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This summer, millions of cicadas will crawl out of the ground as part of their 17-year mating cycle - which will mean a lot of noise for East Coast residents. CBS News’ Jim Axelrod reports.

High-tech sensors have been set up in an effort to track the carbon footprints of megacities, urban hubs with over 10 million people that are increasingly responsible for human-caused global warming.

"Wearable robot" technology may have many names it may hold promises for people suffering from spinal injuries and those recovering from strokes or afflicted with multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.

Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade - just not the one we expected.

Scientists from the Smithsonian speculate that settlers in Jamestown, Va., may have resorted to cannibalism to survive a winter without food. Scott Pelley reports

Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels.

South Florida is full of insects and species from other countries. CBS News’ Mark Strassmann reports on an invasive snail that eats almost anything in its path, including houses.

American teenagers aren’t doing as poorly on international science tests as adults think. Despite the misconception, people don’t think the subject should get greater emphasis in schools, a survey released Monday found.

A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe took to the skies Friday over the San Francisco Bay area in a successful test flight.

CBS News contributor Michio Kaku, a physics professor at the City University of New York, talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about a new forecast by Colorado State University that warns this year’s hurricane season could be even worse than 2012.