Plunging tools into glowing-hot magma miles underground might sound fantastical. But in recent years, a handful of geothermal energy companies have done so without meaning to.

To investigate chimp communication, my colleagues and I follow chimpanzees through the forest as they go about their lives. We carry a hand-held “shotgun” microphone and a digital recorder, waiting for them to call.

Across the country, community groups, hospitals, government agencies and nonprofits are doing more to support at least some of the estimated 42 million people who are primary caregivers.

Community colleges — and at least one high school — are starting programs to train students for these in-demand occupations.

Cambridge University scholar Aleksandr Kogan has revealed that his method worked much like the one Netflix uses to recommend movies.

In our research into the emerging definition of ethics in virtual reality, my colleagues and I interviewed the developers and early users of virtual reality to understand what risks are coming and how we can reduce them.

Physical fitness has been definitively tied to improved academic achievement and schools are starting to take notice.

Hospitals are increasingly offering “patient-financing” strategies, cooperating with financial institutions to offer on-the-spot loans to make sure patients pay their bills.

For nearly a decade, from 2006 to September 2015, VW anchored its U.S. sales strategy on a breed of cars that turned out to be a hoax.