Hurricane Ike isn't the first epic storm to slam Galveston, Texas. See
scenes of the devastation from what is still called the worst natural
disaster in U.S. history.
Chilling warnings of "certain death" have residents of the Texas coastal town gearing up for the worst -- and recalling the devestating 1900 storm that killed 6,000.
In addition to solving big mysteries of the universe, the massive atom smasher may help treat disease, improve the Internet, and open the door to faster-than-light travel, scientists say.
A small village in India has about a hundred pairs of twins, mostly same sex and 90 percent born in the last 20 years. No one can explain the phenomenon.
Even before the Large Hadron Collider fired up, it had spawned a phenomenon never before detected in the universe: a hit rap about physics. Watch the video and get the story behind it.
The biggest science experiment ever has begun underneath Europe. Scientists hope the Large Hadron Collider will recreate conditions like those just after the big bang.
The atom smasher's first step toward recreating post-big bang conditions was a success. "Oh wow," exclaimed one scientist at the event, "it actually worked!"
The fifth and final trip by shuttle astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in mid-October will leave the orbiting observatory more capable than ever, senior NASA officials said this week.
When the world's biggest atom smasher starts up this week, most experts say we won't feel a thing. But if they're wrong—though it's not likely—a golf-ball size black hole could absorb Earth.
The Large Hadron Collider will begin zinging protons together at nearly the speed of light, the first of many experiments that scientists hope will solve the most enduring mysteries in physics.
