Reports

The people of the world continue to grapple with the question of how best to combat climate change

As the United States gears up for Thanksgiving and its busiest travel week of the year, might high-speed trains get people where they're going faster …

Forward-thinking experts are getting a better handle on the growing global water shortage and coming up with innovative approaches to ensuring the security, safety and …

Can the economy be more green and still grow?

A look at the legacy of Galileo Galilei, 400 years after the Italian astronomer turned his spyglass toward the heavens

Explore the advances that earned this year's crop of Nobelists one of the world's most famous prizes--and in some cases, read about the prizewinning discoveries …

Five decades after the U.S.S.R.'s Luna 2 moon probe became the first spacecraft to land on another celestial body, we look at the past accomplishments …

Four decades after mankind's giant leap, a look at the harrowing first lunar landing, the Apollo missions that never flew, and how the historic event …

How did house cats evolve? Can dogs talk? Why do cats purr? Find out, in our definitive report on the science of our best friends

As demand grows for faster vehicles with cleaner emissions, engineers are rethinking engines and the fuels that make them go

Just in time for Mother's Day: From Mother Nature's timeless skin remedies to the latest findings in anti-aging research, science helps to explain how treatments …

As swine influenza reaches the U.S., a guide to what you need to know and what happens next. Plus, a look at pandemics past

Take stock on April 25, World Malaria Day: The international community has just two years to meet the United Nations's 2010 goal of providing protection …

Can carbon capture and storage save the climate from the consequences of fossil fuel burning?

From the genetics of tomatoes to building meat and stomachs in the lab, a look at the stuff we stuff ourselves with. How is science …

As Opening Day nears, we take a look at green stadiums, the physics of baseball, and other scientific underpinnings of the U.S. national pastime

Humanity's indispensable insect ally is facing an array of threats, many man-made

The partial meltdown at Three Mile Island 30 years ago ended the first wave of building nuclear power plants, but are plans about to be …

The future always promised us robots that would walk, talk and think like us. So, where are they?

From energy-efficient lighting to recyclable building materials, there are a host of new ways to make your workplace more environmentally friendly

From stem cells to cellulosic ethanol, high school whiz kids and their projects compete for a $100,000 top prize in the Intel Science Talent Search

A look at efforts to stem the pandemic that is sweeping countries from Lesotho to Russia

Geothermal, solar thermal, and even nuclear power could provide alternatives to today's carbon-based fuel sources

What happened at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's 2009 meeting in Chicago-- from climate change to the search for life on other …