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Scientists are usually pictured on screen as sober and humorless types, pre-occupied with numbers and empty facts

In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. Northeast coast, scientists have made a surprising discovery: a gigantic aquifer of relatively fresh water trapped in porous sediments lying below the salty ocean.

With the number of children diagnosed with autism on the rise, the need to find what causes the disorder becomes more urgent every day.

Often, the findings of fundamental scientific research are many steps away from a product that can be immediately brought to the public. 

Harmful algal blooms can cause big problems in coastal areas and lakes across the United States.