Somewhere in Cameroon and 25 to 30 kilometers in from the nearest dirt road is a spot once inhabited by the lone tent of Tom Smith, director of the UCLA Center for Tropical Research. Read more...

“¢bull; The Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami killed more than 30,000 people and left a million homeless in Sri Lanka, one of 11 countries hit. The total death toll ranges from 162,000 to 178,000 people, according to official estimates. Read more...

Sprawled beneath a pale orange sky, the foreign wind rustling its recently discharged parachute, a solitary probe sent its first signal to expectant earthlings nearly a billion miles away. Read more...

If Oprah jumped off a bridge, would you do it too? The proverbial bridge in question is Airborne, the Alka-Seltzer-like herbal concoction that was developed by a second-grade school teacher who just couldn�t shake the sniffles. Read more...

In light of the fact that the number of HIV-infected women increases every year, it may seem that the number of newborns contracting the virus should also increase. Read more...

“¢bull; The USS Abraham Lincoln, with a crew of 5,300, formed the core of the largest foreign military deployment in the area and the most extensive U.S. Read more...

Embryonic stem cell lines that have been federally approved for research may be contaminated by the animal cells used to culture them, according to a study released last week. Read more...