(NEW YORK) -- China unveiled ambitious plans to send humans to Mars and build a base on the red planet at a recent space exploration conference.

Wang Xiaojun, the head of the state-run China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, shared a "roadmap of human Mars exploration" during a virtual lecture at the Global Space Exploration Conference held in Russia this week. The con...

(NEW YORK) -- A new study estimates that life expectancy in the United States decreased by nearly two years from 2018 to 2020, primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, marking the largest drop since World War II.

The study, published this week in the medical journal The BMJ, estimates that from 2018 to 2020, average life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by 1.87 years, from 79 t...

Sink your fangs into this: Interview with the Vampire is coming to the small screen.

An eight-episode series based on the 1976 Anne Rice novel has been ordered by AMC. The book, of course, was previously turned into the hit 1994 film starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.

News of the series comes after AMC purchased the rights to 18 of Rice’s books last year...

(NEW YORK) -- When Mikaila Martin competes Thursday at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon, she will have her biggest fan rooting her on, her 3-year-old daughter Camryn.

Martin, 24, gave birth to Camryn when she was 21 and in the middle of a standout track and field career at the University of Houston.

"I was a junior in college wh...

(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- India Walton became a full-time working mom at just 14 years old.

A high school dropout, she earned her GED at 19 while pregnant with twins, who were later born prematurely. Carless, she took the bus with her children to follow-up medical appointments for her babies, who were less than 2 pounds at birth. Inspired, she decided to become a nurse...