The space shuttle Discovery blasted its way into orbit through wispy clouds against blue skies on its way to deliver a bus-sized laboratory to the International Space Station.
A tribute to the overwhelming diversity of fruits on this planet, both botanical and human.
In this history of the Amazon, a scholar builds his case for the benefits of rivers, rain forests and native inhabitants.
As energy is unlocked from fuels at power plants, two-thirds of the energy consumed to create electricity is lost.
The shuttle Discovery, with its crew of seven astronauts, is taking a tour-bus-sized science laboratory to the International Space Station.
The crew of the space shuttle Discovery for its latest mission, a 14-day trip to the International Space Station.
The shuttle Discovery is scheduled to blast off at 5:02 Saturday afternoon. Its cargo includes an all important unit needed to repair the malfunctioning toilet.
Aerial photographs of an isolated community of indigenous people in the Amazon basin were released this week to show that they exist but may be endangered by illegal logging.
A NASA spacecraft has been sending pithy updates from the surface of Mars to users of Twitter, a Web microblogging service — with the help of a human.
Despite support, plans to take the carbon dioxide that spews from coal-burning power plants and pump it back into the ground have hit roadblocks.