Clusters of mouse embryonic stem cells called embryoid bodies more closely approximate true embryos in organization and structure than previously thought, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

With pollen from Monsanto's genetically engineered Roundup Ready sugar beets in the wind, gardeners must get to know their seed suppliers if they're going to keep their vegetable beds free from genetically engineered DNA. "Similar to how the food scares like...

Dave O'Reilly, the 61-year-old chairman and CEO of Chevron, says the industry needs to plow ahead with exploration to keep oil and natural gas flowing because demand will rebound.

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden van into a Spanish military convoy in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two Spanish soldiers and wounding several others, Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon said.

Defeated three times in as many years, supporters of parental notification insist voter trends are moving their way.

On October 16, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which has members representing 32 jurisdictions and is the world's premier standard-setting body for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT), warned for the fourth time about the risks posed to the international financial system by continuing deficiencies in Iran's AML/CFT regime.

LONDON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- One-third of teachers in Britain would support teaching the beliefs of creationism alongside evolution in schools, poll results indicate.

Bombs killed at least eight people Sunday across Iraq and wounded dozens of others, officials said. Syria's president blamed the U.S. military presence for Iraq's instability and called on U.S. troops to leave.

Business groups are criticizing the Department of Homeland Security for failing to revamp a new regulation that aims to make it harder for employers to hire illegal immigrants.

Inevitably, Wednesday’s headlines were all about Obama’s skin color and the historic milestone of the first black presidency. For the United States and the rest of the world, that is a fact of huge

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's new state superintendent of public instruction isn't afraid of ruffling a few feathers.

As many as 10,000 people took to the streets in San Diego and similar numbers marched in Los Angeles Saturday to protest passage of an anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, authorities said.

Florida State University hosted the Egyptian ambassador Hamdi Saleh as part of the "Human Rights and National Security in the 21st Century" lecture series last Thursday, Nov. 6. Saleh's lecture addressed ideas and concerns about what the new president of the United States needs to know about democracy and Islam.