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Money and President Obama's support may not be enough to surmount the now former White House chief of staff's lack of relationships with black and Latino voters in the Windy City.

At the atomic level, things can be messy at room temperature — particles tend to jump around. But a group of physicists have found that if you cool things way down, and apply a magnetic field, some quantum particles align in elegant symmetrical arrangements.

In November, many Americans will be voting. Some will be pulling the lever for a candidate or issue. But many others will be pulling the lever against them. Though we live in a country built on optimism and a "can do" enthusiasm, Americans can be fairly negative when we go to the polls.

Scientists have discovered a macabre death scene that took place 67 million years ago. Preserved for eternity are an 11-foot snake and its prey, a newly hatched dinosaur. The discovery is among the rarest of the rare — fossils that reveal how ancient animals behaved.

A friendly little T-Rex wants to play in Jurassic Park (Universal)

When Hurricane Karl slammed into Mexico earlier this month, dozens of scientists had a ringside seat. Aboard a NASA research plane, they surveyed the storm and collected data to better understand why some storms weaken while others suddenly grow stronger.

Six men will enter a mock interplanetary spaceship in Moscow, close the hatch and then live inside for more than 500 days. They'll conduct the first ever full-duration simulation of a mission to Mars.

A United Nations panel released a highly anticipated report Friday about global warming. It concluded that the heavy use of fossil fuels is heating the planet, and could have dangerous consequences in the foreseeable future.

Paleontology student Erin Marie Williams ventures into Rwanda, where she works on a research team exhuming gorilla bones.

As part of our monthly series on ethics and technology, we'll look at whether robotic warfare makes the world a better place.