Humans may be weaning themselves of natural selection, effectively halting their own evolution.
Journalists often boast of writing the first draft of history, but they can get the story wrong. But historians ought to borrow their storytelling flair.
Scientists marvel over DNA's structure and coding, even as they puzzle why it seems to never change.
Truman Capote's 1970s flameout was so spectacular that it obscured his earlier, brighter years.
Sperm donation has involved into a multimillion-dollar industry, opening the way for parents to shop for the attributes they value highly.
Latin America, once rife with dictatorships, now has all but two of its countries run by elected governments. The bad news: Many of them are struggling.
Afghanistan is quietly proving some post-9/11 critics wrong.
Indonesia's government has been undergoing a quiet--and much-needed--process of reform.