The experiment in bug peer pressure combined entomology, robotics and the study of ways that complex and intelligent patterns can arise from simple behavior.

  An Icelandic company said today that it is launching a service that will assess a person?s genome for disease risk.

  The crew of the International Space Station are performing a nonstop series of tasks inside and outside the station.

  It has been 60 years since French paleontologists first found the dinosaur?s bones in Saharan Africa. Now, questions about the dinosaur?s peculiar anatomy are answered.

  New books on global warming steer away from partisanship and urge a move to the pragmatic center on climate and energy.

  Hybrids dominate a population of wolves near the Great Lakes that was officially removed from the endangered species list.

  Both giant aerospace corporations and small, entrepreneurial companies are advancing new space efforts.

  Three Western governors will appear in a nationwide television advertising campaign trying to generate public and political support for climate change legislation.

  The American who piloted the ship in San Francisco Bay told investigators its radar and electronic charting devices malfunctioned shortly before the accident.

  As a result of the work in monkeys, some researchers say, cloned human embryonic stem cells seem more feasible.

  Frito-Lay is redesigning a potato-chip factory aiming to reduce the energy it consumes and waste it creates.

  When the space shuttle fleet is retired in 2010, the U.S. will be dependent on Russia to give American astronauts access to the International Space Station.

  A federal appeals court said that new fuel-economy standards for light trucks, including S.U.V.?s, didn?t thoroughly assess the impact of greenhouse gases.

  The position at Kleiner Perkins Caufield &Byers will provide former Vice President Al Gore with an opportunity to nurture green businesses.