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A plan to replace imported oil with domestic natural gas has led to fuel shortages and long lines in Pakistan. A businessman has spent $500,000 of his own money to develop an affordable solar car.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone hopes to demonstrate that a picture can be worth even more than 140 characters of text.

Historians have long struggled to explain how the West became the preeminent political and economic force in the modern world. In Civilization, historian Niall Ferguson credits six "killer apps" and explains how China is quickly catching on — and catching up.

Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute say the most commonly prescribed diabetes drug could be responsible for brain damage in Alzheimer's patients.

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Siri Hustvedt's latest uses fragmented documents to tell the story of an artist who chooses men to present her work. Reviewer Amal El-Mohtar calls the book complex, harrowing, playful and engrossing.

A recent study identified a significant presence of ultrafine particles in the air around an international port of entry in El Paso.

The Obama administration has gone to Plan C on Plan B.

The threat of devastating wildfires is a fact of life in California. CalFire says it has a prevention plan. But critics in Southern California say using prescribed burns to clear vast tracts of land isn't the answer.

President Obama has yet to make known his choice to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but plenty of Republicans have made theirs: John Kerry.