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Scientists say gene-editing technology may eradicate a mosquito in the U.S. that spreads dengue and other diseases. Concerns remain about the possible environmental impact of bioengineered mosquitoes.

The Pentagon seeks to deploy the National Guard to more cities to quell what the president sees as lawlessness and riots.

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.

The 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India, killed thousands. New research finds babies born to mothers who were pregnant at the time have suffered long-term impacts worse than those directly exposed.

In this leap year, experts and leap day babies weigh in on the pros and cons of adding a 29th day to February.

A lawsuit filed Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court launches an attack on a practice by California prisons that allegedly results in discrimination against prisoners who are U.S. citizens but were born in foreign countries.

The zoo in Tennessee asked fans to pick their favorite name from four options. Forty thousand people from around the world voted, and the zoo went with Kipekee — the Swahili word for unique.

Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's fictional hometown of Stars Hollow was born after Gilmore Girls creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, stayed in northwestern Connecticut. The show premiered in the fall of 2000.

DeYarmond Edison's Epoch revels in the early alchemic triumphs of Bon Iver and Megafaun members. But the box set also reminds us that no moment of creative inspiration takes place spontaneously.

The Safari West Wildlife Preserve has just announced the birth of a baby white rhinoceros.

Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang talks about the new television adaptation of his graphic novel American Born Chinese.

Fifty years ago this month, some teenagers threw a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Today that party is considered by many "the birth of hip-hop."