Far below the Black Hills of South Dakota, crews are building the world's deepest underground science lab at a depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings. Sunstroke author Dr David Kagan writes of the terrifying facility in Doomwatch.

A team of researchers at The University of Western Ontario, has discovered some processes that reduce the lethal effects of toxins from superbugs, allowing humans and microbes to co-evolve.

If you think animal extinction due to climate change is a new phenomenon, think again. Take for example the woolly mammoth. It's long been accepted that this ancient creature was driven into smaller and smaller habitats by the earth's rising temperatures.

The fluorescence in some sea creatures may actually be a healthy glow, a new study says. So-called green fluorescent proteins in the animals' bodies may act as antioxidants that protect the creatures in times of illness or stress. The proteins

Sixty-five million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid slammed into what's now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The impact, 2 million times more powerful than the largest nuclear bomb ever detonated, gouged out a 112-mile-wide crater and sent....

HISTORIC cave paintings in France partially saved from attack by a black fungus face a new threat: bacteria that moved in following four years of spraying with fungicide.

"Dangerous High School Girls" is billed as a "mischievous romp" featuring strong females. But one girl is kidnapped, beaten unconscious and nearly raped. Her friends shoot the boy in the head. Developer called it "educational" and "awareness-raising."

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - High on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, buried deep under the crumbling limestone of a temple to the goddess Isis, archaeologists believe the body of Queen Cleopatra may lie.

Diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer called anal sac adenocarcinoma, Oscar's future seemed bleak. Bedridden and unresponsive to chemotherapy or radiation, he would be lucky to survive three months.

CHICAGO (AFP) - The number of fish living in Caribbean reefs has dropped significantly since 1995, after decades of stability, and is likely due to a significant loss of coral, a study published Thursday found.