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As India and Pakistan inch closer to nuclear war, statistician Sarita teams up with Jaz, who is gay and nominally Muslim, to find her missing husband. Author Manil Suri says he pushed the envelope with his latest novel, the third in a series roughly based on the Hindu trinity.

The Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the Earth, and sea ice is rapidly disappearing during the summer months. Some studies now suggest the Arctic Ocean could be free of ice in the summertime by the year 2030, with major repercussions in the region and beyond.

Journalist Peter Beinart supports Israel but thinks the Jewish settlements in the West Bank are compromising Israel's commitment to democracy. He has proposed a boycott of goods made in those Jewish settlements.

Search Is On For Pilot Presumed Killed in F-16

In 2008, linguist K. David Harrison traveled to Arunachal Pradesh, a remote region in northeast India, where he discovered a hidden language: Koro. A few hundred people speak Koro, Harrison says, and those who speak it didn't notice how distinct it was. He documents this language, and his efforts to help revitalize dying languages, in his new book, The Last Speakers.

For two decades, Italian musicologist Francesco Lotoro has searched for and resurrected works of music written in World War II concentration, labor and POW camps. He wants to fill the hole the Holocaust left in Europe's musical history and document the triumph of creativity over brutality.

Every January 24 marks the beginning of Daniel Jackson Week, launching a series of concerts featuring Jackson and other local musicians.

It's been 30 years since the first cases of AIDS emerged. Since then, the disease has killed nearly 7,300 people in San Diego, and the human toll continues to mount.

Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief looks at the world of the controversial church and the life of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986.

The surprising Bulldogs edged Michigan State, 52-50, to keep their greatest season ever alive. They will meet Duke, the tournament's lone surviving No. 1 seed, and a relatively easy 78-57 winner over West Virginia. But as luck would have it, the Final Four is being played in Butler's hometown, Indianapolis.