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Three years ago, a report from the National Academy of Sciences exposed serious problems in the nation's forensic science community. It found not only a lack of peer-reviewed science in the field, but also insufficient oversight in crime laboratories.

Marine Lance Cpl. Enrique Gallardo traveled from Japan to San Diego to provide bone marrow to a woman he never met who was battling leukemia.

A fundamental rule of nature is that nothing travels faster than the speed of light. Now, physicists working in Europe say they may have discovered a subatomic particle that breaks that speed limit. But that extraordinary claim is being greeted with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Survivors of torture may be left with deep psychological wounds that can linger long after their physical injuries have healed. Even so, some manage to carry on despite their horrifying experiences.

The man some Republicans once hoped would be their party's 2012 presidential nominee, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, will instead deliver the keynote speech at the national convention that will make Mitt Romney the GOP's official standard bearer.

At a suicide prevention center in upstate New York, America's troops and veterans are calling in for help.

When an injured handler of a military working dog regains consciousness from a blast or other incident downrange, the first thing he asks is, "How is my dog? How is my dog?"

San Diego Shakespeare Society Holds Annual Fundraiser

If there's one fact that everyone knows about the physical world, it's that water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or zero degrees Celsius. But wait — scientists in Israel have shown that you can keep water liquid all the way to minus 40 degrees by pouring it on the right surface.

On a warm, sunny day with a welcome breeze off the sea, mourners gathered to remember a horrific event: the atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki 67 years ago.