“The ignorance is hard to believe ... It isn’t enough to say that these young people are uninterested in world realities. They are actively cut off from them. ... They are encased in more immediate realities that shut out conditions beyond — friends,...

No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America’s feminists, yet _ despite Hillary Rodham Clinton’s historic candidacy _ the women’s movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the...

“Puberty, many people would expect, arises in the gonads and genitals organs. But in fact, puberty arises from the brain,” says neuroendocrinologist Tony Plant.

Mother’s Day is Sunday, and if you haven’t been thinking about it for months, you’re probably scrambling for gift ideas now. Fortunately, the Web is full of suggestions for gifts for Mom. Unfortunately, many of them are bad, bad ideas. That’s where...

A man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later gave birth in eastern Idaho.

The girl gave birth less than two weeks ago by caesarian section at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Fremont County Sheriff Ralph C. Davis and other...

Men and women with short arms and legs are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s in later life, claim scientists.

They believe every extra inch on a limb can help to protect against the disease.

For women every additional inch of leg reduced the...

Levels of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere seem to be rising having remained stable for nearly 10 years.

Here’s the myth that makes dogs sound like a dental miracle: Despite all the leftover macaroni, rubber bands and dead squirrels they chew, our canine friends still maintain better oral hygiene than human beings do, no matter how studiously we floss and...

The University of Texas at Austin says its Texas Petawatt laser reached more than one petawatt of power last month, making it Earth’s most powerful laser.

1. Lately she sits at the computer naked.

2. After signing off, she always has a cigarette.

3. The giant rubber inflatable disk drive.

4. In the morning, the computer screen is all fogged up.

5. She’s gotten amazingly good at typing one...