Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...

Greens Ledge Lighthouse, located off the shore of Rowayton, a village in Norwalk, was included on Condé Nast Traveler's list ...

Two Belgian teenagers who were found with thousands of ants valued at $9,200 and allegedly destined for European and Asian ...

Seven environmental activists from around the world will be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 21. Known as the ...

The fish was out of reach ... whose epic journeys—mountain biking across the western Gobi Desert of Mongolia, circumnavigating Ellesmere Island by sea kayak (at the age of 65!)— ...

China was making final preparations for the launch on Thursday of a three-person replacement crew for its orbiting space ...

In Mongolia's Gobi Desert, paleontologists unearthed Duonychus tsogtbaatari, a novel therizinosaur species from 90-95 million years ago. This plant-eating dinosaur, related to meat-eaters ...

During a private meeting earlier this month, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the successful operation of a thorium-powered nuclear reactor located in the Gobi Desert. The team ...

China announced Wednesday the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space. The Shenzhou 20 mission’s astronauts are Chen ...