A family left behind by the H1N1 virus

On a rainy January day, Karen Romo, 15, feeds her five younger brothers and sisters an early dinner and tidies the kitchen while waiting for...

Turkeys domesticated not once, but twice

Turkeys, the only domesticated animals from the New World that are now used globally, were actually domesticated twice -- once in...

Effort underway to suspend California's global-warming law

Pluto images show a dynamic world

Newly computer-processed images of Pluto taken by the Hubble Space Telescope show that it is not simply a ball of ice and rock, but a...

Swine flu still spreading, though at a reduced rate

The odds of a third wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza hitting this spring seem to be declining, but authorities are concerned that the virus...

Heavy Web users likely to be depressed, study says

People who are addictive Internet searchers should probably browse for a phone number to the nearest therapist. Though almost everyone...

Brains of vegetative patients show life

In a study certain to rekindle debate over life-sustaining care for those with grievous brain injuries, researchers report that five...

Brown pelicans struggling to survive

All along the Oregon coast over the last month, hundreds of brown pelicans have turned up dead, starving or begging for food.

Penn State panel partially clears professor in climate e-mail inquiry

A Penn State University panel on Wednesday cleared a climate professor of falsifying data, concealing information and misusing...

Proposed NASA budget plots entrepreneur-friendly course

Big defense firms are reeling from President Obama's call to reshape NASA and scrap plans for sending astronauts back to the moon, an...

Report linking autism to vaccines is retracted by medical journal

Twelve years after Dr. Andrew Wakefield published his research in the international medical journal ...

Geoffrey Burbidge dies at 84; astrophysicist co-discovered how elements are synthesized in stars

Astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge, who with his wife and two other colleagues determined how elements are synthesized in the nuclear reactors...

Lawrence Garfinkel dies at 88; statistician helped link smoking to lung cancer

Lawrence Garfinkel, the statistician who overcame his lack of a doctoral degree and training in oncology to become one of the driving forces...

Astronomers spot aftermath of asteroid collision

An object imaged last week by the Hubble Space Telescope looks at first glance to be a comet, but a closer examination indicates it is...

Infection, early birth linked to asthma

An infection of the uterine cavity during pregnancy combined with premature birth doubles the risk that an African American child will...

Surgical procedure urged for atrial fibrillation

People with atrial fibrillation, a common type of irregular heartbeat, should be referred for a surgical treatment called catheter...

L.A. takes a shine to another Owens Valley product: sun

First it was silver ore that streamed to Los Angeles from the rim of the Owens Valley, then the water from the valley floor.

Abstinence-only classes may be effective for young teens

A new study shows for the first time that a sex education class emphasizing abstinence only -- ignoring moral implications of sexual...