Northwestern University officials say a professor accused in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago man has been fired...

After a cross-country manhunt, a former Northwestern University professor and University of Oxford employee are in custody for the brutal stabbing death of a 26-year-old Chicago hair stylist...

A fossil found in northeastern Nevada shows a newly discovered fish species that scientists believe looked, and ate, like a shark...

The mother of a Chicago man who was fatally stabbed in Chicago is asking for privacy...

Canadian officials say three types of potatoes genetically engineered by an Idaho company to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat...

New fossils help scientists discover a prehistoric sea worm with 50 spines on its faceless head...

Gene editing, a widely used new tool for research, is getting fresh attention thanks to a successful lab experiment with human embryos...

First safe repair of a gene mutation in human embryos marks a step toward one day preventing babies from inheriting diseases...

Researchers are aiming within the next two years to roll out an early warning system that can spot when toxic algae is appearing on hundreds of lakes across the U.S....

A neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein's brain and was the first to show that the brain's anatomy can change with experience, has died...