Jesus may be the most famous person in the world who was crucified, but he wasn't the only one.

One person has died in connection with a Listeria outbreak tied to sliced deli meats and cheeses. Why is this bacterium so dangerous?

A young paramedic in the United Kingdom recently cracked her neck while stretching and ended up partially paralyzed.

Twenty years after revealing this nebula's wonky hourglass shape, the Hubble Space Telescope returns its gaze to the Southern Crab Nebula.

Passover is one of the most important Jewish holidays. It begins on April 19 this year.

A tiny bone hidden in the tendon of the knee started to disappear over the course of human evolution... or so scientists thought.

Researchers have built a quantum computer prototype that can show 16 possible futures at the same time.

The wreck was filled with a trove of copper.

As Christinas observe Good Friday they will remember, with devotion and prayer, the death of Jesus on the Cross, but in the Middle Ages this day was dangerous for Jews.

Embryonic stem cells can morph into any cell in the human body.

Stem cells are cells that morph into other cells, and are used in the rapidly growing field of regenerative medicine to halt or even reverse chronic diseases.

Eight infants with a severe immune disorder, known as "bubble boy disease," appear to be cured of the disease thanks to an experimental gene therapy.

It's the oldest liquid blood on record, say scientists who want to clone the ice age horse.

Nearly 2 million tiny earthquakes shook Southern California over a decade.

Scientists recently discovered that numerous millipede species fluoresce, and the glow of their genitals varies between species.

Astronomers watched a high-speed gas cloud slam into the atmosphere of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Explorers captured a video of this gelatinous creature in a recent dive to the Java Trench in the Indian Ocean.

This hypercarnivore was larger than a modern polar bear, the largest land-based carnivore alive today.

Gray whales swim along the California coastline twice a year during their migration north and south. But this year it seems fewer whales are surviving the journey north.

Here's what dogs looked like in Scotland about 4,500 years ago, during the Neolithic, the last part of the Stone Age.

A baby in Texas was born without skin on much of his body, according to news reports.

Roman racing chariots were built for speed, and crashes were frequent.

Astronomers studying black hole SagA* have to deal with the weird, frustrating little star that lit up right between Earth and the black hole in 2013.

In a first, scientists have 3D-printed a heart using human tissue.