Science

More detailed pictures of the processes that continuously reshape theEarth from the inside out are being generated by new, more sophisticated computer models, yielding new insights into the hidden world beneath our feet. Full Story »

LONDON - At a celebration of BP's centennial last October, CEO Tony Hayward boasted to guests that the oil company "lives on the frontiers of the energy industry." Full Story »

VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. - President Barack Obama will use the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to reaffirm his commitment to the Gulf Coast amid lingering questions over his administration's response to the BP oil spill. Full Story »

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PARAMARIBO, Suriname - It looks like a meteor strike: From out of nowhere, a huge clearing appears in the jungle — a deep rust-colored pit surrounded by mounds of dirt and thick stands of trees pushed to the side in dense piles of overturned soil. Full Story »

PHILADELPHIA/PARIS (Reuters) - France's Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks. Full Story »

MOSCOW - Russia will launch its manned space missions from a new center in the Far East in 2018, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday, as the country seeks greater independence for its space program. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Twenty-two Komodo dragons have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo this month, giving a modest boost to the world's endangered population. Full Story »

An ancient, fossilized landscape is slowly rising up from the fields of sugar beets and barley in England's Fens, an agricultural hub near the country's central eastern coast. Full Story »

A timeline of some key moments in BP PLC's drive to operate on the frontiers of the oil and gas industry: Full Story »

Only a few areas of active weather will develop Sunday around the United States. Full Story »

A new contraption that artificially induces the dizzying effects of spaceflight in human brains without the pesky need to actually leave Earth is gaining ground as a tool to train new pilots and astronauts.   Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis unveiled Sunday an 18.5 billion dollar (14.5 billion euro) offer for US biotechnology firm Genzyme, hinting it may launch a hostile bid. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - China will build a multi-million-dollar research base on its east coast as it steps up its efforts to search for energy sources and rare earths on the ocean floor, state media said Friday. Full Story »

POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AFP) - Hurricane Earl churned toward the south-eastern Caribbean Sunday after reaching Category One status, as Hurricane Danielle headed for the cold waters of the north Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Tropical Storms and Hurricanes