http://www.livescience.com Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:45 EST en-us http://images.livescience.com/template_images/navigation/livescience_logo_88x31.jpg http://www.livescience.com 88 31 http://www.livescience.com/history/080211-hs-writing.html Writing ushered in history as we know it. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:45 EST http://www.livescience.com/environment/080211-green-submersible.html A "green" robotic glider runs on energy absorbed from the ocean. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:45 EST http://www.livescience.com/animals/080208-birds-began.html Scientists can't agree on when modern birds first appeared on Earth. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:45 EST http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/080208-relativity.html Albert Einstein was famous for many things, but his greatest brainchild is the theory of relativity. It forever changed our understanding of space and time. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:45 EST http://www.livescience.com/history/080208-hn-sugar.html Love honey, sugar cane, molasses and corn syrup? Blame our primate heritage. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:11:45 EST http://www.livescience.com/history/080201-candidates-marketing.html Appearance and money impact election outcomes. http://www.livescience.com/technology/top10-transform-tech.html A peek at the real future. http://www.livescience.com/history/080115-gold-standard.html Gold has topped a record $900 an ounce. Why is it so precious? http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/greatest_mysteries_archive.html We asked scientists from various fields to help pick the list. http://www.livescience.com/environment/top-10-natural-disasters.html Throughout modern history, the failure to prepare and cope with Mother Nature has resulted in catastrophic consequences, from wrecked economies to thousands of lives lost. Even as modern technology improves forecasts, Nature still gets the upper every now and then. Considering both human and economic costs, we present 10 of the worst all-time disasters to strike the United States. - Tuan C. Nguyen