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Even though the democracy advocate is being held virtually incommunicado in her Myanmar home, she continues to hold a powerful position among activists and in her country.

Microfinancing is the idea of giving a group of people a small amount of capital to start a business to get out of poverty. This practice proves itself time and time again as impoverished women are im

The Bush administration is imposing economic sanctions against senior officials of Myanmar, with China joining in to appeal for calm. Other Southeast Asian countries have condemned the violent repression of protesters.

Astronomers have a mystery on their hands, after a radio telescope in Australia detected an extremely brief, but extremely strong, pulse of radio waves. There was just one pulse, but based on its strength and the way the signal arrived at Earth, astronomers estimate it came from something 1 billion light years away. There is only speculation about what the "something" was.

Have you read that new Wallace Stegner book? Yes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author died in 1993, but his words live on in the new book “Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil.” We speak to local pub

In 2004, Wangari Maathai became the first African woman and the first environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai talks about her memoir, Unbowed, and why she believes protecting the environment has everything to do with world peace.

Riot police in Myanmar fire warning shots and tear gas as they beat and arrest 300 Buddhist monks and activists who defied a junta ban on anti-government demonstrations. At least one anti-government protester was confirmed dead.

James Watson is a molecular biologist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA. Along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, he was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology

Streams of orange-robed Buddhist monks march though the streets of Yangon, Myanmar, for the sixth day. The monks are joined by protesters in the biggest wave of anti-government demonstrations in more than 20 years.

Will California Legislators Find a Political Fix for our Health Care System?