WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Mars rover Curiosity will soon begin to drill into the Red Planet for the first time, mission officials said ahead of the highly anticipated endeavor.Scientists behind the $2.5 billion mission also explained the nature of the small “Martian flower,” which had ...

The Obama administration is set to announce that it is suspending proposed exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean until 2011. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says in a report to be delivered to the White House later today that he will not consider applications for permits to drill in the Arctic ...