If nitrogen hypoxia is used, an inmate breathes 100 percent nitrogen, which causes suffocation. Louisiana is one of four states that have approved it for executions.

That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as ...

The northern and southern lights, auroras visible from the poles, glow with a range of different colored lights. Here's the reason for each of those colors.

After months of athletes and fans eagerly awaiting, Reebok has announced the launch of its highly anticipated performance ...

A 12-ounce service of Guinness has about 125 calories. That puts it just above standard light lagers like Bud Light (110 calories), Miller Lite (96), and Coors Light (102). However, Guinness also ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers is introducing a bill meant to stop the "funding of death" in the state — no more death penalty and no dollars for physician-assisted suicide or abortions.

President Donald Trump fired two of the three Democratic commissioners of the federal agency that enforces civil rights law in the ...

One of Trump’s most despicable day-one executive orders revoked Biden’s moratorium on federal executions, ensured that states ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

A chaotic back-and-forth over President Donald Trump's freeze on federal grants and loans has farmers, activists, ...

Jovine, the cofounder and chief scientist of Brilliant Planet, is trying to engineer high-growth microalgae strains to ...