Will social media monitoring protect kids online or is it just plain spying?

Looking for someone interesting to follow on Twitter? We've got a few recommendations of the non-human variety.

But apparently, time travelers shy away from promoting their whereabouts on social media.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Tim Hunt talked about his 'trouble with girls' this week, and women in the scientific community responded perfectly.

The hashtag has started to trend as academics compete for cooler-than-you tweets. But you probably haven't heard of it.

Suggested names for the new TRAPPIST-1 system planets range from Planet McPlanetface to the series 'Friends.'

Young school boy touches hearts after sending letter to teacher when her dog dies.

News organizations fact checking advance copies of former vice presidential candidate's new book find a lot of inconsistent truths.

The former governor's visit will indicate how popular she really is back home and it could have major implications for the future of America's energy policy.

The polls have flipped in Alaska. Murkowski is leading, but Scott McAdams may be in the best position of all.

 
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In the spirit of Valentine's Day, the Bronx Zoo is making an unusual offer: the right to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after a loved one.

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This image from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory may look like a space flower, but it's actually a planetary nebula.

The Bronx Zoo will let you name one of its Madagascar hissing cockroaches after anyone you like — or don't like.

Has Astoria finally found a way to drive away pinnipeds humanely?

Passengers acted swiftly to save a visually impaired man who had fallen off a platform near an Atlanta public transit rail line.

From a highway that runs through a building to a road that's a racetrack by day and a toll road by night, check out these unusual streets.

The fabled highway's inclusion on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual most endangered list might come as a surprise .

The two brightest planets in the sky, Venus and Jupiter, will likely draw attention to the western sky as darkness falls this week.

After blowing its first chance to orbit Venus two years ago, Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft is ready for a comeback in 2015, mission scientists say.

The ESA hopes to fly a spacecraft close to Phobos, orbit the lower Venusian atmosphere and draw up a map of Mars' hydrous areas in 2013.

Consider this an Earth-bound travel guide to the solar system, places on Earth that closely resemble landscapes of other planets.

The only safe food 2-year-old Micah can eat is fresh, organic peaches. He has food-protein induced enterocolitis syndrome, or FPIES.

Researchers are studying woodpecker brains, mantis shells and ram horns for clues that could help prevent concussions in sports.

After 'Exclusion Day,' kids in Oregon without completed vaccination paperwork are sent home from school until the problem is solved.

Sleepwalking is a misunderstood sleep disorder that's buried in more myths than facts.

Meat will be off the menu on Mondays for over 1 million students who attend New York City public schools,

A new book shows us how our faces reveal our true selves.

Having sex with an ex seems to be a fairly typical part of the breakup process for young adults, a new study shows.

Here are the key facts about the cases and what's behind them.

Thanks in part to shows like 'Modern Family,' a majority of Americans are now in favor of same-sex marriage.

Women who have had heart attacks want more information than they're currently getting from their cardiologists in order to move on with their lives.

Keeping sperm from being ejaculated may provide the key to creating a birth control drug for men.

The number of teenage girls and boys in the United States who have received the vaccine remains "unacceptably low" says the CDC.

Picking a partner while on the Pill might have lasting ramifications on marital satisfaction, new research finds.

Study found that men who ejaculated more than 21 times a month were significantly less likely to develop prostate cancer.

Cancer-causing human papilloma virus, or HPV, can be spread through kissing and oral sex.

The latest black hole discovery opens a whole new universe of not-so-big black holes.

A star from a distant galaxy produced the most intense X-ray blast ever.

A binary star system that got too close to our resident supermassive black hole paid the ultimate price.

Video: MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan talks with T. Boone Pickens, CEO of BP Capital Management, and Erich Pica of the group Friends of the Earth to discuss whether Pres

I know many people get to look forward to tax refunds this year, but as a freelance writer, I usually owe taxes in April.

The demand for gasoline in the United States reached a new high in March with an average of 9.3 million barrels of gasoline being produced per day.

Video: Larry Schweiger, president and chief executive Officer of the National Wildlife Federation, talks with Rachel Maddow about the extent of damage to Gulf c

A compilation of some of the most disturbing factoids about BP and the federal government's response to the catastrophe.

While the the big NGOs appear to be asleep at the wheel, thousands of Americans will gather on June 26 to make a bold statement to Big Oil execs: 'Stay off our

Why are government officials still blocking journalists from documenting the Gulf oil spill? What are they hiding, and why is Obama letting it happen?

ClimateCulture launches a campaign asking individuals to do their part in reducing the need for oil. Not sure this one will go over well in middle America.