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In 2003, China became the third country after the United States and the Soviet Union to put a human in space. China may be a latecomer to the field of space exploration, but it has big plans, including its first unmanned mission to the moon's surface some three years from now.

A study by scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology could help researchers develop more effective flu vaccines. Their reseach was published this week in the journal proceedings

We live in the digital age - from downloading videos to online banking to social networking. Yet the medical world has been slow to jump into the electronic world of record keeping. We'll explore th

The sleek, bullet-shaped spacecraft is about the size of a large business jet - with wide windows and seats for six well-heeled passengers to take a ride into space.

Is America ready for an African-American President? Our guest says attitudes toward black political candidates and leaders have changed since the 60s. Now with the presidential campaign of Senator Bar

Naomi Oreskes says gas and oil companies and their allies have made a concerted effort to undermine the scientific findings that show global warming is happening and its primary cause it human activit

Talks on Iran's nuclear program may have produced a deal that could ease Western fears that the Islamic Republic is out to create a nuclear bomb. The agreement could be the key to resolving the long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear program.

Hurricane Katrina was in the making long before it struck land in August of 2005. A new IMAX film tells the story of Louisiana’s vanishing wetlands and their role in buffering storms.

The damage man has caused to the environment is one of the recurring themes in the work of husband and wife photographers Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison. But instead of documenting environmental destruction, they combine performance, sculpture, and painting into surreal photographs featuring Robert as an Everyman character.

In addition to drooling and walking on all fours, both young infants and dogs sometimes ignore what they see with their own eyes and instead trust a human "teacher." Dogs may have evolved this trait to help them live with people, because, as a new study shows, their wolf relatives don't make the same mistake.