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CNN and other news organizations are reporting today that a federal judge has ordered that the U.S. military stop enforcing the don’t ask, don’t tell policy on Tuesday.

Cats of all sizes have a surprisingly elaborate way of drinking. Fluid mechanics scientists have learned that instead of scooping up water with their tongues, cats delicately flick them on the surface of the water, creating a jet they catch in their mouths.

Genes called noncoding genes tell other genes when to switch on and off. New research on this type of gene might explain rapid adaptations like lactose intolerance in humans, the spikes on a fish stickleback and varying colors of flies.

The night before he died, Wyatt Whitebread couldn't stand the thought of going back to the grain bins on the edge of Mount Carroll, Ill.

Scientists have detected a spike in underground rumblings on a section of California's San Andreas Fault that produced a magnitude-7.8 earthquake in 1857. What these mysterious vibrations say about future earthquakes is far from certain.

If Moammar Gadhafi leaves power, there will be many challenges for the rebels to deal with. Leaders of the National Transitional Council say they have a plan for governing Libya, but they're keeping it quiet until Gadhafi is gone. Meanwhile, the rebels are getting on-the-job training running eastern Libya.

A coalition of environmental and farmworker groups said in a lawsuit announced Monday that state pesticide regulators improperly cut off public comment on a controversial agricultural fumigant in order to secure its passage before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's term ended.

San Diego researchers have discovered what they say is a new class of drugs that target malaria. That's hopeful news to the 40 percent of the world's population who live in malaria-infected areas.

The persistence of grain bin entrapments and a horrific 2010 incident expose weaknesses in worker safety laws and enforcement. An NPR and Center for Public Integrity analysis has found that among 179 deaths since 1984, fines were reduced 60 percent of the time.

The night before he died, Wyatt Whitebread couldn't stand the thought of going back to the grain bins on the edge of Mount Carroll, Ill.