Changes to seismic monitors will provide precious seconds to notify emergency crews, utility officials and, eventually, the public, to brace for shaking.

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Orville Wright successfully makes a flight in a heavier-than-air machine that takes off from level ground under its own power and is controlled during flight. He flies the first airplane.

An octopus that uses coconut shells as portable armor is the latest addition to a growing list of animals that use tools. Pretty interesting stuff!

At the end of a painful year for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program and for aerospace workers in Washington -- a year of technical trouble, costly delays and a management decision to build a second assembly line outside the state -- the new airplane is finall

Snowflakes, we have seen, are beautiful and diverse but they are not inert byproducts of cold clouds. In fact, some scientists believe that snowflakes, and the specific shapes they form, could have a significant impact on our atmosphere's ability to clean

Looking ahead to the future, there is no reason why such a freeze shouldn't happen again -- and in ironic fashion it could be precipitated if ongoing changes in climate force the Greenland ice sheet to suddenly melt, scientists say.

Although honey bees are crucial to producing about one-third of all the food we eat, the Department of Agriculture has failed to meet crucial research needs to determine the cause of colony collapse disorder, which is devastating hives across the country

A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs - like wild boar tusks - roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday.

Stand by for yet another attempt to persuade a resistant British public to consume genetically modified food. The Food Standards Agency - the same quango that constantly condemns the organic produce that people really do want - is about to organise, at mi