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What will be the biofuel of the future? If there are too many limits on the large-scale production of corn and sugar-based ethanol, what other kinds of biomass can be used to produce fuel? We speak to

The NASA scientist who accused agency administrators and the Bush White House of manipulating public releases of climate data says he is disappointed that President Obama hasn't taken more action on the issue.

The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller. The Nobel committee said "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, [her work] depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."

Mary Poppins and a striptease artist have something in common: They failed at true reversal. But not for the reasons you think.

Researchers around the world are trying to figure out exactly what makes a virus highly contagious. A new report in the journal Science describes one way to turn a contagious virus into one that is much more difficult to transmit.

A U.S. citizen suspected in the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square seemed to have everything going for him. He had built a nice home for his family near Bridgeport, Conn. A neighbor said Shahzad seemed to be "a nice guy." But by last summer, Shahzad's life had started to turn sour.

Host Tom Fudge talks with cloud enthusiast Gavin Pretor-Pinney about his book The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds.

The latest science on global warming released today shows that climate change is happening at an alarming rate. The first part of a major study on global warming includes the work of several San Diego

It's been four months since UC San Diego was rocked by a series of racially-charged incidents targeting black students on campus. Since then, top ranking UCSD officials have agreed to a litany of terms and conditions aimed at making the campus more diverse and tolerant.

Democrat Stan Greenberg and Republican Glen Bolger conducted the first public battleground poll of this election cycle. They chose the 70 House districts experts regard as most likely to oust incumbents this fall. What they found was grim news for Democrats.