NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman squeezed in some laughs amid his busy day aboard the international space station Thursday during an orbital call from comedian Stephen Colbert.

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you only need to look overhead and toward the north where you will find the seven bright stars that comprise the famous Big Dipper.

Cat odor is known scare mice away, but it also seems to act like an aphrodisiac for the rodents, a new study shows.

Data-recovery specialist Jon Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.

Myanmar cyclone ranks among the deadliest Asian storms in modern times. Here are nine more of the deadliest storms since 1970, plus the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.

Jason Bond, a biologist at East Carolina University, named a newly discovered arachnid, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, in honor of rock musician Neil Young.

A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.

A prototype module for a private space station has passed an orbital milestone after completing its 10,000th trip around the Earth.

When it comes to printers and printing, some of you are going green and saving green. Thats what you said in e-mail responses to questions about whether youre printing more now at home than you did a year ago, or even five years ago.

Launched on Wednesday, the site helps you identify and eventually to buy virtually any product featured in your favorite shows and movies or used by a celebrity.

The crew of the space shuttle Discovery successfully completed a dress rehearsal today for their upcoming launch. They capped off their practice run at Cape Canaveral with a simulated countdown to liftoff at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Science has linked strong mom-and-baby bonds to smarter, healthier and happier children. Turns out, nature our DNA alone might not guarantee these coveted characteristics.

Where would these United States be if the first Continental Congress convened to efficiently jot down a petition to King George delineating the colony rights and grievances, but never got around to it because they got too distracted poking Betsey Ross and checking out Thomas Jeffersons Twitter feed?