WASHINGTON Tropical lizards have a stick-to-itiveness in high wind that puts TV weather reporters to shame. Now we know why, thanks in part to a high-powered leaf blower. Hurricanes Irma and Maria put a group of little tree-hugging lizards to the test, and scientists were perfectly positioned to see which reptiles survived and why. Then, […]

Americans love technology, and we expect companies to deliver delightful digital experiences. Insurers aren’t doing that — yet. So far, updates have been skin-deep. “If you go to a carrier’s website, the look and feel is pretty good, but the functionality is lacking,” says Tom Super, director of J.D. Power’s property and casualty insurance practice, […]

HARTFORD, Conn. Allowing inmates to stare at computer tablet screens for hours each day may be just the ticket for creating calm, orderly cellblocks, prison officials say. But tablets, growing in popularity in prisons nationwide, also can help inmates advance their education, connect with family and prepare them for life in the technology-saturated outside world, […]

RALEIGH, N.C. In North Carolina’s colonial history, the best known tales concern the legendary Lost Colony of English settlers who had vanished mysteriously by 1590. Less widely known, but perhaps more significant, is a story from a few years earlier about the first science center in the New World, headed by the first known Jewish […]