Teeth and scales didn't stop an Australian olive python from getting a meal.

Even so, the chance of big quakes near Ridgecrest, California, decreases with time.

The first artificial intelligence-created universe is almost as mysterious as the real thing.

Researchers have found cyanide on primitive meteorites.

A classic chemistry demonstration gets supersized in a recent Twitter video.

Physicists are constantly learning new facts about the universe’s beginnings, and they’re mind-blowing.

The explosion was so hot and massive, it was picked up by weather satellites.

Belugas and narwhals can apparently breed. Scientists have confirmed the only known specimen of beluga-narwhal hybrid.

Archaeologists have identified three of the birds depicted in the mysterious Nazca Lines, and they aren't local species.

Diet can influence the gut microbiome, but the same food can have the opposite effect on different people.

The bizarre holes have been popping up sporadically in the sea ice since the 1970s.

The flawed reactor design that led to a catastrophic meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was used in several other places. Some are still operating.

Noodle-looking rocks could be humanity's first hint that life once existed on far-flung planets.

One in 5 Americans can't name a single element on the Periodic Table.

The potential for the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica to collapse is determined by a newly discovered rock boundary running right down the middle of the ice.

Women undergoing fertility treatments may be at increased risk of a dangerous pregnancy condition called peripartum cardiomyopathy.

The find pushes the oldest direct evidence for fossils of fungus back more than 500 million years.

Simon Forman, who lived between 1552 and 1611 in England, was a shady astrologist and healer.

A great white shark named Luna has been detected near the South Carolina coast. She weighs more than 2,000 pounds.

China's lunar rover may have found pieces of the moon's elusive mantle.

A repaired lyre and a pristine gold belt buckle are among the treasures in a 1,400-year-old tomb.

Take a look at photos of the earliest Christian burial in England. The tomb once held the remains of an adolescent or adult Christian man of aristocratic lineage.

Though the top 10 names appear traditional, American parents are looking to pop culture for name inspiration.

French officials warn that lead levels are sky-high around the burnt cathedral.