SciTech

Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols and baseball's other greats have barely begun spring training, but a mathematician from New Jersey already knows what kind of season they'll have. 

The federal government has recommended an endangered-species listing for loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry.

In an apparent slap at the embattled chief of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered a newly formed outside scientific panel to review its "procedures and practices" -- and more significantly, its management.

A global Internet agency is discussing whether to create a ".xxx" domain name.

Score one more for Einstein. A new study has confirmed his theory of general relativity works on extremely large scales.

Mapping the connections among brain cells could someday prove as revolutionary as mapping the human genome. But tracing synaptic connections between neurons by hand has proven painstakingly slow. Bring on the computers.

Wrestlers in Florida are testing their skills against a new jaw-dropping opponent to find out who was the real swamp king, man or alligator.

The star of the Warner Brothers' new IMAX film "Hubble 3D" was missed Tuesday evening at the movie's world premiere at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum but for good reason: it was orbiting 350 miles above Earth.

In the wake of errors, cover-ups and scandal, top United Nations officials will announce Wednesday a review of its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.