Sensor-laden planes called "Hurricane Hunters" pierce and prod hurricanes in the Gulf Coast.

Interval Licensing is suing a cluster of defendants, including AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo and YouTube.

Researchers at MIT have created a fleet of robots that can cruise the ocean and clean up surface oil slicks.

Wildcat mining, or the operation of illegal mines, is a world-wide problem that is also prevalent in the U.S.