When business school graduates or electrical engineers with newly minted degrees form companies, their actions are almost taken for granted. But when a trio of Harvard University postdoctoral students in biology with no business experience said they were using their research to create...

Some 250 million years ago, the Earth's landmasses were joined together into one massive, c-shaped supercontinent called Pangaea. Over the course of 70 million years, the Earth's crust tore apart in the Jurassic period until about 180 million years ago when the super masses...

Beer usually conjures images of fraternity keggers, tailgate parties and Homer Simpson loafing at Moe's Tavern.But U.S. beer drinkers are becoming more sophisticated in their suds consumption, matching beer with food and experimenting with different varieties than those endlessly promoted on football Sunday TV commercials.Some...

At one point, all the masses of land were connected to one another.