The oldest known snake fossils, dating from 143 million to 167 million years ago, have been uncovered. Researchers, writing in the journal Nature Communications, say the fossils push back the first record of snakes by 70 million years.

Edgar Froese, who was the only constant member of Tangerine Dream throughout their 48-year history, has died. He was 70. The multi-instrumentalist created a psychedelic, free-flowing sound in the early 1970s, which is credited with paving the way for trance music to develop in future decades, particularly in Germany.

New national guidelines for doctors say family physicians have a much more active front-line role to play in the battle against obesity.

City Hall Shooting In Minnesota Leaves 2 Officers Hurt And Gunman Dead, Police Say

A group of engineers at Samsung has developed a prototype wearable device dubbed as the Early Detection Sensor & Algorithm Package (EDSAP) which can warn about impending strokes.

The former employee of a Fox affiliate in Texas committed suicide outside Fox News headquarters, blaming the network for ruining his life. He claimed he was fired over a “sensational” Facebook post about the Austin police chief.

In an “unusual if not unprecedented” night of activity meant to take advantage of near ideal weather conditions, scientists successfully launched four rockets into the upper atmosphere from the University of Alaska’s Poker Flat Research Range, northeast of Fairbanks, Sunday night.

Royal Bank of Canada is the first major lender to lower mortgage rates after five-year bond yields fell in the wake of a surprise cut by the Bank of Canada last week, according to rate-monitoring websites.

The first human case of H7N9 bird flu in North America has been confirmed in a woman from British Columbia who had recently visited China, health officials say.

An asteroid the size of a mountain has skimmed past Earth, allowing scientists to see the giant rock has a moon of its own.

The exoplanet J1407b is almost unimaginably large by the standards of our solar system. According to researchers it is likely somewhere between 10 and 40 times the mass of Jupiter. However, that is not the really spectacular thing about it.