Science & Technology

Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to placing a man on the moon.

A love of science and problem-solving brought four Charlotte students to President Barack Obama’s doorstep Tuesday for the second annual White House Science Fair.

When Hurricane Frances swept through the Caribbean in 2004, it wiped out populations of little anole lizards living on seven tiny islands in the Bahamas.

If you remember nothing else from biology class, you probably recall the "survival of the fittest" theory, which generally refers to how organisms adapt and change with their environment in order to reproduce and survive.

Q: Why do doctors dilate your eyes for an exam, and are there any drops to reverse the dilation?

Every day, as music and sounds of the sea play in the background, dolphins at a dolphinarium in Port-Saint-Père, France, show off their skills for an adoring audience and squawk and whistle just like dolphins should.

"Everywhere in the world, people want to make a living without destroying their environment. It's up to science, technology and corporate leadership to find a way to make a living without destroying their environment."

For the last several years, Tim Samaras has led TWISTEX - Tactical Weather Instrument Sampling in/near Tornadoes Experiments - one of three pursuit teams on Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers."

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state. There's his grand research plan to figure out what makes the human brain tick. And he's warned about electromagnetic pulse attacks leaving America without electricity.

Mike Dorcas was about 4 when he caught his first snake. It was under a rock behind his house in Bedford, Tex. He spent hours watching it slither, then set it loose.