The average annual temperature for the contiguous U.S. during 2006 was the warmest on record and nearly identical to the record set in 1998, scientists said today.

In some cases, making a snap decision might have a better outcome than analyzing the situation.

The modified skin cells added to cultured skin substitutes might fight potentially lethal infections in patients with severe burns.

If you?re looking for a space-age way to propose marriage, a black-diamond ring might be the way to go. Long baffled by the origin of these dark gems, scientists have found evidence they formed in outer space.

The volcano that destroyed Montserrat's capital in 1997 shot a cloud of ash more than five miles into the sky on Monday, and one scientist said the blast was ?a warning call.''

What does the Library of Congress (LOC) do when it wants to preserve a 500-year-old map, the only known copy of the first world map to call America ?America?? To preserve the document sometimes called ?America?s Birth Certificate,? the Library has partnered with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to design a hermetically sealed encasement for the 12-sheet 1507 Waldseemüller map.