When I was in high school, one of my teachers — a nun — loved this song. We thought she was incredibly hip. Now, according to press reports, it has even more meaning than any of us pimply teenagers imagined back in the 1970’s. Crank up the volume and sing along. You know you want…

This bit of news from the world of science is potentially huge — and could have important significance both medically and morally: Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy. Laboratory…

Thanksgiving and the holidays can be a difficult time for many of us. This year, the Associated Press profiles several families coping with tragedy — but counting their blessings: When American families gather together this week to give thanks for what they have, many also will reflect on what they have lost this year. Some…

You read news like this and don’t know where to begin to understand it, or even explain it: Three boys ages 8 and 9 were being held Monday in a detention center on charges of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl in the woods near a suburban Atlanta apartment complex, officials said. The alleged attack…

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