How Scientists and Victims Watched Helplessly
145307
The magnitude of the tsunami that remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world.
178247
The onscreen heroics of presenters like Steve Irwin have shaped viewers' perceptions about the dangers of some animals.
337643
The tsunami that killed thousands around the Indian Ocean was caught by a series of radar satellites, allowing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists to develop measurements of the wave in mid-ocean.
439323
Pictures of the harrowing search for news of loved ones after the Indian Ocean sea surge disaster.
389105
STOCKHOLM -- The question rises from the rubble of the earthquake in Sumatra. It echoes on the Indian Ocean shores where bodies are still piled high and in homes halfway around the world where loved ones wait for news of the missing: How could God let this happen?
318532
More than 40,000 people are believed to have been killed by Sunday's Indian Ocean tsunami and millions more are homeless. Learn the facts about these killer waves: how tsunamis are generated, their destructive power, and what you can do to protect yourself.
437311
An experiment to reconstruct the deadly 1918 influenza virus has given a new insight into how the infection took hold of its victims.
298116
Imagining hundreds of outage-related micro-dramas unfolding simultaneously.
431228
US researchers are turning to peer-to-peer technology to help in the wake of natural disasters.
66766
Pictures of the devastation left by huge earthquake-triggered waves around the Indian Ocean.
76333
Online journals or weblogs are helping people share information about the tsunami disaster.
356684
Dr. Harindra Joseph S. Fernando study the human activities that make a natural disaster even more deadly.
338683
A Japanese research ship left for waters off Sumatra  to get a first-hand look at the focus of the most powerful earthquake in 40 years which triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
147743
Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires: a year after Katrina, a tour of the American hazardscape shows that we haven't learned much
735454
A statistical look at the Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster:
745096
The tragedy of the tsunami's child victims
70145
The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-of-body experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now scientists have turned their attention to the topic.