When biologists study food theft among endangered roseate terns, they find that crime most definitely pays
With his wild and whimsical imagery, the Russian-born artist bucked the trends of 20th-century art
For nearly a century, the nation's 15 million Shiite Muslims have been denied access to political power
A robust 78, one of the greatest drummers of all time still riffs up a storm and wows fellow musicians
Taken at the start of his multifaceted career, Gordon Parks' photograph of a Washington, D.C. worker was so inflammatory it was buried for decades
Raymond Damadian refuses to take his failure to win a Nobel Prize, for a prototype MRI machine, lying down
The Los Angeles County Morgue sells ghoulish souvenirs for a good cause
Master horologist John Metcalfe keeps on ticking
An investigative reporter enlists his journalism students to help him solve Watergate's most intriguing puzzle
Coming to terms with Shiite beliefs
Thanks to an immigrant's generosity, the Steven Udvar-Hazy Center opens its massive doors to the public
Jefferson spells out the mission
The world's most heartfelt wishes find their way to a post office near Rovaniemi, Finland
From the Wright brothers to the latest robot jets, the past century has been shaped by the men and women who got us off the ground
A quarter century of civil war over festering ethnic animosities has renewed questions about the U.S. role in the African nation
A new movie rekindles curiosity about the poet's life, love and suicide at age 30
From Triton's active geysers to the Sun's seething flares, newly enhanced images from U.S. and foreign space probes depict the solar system as never before
In the Mexican village of Teotitlán, gifted artisans create a future from bright hand-loomed rugs
A more than 70-year effort to "control" America's largest river basin swamp is threatening the Cajun culture that thrives on it
From opera halls to neighborhood movie theaters, Philip Glass attracts an enormous audience many of whom have never listened to classical music