An inexpensive part of the federal effort to dig America out of the subprime crisis appears to have promise.
A respected geochemical engineer proposes a new way to deal with toxic waste: Make it into shrines that people can work, shop and even live on.
Overweight is the new normal in America. So why do we still share an immediate, negative reaction toward the obese?
About 600,000 elderly stop driving every year. How can we keep them mobile?
The BBC finds the right way to counter Holocaust deniers: You have the public question them.
East and West remember World War II in different ways.
Graphic representations of how movie stars and their critics rate, according to Metacritic.com.
The first comprehensive analysis of its type finds food and beverage products appear in more than two-thirds of popular movies.
A cross-national comparison of alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents indicates that stricter laws may prevent high school kids from drinking, but not from smoking pot.
GIS mapping technology is helping underprivileged communities get better services — from education and transportation to health care and law enforcement — by showing exactly what discrimination looks like.
Self-taught private investigator Jim McCloskey has helped free more than three dozen people who were imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit.
The first comprehensive analysis of its type finds food and beverage products appear in more than two-thirds of popular movies.
Why do bloggers blog? It sounds like a trick question, but a study of top political bloggers finds their motivations evolve over time.
Producing 'natural' cotton clothing is a huge and filthy global business that, Chinese-commissioned research shows, will be extremely difficult to clean up.
Writing words by hand is a technology that's just too slow for our times, and our minds.
Only more and better data will settle a dispute about the possibility that environmental pollution can cause inheritable disease.
The first comprehensive analysis of its type finds food and beverage products appear in more than two-thirds of popular movies.
Federal plans for a green economic revolution need more discipline — and a long-term partnership with the venture capitalists who know startup winners from losers.
Amid severe economic gloom, some top executives take a pay cut, but it's unclear how widely the salary correction will spread.
National security blueprint finds climate change "inextricably" linked to energy and economic concerns.
Armed with mobile phones and the Internet, trusted networks of family and friends spread the news of electoral fraud and escalating tensions in Iran, transfixing the world with photos and videos of demonstrations against the regime.
There is, in fact, a surprising amount of scholarship on the subject of Thanksgiving, a uniquely American celebration marked by rituals that lend themselves to a wide range of interpretations.
Guest blogger Tom Jacobs says psychology provides some suggestions as to why so many artists transgress ethical boundaries.
Blocks of ice are joining molten salt and compressed air as ways to deliver yesterday's energy when it's wanted today.
Wastewater recycling and other water-efficiency programs are saving aquifers and helping a famed produce industry thrive.
College party-goers share their reasons puffing on the patio ... and other odd studies highlighted in this month's Cocktail Napkin.
Obama administration gains another first — most divided debut year since polling began.
Research suggests a possible specific target for drugs fighting the most common type of breast cancer.
Because it's not just the economy, our experts offer some solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the campaign.
Three books suggest America has slipped into a polarized state of undermined self-government. None convincingly suggests how we can slip back out.
AVMA president responds in the debate on the use of extra-label antibiotics in poultry.
The digital revolution lets antiquities forgers sell their 'replicas' worldwide, unintentionally undermining the black market in looted artifacts.
Self-taught private investigator Jim McCloskey has helped free more than three dozen people who were imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit.
