But a new University of Michigan poll reveals huge gender gaps in car knowledge.

Cheap gas may bolster spending, but it also drivers consumers to buy less fuel-efficient vehicles.

Men go straight for big macho trucks and performance muscle, but women shop for practical cars.

Running cars on air or water? Solar roadways? They're all cool concepts, but either hugely expensive or plain unworkable.

With big sales numbers, the manufacturers are rolling out a record number of new models at the 2016 New York Auto Show.

'Death Star' Vaporizes Its Own Planet: 1st Evidence

Ingredients for Life Were Always Present on Earth, Comet Suggests

Scientists have created a sonic "tractor beam" that can pull, push and pirouette objects that levitate in thin air.

Micro Mollusk Breaks Record for World's Tiniest Snail

Look up into the sky this week to see why autumn is the favorite season for many skywatchers.

New results from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft suggest that the Red Planet lost most of its carbon dioxide-dominated atmosphere to space about 3.7 billion years ago.

Astronomers have found what may be the oldest stars in the Milky Way.

New Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System May Be The Farthest One Yet

Honeybees Sweetened Life for Stone Age Humans

For the first time ever, astronomers have directly observed planets in the process of being born.

The strange squeaks, grunts and hiccups made by the black-and-white furballs are actually part of a panda language.

The chiton is a marine mollusk built like a tiny tank can see with eyes made of the same material as its armor.

Abraham Lincoln helped the country become the scientific and engineering powerhouse we know today, says Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Scientists have created a kind of cyborg flower: living roses with tiny electronic circuits threaded through their vascular systems.

Mars may one day have rings similar to Saturn's famous halo, new research suggests.

Astronomers think dark matter forms fine-grained but incredibly long streams throughout the universe.

Examining the eyes is an easy way for doctors to have a look at blood vessels' health.

Only three other types of ants are known to jump with their legs.

Best-Ever Pluto Photos Show Breathtaking Views of Dwarf Planet

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity may be an ill of the modern age or just a sign of a different condition.

Infant and adult morality rates both dropped in 2014 though overall life expectancy held steady.

Researchers will likely never know what happened to the crew of the Catalina PBY-5.

Serious expressions were the rage a century ago, but shifts in society changed things.

Angkor Wat Yields Astounding Buried Towers & Spiral Structure

The extinct relative of giraffes, Xenokeryx amidalae, takes its moniker from Queen Padmé Amidala, the wife of Anakin Skywalker.

Drought could kill vast swaths of forests around the world if global warming isn't contained, new research suggests.

These supplements may just change the way you feel while you're working out and not much else.

On Dec. 21, the top half of the planet faces away from the sun, leaving the North Pole in complete darkness.

Plasma presents a possible source for the blade, but lots of practical concerns remain.

The rocket's return even surprised SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, who initially thought the Falcon 9 booster didn't actually stick its landing.

Warming trends have spiked in certain areas of the world as we battle against smog.

Robot duels, gluttonous snakes and really long fingernails were just some of the oddities.

The newly identified species isn't the only glowing shark in the ocean, but it is the first found in the Pacific coast of Central America.

Here are five hot trends that paleontologists expect to see in 2016 and the years ahead.

A black hole's epic "burp" may help solve one of the deep mysteries of the galactic core.

Donald Trump's ego is extreme, he may be a bellwether for politicians as a whole, and the U.S. public as a whole.

All you need to avoid lower back pain is a steady exercise program and a bit of education.

From measuring our oceans to studying Jupiter, we'll learn more about space in 2016.

Why not take this opportunity to view six other meteor showers this summer?

The Leonids are expected to reach their peak before dawn on Nov. 17 but will still be visible through Nov. 21

More than 250 earthquakes have struck the state's Southern border since New Year's Eve, and it's not the first time this has happened.

Fern Cave hosts a wealth of species, including the largest colony in the world of endangered gray bats and many other species.

The federally protected and UNESCO-recognized wilderness area is front and center as work on the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico continues.

Video: Watch and learn how to make a delicious apricot chicken.

Once isolated to the Central Valley, the hybrid tumbleweed Salsola ryanii is making moves — and fast.