Ian Randall

Fleets of hundreds of driverless cars could help stranded, vulnerable people escape from devastating hurricanes to the safety of shelters out of harm's way.

It has been a thrill to publish a second series of Innovation Interviews on the “End of the Island” Podcast. I spent each day of the Henley Royal Regatta walking along the towpath and in the boat…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the highest risk classification to several recalled animal feed products for beef and dairy cattle, lambs and deer.

Paleontologists have revealed the fossilized remains of a curious creature that is not only one of Earth's oldest animals, but may even be the first to have ever been mobile.

A trick used by beer-brewing yeast is helping to shine a light on a similar survival mechanism in cancer cells.

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently.

Typically weighing some 25 times more than the average car and needing about 30 percent more stopping distance, trucks present a particular hazard on the road.

An unusual earthquake beneath New Jersey back in April this year is shaking up our understanding of seismic hazards in the New York tristate area.

Paleontologists working in Patagonia have unearthed the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole—and it was a whopper, measuring in at more than six inches long, the size of an adult human hand.

"It destroys creativity when we have rules that supposedly can't be overcome," the California-based researchers said.