Get worms drunk, put your head in a hippopotamus's mouth, operate an underwater vehicle or fly a super jet airliner in a flight simulator, and find out whether an asteroid really killed the dinosaurs - these are just some of the exciting activities on offer as the University of Southampton reveals the fascinating world of science and engineering in a series of events to mark National Science and Engineering Week 2008 (7 - 16 March).

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi urged local governments to push for scientific outlook on development to boost progress of the country's central region.

Samantha Chang of TheImproper.com says moderate caffeine intake can be good for you.

Robotic roaches influenced real ones, in a recent experiment, getting them to change their collective behavior and make decisions against their better instincts.

Ten years ago, scientist and physician Dr. Francis Collins led a team of researchers on a successful, pioneering mission to map the human genome. As an author, he has shared his strong belief in the compatibility of modern science and faith in God.

More than 3,000 high school students are expected to take part in the regional Science Awareness Festival starting today in Geraldton in mid-west Western Australia.

The Magic Theatre, in partnership with the Exploratorium Museums, presents Science on Stage 2007, the seventh annual presentation of script-in-hand performances of new plays about science and technology. San Francisco's well-known producer of premiere theatre works, the Magic, and San Francisco’s popular museum of science and art, will be offering engaging new plays at the Exploratorium's McBean Theater on Wednesday evenings, September 12, 19, and 26, at 7pm.

Rainforests are the world's treasure houses of biodiversity, but all rainforests are not the same. Biodiversity may be more evenly distributed in some forests than in others and, therefore, may require different management and preservation strategies. That is one of the conclusions of a large-scale Smithsonian Museum study of a lowland rainforest in New Guinea.

Queensland Museum South Bank will celebrate National Science Week with a range of free, science-based learning experiences from 18-26 August, 2007.

Movies such as Spiderman 2 and Speed generate excitement among audiences with their cool special effects. But they also defy the laws of physics, contributing to students’ ignorance about science.

Students' performance on annual math and science assessments improved in almost every age group when their schools were involved in a program that partners K-12 teachers with their colleagues in higher education.

In the June 2007 issue of Isis, a collection of papers draws together scholarship about the intersections of science and law, exploring what happens when science enters the courtroom or the course of scientific inquiry is determined by legal outcomes. “Focus: Science and Law” is freely available to all visitors to the Chicago Journals Web site: www.journals.uchicago.edu/Isis.