Dust, soil broken rock and other related materials that blanket planetary surfaces—known as regolith—have great potential to contribute to space observation research, but the physical properties of lunar regolith are unique and very difficult to excavate from a technical perspective. A group of students at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, dubbed the Lunar Miners, decided to step up to the plate—that is, by entering the 2008 NASA Regolith Excavation Challenge.

It took the introduction of fractals and chaos theory to get Bruce Shapiro interested in motion control.

The ocean is full of secrets. Knowledge of its movement can help scientists and researchers predict when there’s going to be a drought in California, excessive rainfall on the East Coast or when crops might not make it through a season in Africa.

Seven-Foot-Tall bowler throws strikes for scientific research.

A classic case of collaboration behind the scenes at Cirque du Soleil.

There may be 99 bottles of beer on the wall, as the song suggests, but it is no longer necessary to take one down and pass it around.

"Restless Planet" transports guests to a Jurassic landscape with more than 100 animatronic dinosaurs.