Sometimes dolphins seem almost human and their DNA IS close to ours. That might be why the world's tallest man (who is Chinese) recently saved two of them.

CNN reports that "the long arms of the world's tallest man reached in and saved two dolphins by pulling out plastic from their stomachs." The dolphins got sick after eating plastic...

Sunspot 930 sent a powerful solar storm toward earth from an X3 class solar flare, and the unstable sunspot has a 35% chance of emitting more X class solar flares at any time. The solar storm resulting has the potential to damage satellites and expose passengers in high flying aircraft to excessive radiation. The astronauts aboard the space...

There is a lot of controversy about whether Apocalypto, the new Mel Gibson film about the ancient Mayans, is historically correct. Despite Gibson's desire to create a work that reflects the truth about the Mayan world, one expert says that the film is not authentic.

Professor Michael Aakhus says, "If you like action films, you should...

The recent retreat of Arctic sea ice is likely to accelerate so rapidly that in a little over 20 years, as early as 2040, the Arctic Ocean could become nearly devoid of ice during the summer, as a result of global warming.

Scenarios run on supercomputers by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) show that the amount of sea...

Synesthesia is the name of a condition in which your senses get crossed up and you see colors when listening to music or taste things while viewing shapes or words. It sounds like a problem you'd want solved, but many people with this condition wouldn't trade it for anything.

In LiveScience.com, Ker Than quotes UK researcher Julia Simner...

Some researchers think that sign language actually leads to deafness. And due to the new science of cochlear implants, which are now implanted in young children, sign language may be on the way out among the deaf. But some deaf people insist that sign language is what defines them as a unique culture.

In New Scientist magazine, Rachel...

Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say that bad habits like smoking, eating the wrong foods, drinking too much alcohol and not exercising enough cause half the deaths in the US. Researchers are trying to figure out why we persist in these deadly habits.

In LiveScience.com, Jeanna Bryner quotes researcher Cindy...

Due to global warming, massive fires covering half a million acres are burning in the eastern part of the Australian state of Victoria. In a desperate attempt to prevent them from combining into a superfire that would rank as one of the largest conflagrations in modern history, the Australian army has been mobilized to support firefighters.

There has long been speculation that innocent animals could be used to create bioweapons for terrorist attacks. But they could be used to detect these weapons as well.

If terrorists deploy a biological weapon, the molecules in the blood of llamas would warn us we were being attacked. Scientists would just have to look in the llama?s...

We've long speculated about whether or not Neanderthals interbred with early modern man. Some scientists say that we're the ones who branched off from the family tree?that Neanderthals were the "normal" humans. If the Neanderthals hadn't died out, we all might be cannibals today.

When Neanderthals suffered periods of starvation, they may...

NASA has found what it calls "compelling" evidence that water is flowing on the surface of Mars RIGHT NOW, and has documented what it believes to have been water flows withinthe past seven years. Keep reading to see more fascinating images.

There are many images taken on the surface of Mars over the past few years that seem to provide...

Like the Dybbuk box, the supposed curse against anyone who disturbs the tomb of the boy-king Tut still seems to be powerful today, as a group of radiologists discovered.

Dr. Ashraf Selim and his team ran King Tut's mummy through a CT scan in order to affirm that the cause of his death was a fatal injury that became infected, rather than...

Christmas is the season of giving. Now, just in time for Christmas, William Henry presents his new Starwalkers book and 2-disc DVD set. Now, in a Dreamland Special, you can listen to William and Whitley reading chapters from this extraordinary book. Just click "Listen Now" on our masthead, and scroll down to the last item. And you can still...

Increased underwater noise is making it hard for whales to communicate. Now ambient noise is causing birds to sing louder, so they can still attract a mate.

Charles Q. Choi writes in LiveScience.com that bird songs are becoming faster and higher-pitched, so that other birds of the same species can hear them above the din of airplane and...