Two educational companies will split $10 million to promote literacy worldwide.

A stolen copy of the 1615 Geneva Bible is recovered, but many items are still missing.

Scientists are stumped by calculations that suggest the universe is younger than they thought.

Koreans use one of the world’s strangest systems to determine age.

A new wireless sensor may let parents and medical staff get closer to sick and premature babies in neonatal intensive care.

Toe-MAY-toe, toe-MAH-toe. Could the food you eat affect your pronunciation? A new study suggests that the change from primitive foodstuffs to modern delicacies may have altered human jaws and mouths—and thereby the very sounds we utter. Read More

New technology, new strategies, new rules—soon baseball could look a lot different.

Tiny bedbugs are a big nuisance. They hide in cracks and crevices—and even inside library books!

Almost 400 years after its completion, St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City now boasts one of the world's most innovative lighting systems.

When scientists examined the remains of a medieval-era woman, they made a remarkable discovery that gives clues about the woman's profession.