Discovery

Electric car makers polish the image of what could be a hard sell in the current recession.

Japan plans to explore its seabeds in search of rare metals used in electronics.

Artifacts from ancient Pompeii reveal the popularity of gladiator battles.

Three marine areas are slated to be protected as national monuments.

A new theory suggests Earth has two cores. But not everyone is convinced.

Gladiators will engage in mock battles in Rome's famous Colosseum.

A pink-and-black Galapagos iguana is ID'd some 179 years after Darwin's visit.

The Milky Way is not a little sister to Andromeda after all, new research shows.

Scientists may be able to breed mosquitoes to carry a parasite that causes early death.

A survey finds 1.4 million residents of Hong Kong are thinking about moving.

A new wind tunnel generates wind speeds up to 30 times the speed of sound.

Climate change could expand the range of stubborn corn pests, say scientists.

Will 2009 be the year Cleopatra's tomb is found? Experts muse on the year ahead.

Paleontologists in east China unearth a vast collection of dino fossils.

Will an injectable white powder be the future of broken bone therapy?

A new theory links three explanations for the disappearance of mammoths.

From dino mummies to avalanche school, enjoy our favorite videos of 2008.

Columbia's astronauts were doomed by faulty safety equipment, say NASA officials.

New videos reveal the dramatic tactics of anti-whaling activists.

Yellowstone is jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day.