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Some of the oldest human remains ever unearthed are the Omo One bones found in Ethiopia. For decades, their precise age has been debated, but a new study argues they're around 233,000 years old.

Michael Daugherty's Metropolis Symphony, based on the story of Superman, received an impressive five Grammy nominations this year.

Midway through his second term, President Bush is presiding over a different set of national problems than those he first faced. But his approach to budgeting is still fixed on a few consistent points.

In his newest novel, Philip Roth looks at the moral norms imposed on college kids in the 1950s. He says it was only many years after his own college days that he saw how repressive the environment was.

Every 10 Years, New York City counts all its trees.

The world's tropical rainforests are still getting hit hard by deforestation. Now, scientists are finding that's having an expected impact: causing droughts.

Finding ways to keep both patients and staff safe in healthcare settings was the focus of a conference held at Turning Stone Resort Casino on Thursday.

Wednesday morning, India will attempt to land a robotic probe on the moon. The targeted landing site of this mission is near the lunar south pole.

New research calculates the greenhouse gas emissions involved in making bread, from wheat field to bakery. The vast majority of emissions come from one step in the process: farming.

The long-term environmental impacts of this week's oil spill in California may not be clear for some time. Meantime, the spill has reignited a fierce local debate over off-shore oil drilling.