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Life's first handshake: Chiral molecule detected in interstellar space

'I'm not the Obamacare kid anymore'

Sunflower pollen protects bees from parasites

Album of Seaweed Pictures (1848)

Russia’s Centuries-Old Bride-Shows Were the Original Version of ‘The Bachelor'

Inside new-age and vintage communes

For the Kermit Sutra? New mating position reported for frogs

Cats seem to grasp the laws of physics

How Do You Say 'Gnarly' In Amharic? Ethiopia Gets Its First Skate Park

National Aquarium to move dolphins into refuge

The Battle For Bunny Land

The Enduring Unpopularity of the Female Condom

Native Americans move to frontlines in battle over voting rights

Families Isolated By Rare Genetic Conditions Find New Ways To Reach Out

Palestinians move into new city, part of statehood dream

Twice Exceptional

Faces of a divided island

In the Early 1940s, the Red Cross Banned Black Blood Donors

The right to remain silent, brought you by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI

How a New York State prisoner became a jailhouse lawyer, and changed the system.

Forget Closing Rikers, that’s not happening. Instead, why not make it a model?

Scientists Seek Genetic Clues To Asthma's Toll On Black Children

As a Girl, I Went Through Abstinence Ed. As a Woman, I’m Trying to Understand the Damage Done.

Polls show increasing support for Brexit; Murdoch's Sun backs 'Leave'

Florida bank issues first US credit card for use in Cuba

US home to nearly a third of world's mass shootings

U.S.-backed forces in Syria appeal for aid for hundreds fleeing IS

Finished Detectives in Togas

The girls were suitably happy with the ending, even though they guessed it ages ago with very little to go on. This is good, because Ana's book club assigned A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, so we're starting that tomorrow.

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Fish Can Recognize Human Faces, Study Says

How Intel Makes a Chip

X-ray snapshot of butterfly wings reveals underlying physics of color

Finding Tatooine: Planet discovered that orbits 2 suns

Exploring the Painted Mansions of the Rajasthani Desert

Bird brain? Ounce for ounce birds have significantly more neurons in their brains than mammals or primates

When Dating Algorithms Can Watch You Blush

Cereal science: How scientists inverted the Cheerios effect

Revealed: Cambodia's vast medieval cities hidden beneath the jungle

The Boys Who Loved Birds

The stray dog’s smile made him famous. Now, police say he looks too dangerous to stay in his new home.

Tea, Pride, Mystery: For One Family That Fled The Nazis, A Tin Canister Held It All

Title I: Rich School Districts Get Millions Meant for Poor Kids

As The Number Of Homeless Students Soars, How Schools Can Serve Them Better

Millions of American children missing early lead tests

Eastern US needs 'connectivity' to help species escape climate change

Biggest US coal company funded dozens of groups questioning climate change

Ivory Coast farmers face eviction, extortion in drive to save forests

Europeans Want a More Active E.U., Poll Finds

Legal Medical Abortions Are Up In Texas, But So Are DIY Pills From Mexico

'I'm an abortion travel agent' and other tales from Texas' new desert

Arsonists have attacked five Planned Parenthood clinics around the country since last July, wreaking hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, closing down the facilities, and sowing fear among staff and providers.

Obama administration not pursuing executive order to shut Guantanamo

Anxieties are growing over Beijing's activities in the waterways across East Asia.

Gunmakers' shares jump after Orlando nightclub massacre

Libyan forces taking back ISIS stronghold

Flow of civilians from Iraq's Falluja slows as IS tightens grip

Traffickers exploiting young refugees in French camps, says Unicef

NATO to send troops to deter Russia, Putin orders snap checks