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With a NATO war in Afghanistan, the U.S. war in Iraq, in addition to battles between Pakistan and the Taliban, and skirmishes in many Arab countries, questions have surfaced about the role of religion in international conflict. Karen Armstrong, author of several books on religion, takes on the topic of God and war in a recent article of Foreign Policy Magazine.

School kids at Torrey Pines Elementary in La Jolla huddled around a classroom table today to watch a doctor dissect a cow's eyeball. It was just one of many experiments that took place in honor of Sci

Hospitals are increasingly closing cardiac rehabilitation centers, reacting to uncertainty over how to pay for treatments. Despite proof that physical therapy and counseling improve survival rates after a heart attack, only one-third of patients receive it. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

Who cares about science there days? We'll talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, the hip host of NOVA scienceNOW, about how to make science fun, cool and interesting to the masses.

We'll hear about the causes, symptoms and treatment options for attachment disorder and how parents can help children with special needs succeed.

State inmate camps in San Diego County spend barely a third as much time clearing brush in wildfire prevention as the now disbanded county camps did in the 1980s.

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The Russian withdrawal from Gori has left several of the town's neighborhoods damaged. But for the most part, Russia made a conscious choice not to destroy the civilian infrastructure of Gori, which retained electricity and running water throughout the crisis.

With foreclosures at an all-time high, the unemployment rate increasing and the credit crunch squeezing pocketbooks, it’s not surprising that Americans are getting stressed out. In fact, mental healt

After she was raped in Iraq, allegedly by her co-workers, Jamie Lee Jones sought justice from her employer, Halliburton. But a mandatory arbitration policy prevents her from seeking recourse through courts. Without knowing it, many consumers and workers have signed away similar rights.