As oil prices have shot to historic levels, sales of GM’s once-popular line of SUVs and pickup trucks have sunk. The company is now trying to lure drivers back by making smaller and more fuel-efficient cars, like the Chevy Volt, an electric vehicle GM calls “a game changer.” Watch an interview about the new car…

Wind energy is the world’s fastest-growing energy source, but the rush to build windmill farms breeds corruption. At least, that’s what residents of small towns in upstate New York claim in a new report by The New York Times.

Michael Phelps, the 23-year-old Olympic swimmer, has captivated the world with his quest to win eight gold medals in a single Olympics. With every race he wins, Phelps draws closer …

In 1988, Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, brought national attention to global warming when he said in Congressional testimony: “The greenhouse effect has been detected and is changing our climate now.” Watch an interview with Dr. Hansen:

On this day in 1883, the last quagga died in captivity at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. Read more about attempts to re-engineer/re-create this creature genetically, from the …