Fresh from his rigged election victory, Robert Mugabe and his military backers plan to assassinate or frame dozens of opposition MPs in an attempt to consolidate power and take back control of Parliament.

Republicans deemed it beyond the pale when Sen. John McCain crossed the Capitol, set up shop in an office belonging to House Democrats and lobbied wavering lawmakers on legislation to reduce the role of money in politics.

Can you remember the last time you stepped into a room full of strangers and felt that self-conscious and awkward feeling rush over you? Or that heart thumping moment when you wanted to ask someone on a date, but were too shy to do so? Or wanting to...

NASA\’s Climate TimeMachine visualization shows the changes in annual Arctic Sea ice, sea surface height, carbon dioxide emissions, and global surface temperatures.

A baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition councillor in Zimbabwe.

Wesley Clark was on Face the Nation today, and he took aim at the idea that McCain’s Vietnam War experience makes him more qualified to be president. “He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

A paper published in 2002 by University of Washington astronomer John Armstrong first presented an idea which could one day lead us to understanding how life formed on early Earth.

If you\’ve ever seen Ricky Gervais\’ BBC series, The Office (the overseas predecessor to the hit US show), you\’ve already met David Brent. The miscreant man-in-charge is a serial joke-maker, though his workplace rubes almost always...

By 2015, 17 percent of the residents of the United States will be getting cosmetic procedures, the body enhancement industry predicts.

Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that there are plans to build a large repository for nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain in Nevada, but that plans have been slow and are very controversial. Where is our nuclear waste kept now and what dangers does it pose?