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At the atomic level, things can be messy at room temperature — particles tend to jump around. But a group of physicists have found that if you cool things way down, and apply a magnetic field, some quantum particles align in elegant symmetrical arrangements.

The world-famous physicist has been hospitalized in England, Cambridge University officials said Monday. The university said Hawking was comfortable and would remain in the hospital overnight.

What laws prohibit employers from discriminating against employees, or potential employees, based on physical appearance? Can employers legally discriminate in this manner?

'Il Divo' Kicks Off This Year's Festival

The photographer captured some of the most enduring images of the Great Depression. Linda Gordon, author of Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, says Lange had the power to draw people out, but she herself was very private.

A joint inquiry by NPR's Planet Money and Investigations teams found that more than $1 billion of unused dollar coins are the wasteful byproducts of another failed congressional effort to replace the dollar bill in everyday commerce.

Barbara Mori seduces the unsuspecting Marcelo Mazzarello in Ugly Me (Arcangelo Entertainment)

Politicians in Washington hardly let a few minutes go by without mentioning how broke the government is. So, it's a little surprising that they've created a stash of more than $1 billion that almost no one wants.

With war raging this Christmas weekend, Jacki Lyden speaks with three people who minister to the wounded in war zones. Dr. Najib Hanoudi is an eye surgeon in Baghdad; Air Force Maj. Janis Dashner completed two tours of duty in Iraq as a chaplain in military hospitals; and Father Louis Iasiello, a Roman Catholic priest and former head of Navy Chaplains, speaks about ethics in a war zone.

Food Network star Paula Deen loves bacon, butter and, of course, Southern cooking. In her new cookbook, Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible, Deen explores the regional variations of Southern food.