In the 1970s and 80s, crews sat at constant readiness in nuclear missile silos buried in the Arizona desert. What would have happened if they had got the order to launch? By Richard Hollingham.

Recent news that President Obama may be considering changes in nuclear deterrence policy has caused a storm of speculation as to whether the time is right for the U.S. government to declare a no first-use policy… By Al Mauroni and David Jonas.

If ever there was a symbol for what astronauts put themselves through in the name of science, it would be this crazy spinning T-handle. Up there in the zero-gravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS), everything happens according to a completely different set of rules, and the things you take for granted on Earth suddenly no longer apply. For example, in zero gravity, your sweat doesn't evaporate, there's a constant concern that your eyeballs might be going flat...

Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks officials lift hoot owl restrictions as river conditions begin to improve.

A four-year-long project has rid Banff's Rainbow Lake of invasive rainbow trout, and reintroduced native cutthroat trout back into the body of water.

Pye Wacket missile spacecraft

Fish managers can restrict angling to protect Montana's cold water fish during warm water conditions.

Lasers fuse hydrogen, which causes the uranium to fission, which generates electricity.

A detailed geographic analysis counters the idea that EVs are always greener.

Ghost and UFO sightings are down. Psychics are in decline. Are we more discerning now, or just afraid to trust anything?

In a new article titled “Ufology entering its Dark Ages?” Rich Reynolds makes interesting observations on the current condition of Ufology and what the future may bring for the subject...

Kid Tests Out Hammer-Proof Phone Case, The Results Are Priceless

The Winnipeg Police Service has apologized for the racy comments of two helicopter officers who didn't realize their public address system was on, but at least one woman who heard them talk about oral sex wants the officers disciplined.

Cool and detailed infographic of UFO sightings since 1915.

The effort to defeat ISIS is colliding with the very nature of what Iraq and Syria are—or, more accurately, what they are not. By Dexter Filkins.

Cheating in scientific and academic papers is a longstanding problem, but it is hard to read recent headlines and not conclude that it has gotten worse.

A passenger plane about to land at La Guardia Airport avoided a potentially catastrophic collision with a drone over Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Friday morning, authorities said. Shuttle America Flight 2708 from Washington, DC, was about 10 miles from touchdown when the unmanned craft flew into its path at about 11 a.m., forcing the plane’s co-pilot to pull up about 200 feet to avoid a collision, they said. “The crew of the Embraer E170 reported...

The drumbeat of war on distant horizons is reverberating through Southeast Asia with increasingly strong declarations of U.S. determination to stop the Chinese from expanding their writ over the South China Sea, notably islands claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.

China's foreign minister said Beijing would safeguard its sovereignty if U.S. ships patrol near the South China Sea islets.

From smartphone apps that can do seemingly everything to driverless cars and eerily humanlike robots, the past decade has seen dramatic advances in science and technology. What amazing advances are we likely to see in the next 10 years?

Shaquille O'Neal trips over a television cord and the video goes viral.