Arts Mar 05 An artist's field guide to nature's overlooked wonders The ecosystem of a rotting log can be just as detailed and alive as that of a volcano, at least according to the delicate hand-drawn illustrations of the natural world by Julia Rothman in her new book “Nature Anatomy: The…
Science Mar 04 Short circuit halts NASA's Mars Curiosity rover for days NASA’s Curiosity rover will take a break from gathering samples of the dusty Martian landscape, while engineers determine whether a short circuit damaged the robot’s arm, the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Tuesday.
Arts Feb 24 In her unromantic memoir, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon leaves her breakups behind After their final show in Brazil in 2011, Sonic Youth was no more. And so was the 27-year marriage between the band's co-founders, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore.
Arts Feb 19 Quiz: Match the critic's snark to the Oscar-nominated film Ahead of the 87th Academy Awards this Sunday, can you guess which Oscar-nominated film these critics' reviews praised or bashed this past year?…
Science Feb 18 Mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet puzzling NASA scientists Years into its nearly decade-long mission to survey the asteroid belt, NASA's Dawn spacecraft traveled through deep space to better understand the dwarf planet Ceres. Now within 52,000 miles of the celestial body, Dawn's latest images still leave scientists baffled…
Nation Feb 18 Miss P's Westminster win claims second Best in Show for a beagle A beagle named Miss P won the 139th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday night, the second of its breed to take the title in the past decade.
Science Feb 16 How much would you sacrifice to be the first person on Mars? Michael McDonnell has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. He has a physics degree. He’s worked in hazardous environments. His hope is that these qualifications will convince a selection committee that he’s the perfect candidate for the first human voyage to Mars. So…
World Feb 12 Egyptian court grants bail to Al Jazeera journalists An Egyptian court has freed two detained Al Jazeera journalists on bail after a retrial overturned a previous verdict that had found them guilty of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamic group.
Nation Feb 04 NBC's Brian Williams apologizes for false Iraq war story Brian Williams recanted on Wednesday a 12-year-old story that he was aboard a helicopter that was shot down by enemy fire during the Iraq War invasion in 2003.
Arts Feb 03 Harper Lee's second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman,' to be published in July Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee will finally publish a second book, 55 years after Scout lead Boo Radley home in "To Kill a Mockingbird," her publisher announced Tuesday.