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Parliamentary elections in Taiwan deliver a major blow to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. The Nationalist Party won almost two-thirds of the seats in last weekend's elections.

When the votes came in for Prospect magazine's list of the top 100 public intellectuals, at No. 1 was Turkish Sufi cleric Fethullah Gulen. Prospect Magazine editor Tom Nuttall says Gulen's global network of supporters propelled him to the top spot.

California will move its 2008 presidential primary to Feb. 5, with the hopes of giving the country's most populous state more political muscle in determining the nominee for president. On the national

Scientific American magazine editor in chief John Rennie discusses his publication’s choices for the top 50 scientific developments of 2006 and why such a large percentage of them come from Californi

The Senate is expected to pass legislation that would expand the number of embryonic stem-cell lines eligible for federal research funding. The House passed similar legislation, but a presidential veto is expected.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

In a reversal, NASA promises to release the results of an air safety survey. The study was based on four years of interviews with thousands of pilots of commercial and general aviation aircraft. It suggests that the skies are more hazardous than the government has acknowledged.

Young South Africans are leaving the country for safer, less tumultuous places. Some are worried about the nation's new political leadership, but most say they are scared away by crime. The exodus is creating fears of a brain drain.

While consumers can get nutritional information directly on the packages of the food they purchase, alcohol information is currently not required to be listed on bottles and cans. But that may soon ch

A federal trial begins Monday in Harrisburg, Pa., over a Dover school district disclaimer that introduces the idea of "intelligent design" in high school biology classes. It is the first major test of the issue in a federal court.