Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize today for their efforts to publicize global warming.
The 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine will go to three scientists who developed a technique for genetically modifying mice that enables researchers to study gene-related human diseases.
The facial cancer that is killing Tasmanian devils at an alarming rate is contagious and spreads when the animals bite each other, scientists have announced.
White-backed vultures—once plentiful in India and Pakistan—have become critically endangered. Now environmentalists are urging a ban on a common veterinary drug that may be poisoning the birds.
A striking seaweed, ribbon-like metal, and twisted geometry are just some of the winners of the 2007 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.
See what towns made the list of the world's dirtiest cities, and witness the grim toll that pollution is taking on people and the environment from Peru to China.
See a roundup of this week's news: India celebrates its 60th year of independence, London's Big Ben gets a cleaning, Mexico's Saint of Death gets a makeover, and more.
The packet of genetic code that increases the odds of being a southpaw is also linked to certain mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, a new study says.
