Miners begin to tell the story of how they clung to life underground. CNN's Karl Penhaul reports.
Richard Villaroel holds up a red plastic bottle cap, the diameter of which is no bigger than two of his fingers. Three-quarters full of canned tuna or salmon -- that's how little he ate every day in the Chilean mine that caved.
Two miners were killed and a third was injured in a dynamite explosion at a copper and gold mine in Chile's Atacama Desert, not far from another mine where 33 miners were trapped for 69 days.
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera tells Becky Anderson how he felt the moment he heard the miners were alive.
A world mesmerized by a 68-day tale of true grit expects a joyful ending Tuesday in a desolate patch of Chile's Atacama Desert.
CNN catches up with one of the drillers to discuss efforts to free the 33 trapped miners in Chile.
The 16-man rescue team that will carry out the operation to free 33 trapped miners trained for their mission at the mine site in northern Chile Wednesday.
Officials working to free 33 trapped miners in northern Chile denied Thursday they are under political orders to rescue the men ahead of President Sebastian Pinera's planned mid-month trip to Europe.
Did you hear the one about the manacled Mormon, the beauty queen and the cloned Boogers?
A story of how a butterfly might have saved two miners' lives. Was it a tall tale? CNN's Karl Penhaul reports.
In Chile's dry Atacama desert, folklore mixes with superstition and superstition blends with religion.
As night breaks into day, the arc lights on three drilling rigs flicker off.
There's new hope the 33 trapped Chilean miners will be rescued earlier than expected. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports.
A bore hole reached 33 trapped Chilean miners Friday, officials said, but it must be widened before the miners can squeeze through -- a process that should take a few weeks.
Chile's Atacama Desert is no place to live. At night it's a freezing moonscape and when the sun comes up it becomes as hot as a burning skillet.
CNN's Patrick Oppmann spends a day with family and friends of the trapped Chilean miners at a makeshift village.
Now that 33 miners who have been trapped in the earth for 19 days have been found alive, the focus is shifting to their physical and mental health as they face a potentially long period before being rescued.
Thirty-three miners trapped underground in Chile sent a note on Sunday saying they are alive, raising hopes for the first time in the nearly three weeks since the mine collapsed, but officials cautioned it could take months to rescue the workers.
Rescuers will use machines Sunday to try to reach 33 workers trapped in a caved-in mine, emergency officials said.
Crews in Chile were still trying to rescue 34 workers trapped inside a mine Friday afternoon, the government said.
In a desert oasis beside a roaring river, a handsome young Chilean man reaches for my hand to help me over the rocks. He smiles. "Gracias," I say.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Italian motorcyclist Luca Manca was critically injured Thursday in the sixth stage of the Dakar Rally and placed in an induced coma after falling from his bike.
Racers from across the world participate in a 6 day, 150 mile footrace through the Sahara desert in Egypt in 2008.
Let's just say it. The whole thing sounds insane.
Scientists working with NASA's Phoenix Lander are reasonably sure they have detected a toxic chemical in the soil near the north pole of Mars.
Microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth. Could such exotic life emerge in the frigid arctic plains of Mars?
I-Reporter Valentina Bustos describes the aftershocks that have hit northern Chile.
Popular Science aviation editor Eric Adams, covers cars, airplanes, space travel, military technology, and astronomy.
An ambitious project to build the world's largest radio telescope high in the Chilean Andes looks set to give astronomers their best ever view of deep space -- and provide them with a dramatic window back through time to the formation of the universe itself.
FSB: Globe trottersupdated: Wed Jun 14 2006 14:05:00
David Kuhnau was 75 miles into a 100-mile leg of a race in Antarctica when the blizzard struck. His lungs were already burning, his feet were covered with open blisters inside his trail shoes, and ...
Imagine returning from vacation with tales of excavating mummies in the Atacama Desert in Chile or tracing the history of the planet's fresh water back nearly 20,000 years in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
'OUTER SPACE' -- (CNN) 'Now that would be a dateline to write home about. Or how about: "SEA OF TRANQUILITY" or "PLANUM MERIDIANI"? Those wouldn't be too shabby, either.
Life is hard. For some, it's almost impossible.
Soneva Gili Hudhuveli Island, the Maldives. Private island resort and spa, opening in November
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