall at the main NYC post office is from the Greek historian Herodotus describing the expedition of the Persians under Cyrus against the Greeks, about 500 B.C. "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat nor gloom of nigh...

Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey has famously stated, "The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today... whether they realize it or not, barring acci...

New analysis of the Red Planet's terrain using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Global Surveyor spacecraft observations reveals what appears to be by far the largest impact crater ever found in the solar system. NASA's Viking orbiters observed...

Earth sits between two worlds that have been devastated by past climate catastrophes. In the effort to combat global warming, our neighbors- Mars and Venus (image)- provide valuable insights into the way climate catastrophes affect planets