Volcanoes set the stage for the rise of the Appalachian Mountains and the ice age that followed, new research has found.

Scientists have discovered a new species of butterfly which has ears on its wings.

Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians adequate access to water.

Is the government prepared for internet clogging during the swine flu pandemic?

Michigan representative Jim Slezak is lobbying for an amendment to state law that would make abortion illegal.

Which is tougher, finding the world’s smallest particles with a multi-million dollar supercollider, or surviving the halls of the competitive, male-dominated Harvard Physics Department as a women? Melissa Franklin, who […]

Andy Dunn was sick of the way that his pants fit. So he and a friend from Stanford Business School started an online pants company called Bonobos. They make reasonably […]