NASA has chosen 12 new astronauts from its biggest pool of applicants ever. Vice President Mike Pence attended Wednesday's announcement of the Astronaut Class of 2017 at Johnson Space Center in Houston. More than 18,300 people threw their hats into the space…

Newly discovered fossils indicate Homo sapiens were present in Africa 300,000 years ago, scientists reported. Until now, the earliest evidence dated back just 195,000 years.

Elon Musk's company successfully launched a satellite to orbit today (June 19) using a pre-flown Falcon 9 booster, pulling off the feat for the second time in less than three months.

Cross over the old Louisville & Nashville Railroad in this town remembered for its Civil War encampment and you'll see the first signs — there's fresh anticipation in the rural areas that will be prime viewing locations for the first coast-to-coast total…

Neonicotinoid pesticides commonly found in agricultural areas kill bees and hurt their ability to reproduce, two separate large-scale studies confirmed Thursday.