President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters at the White House, after he phoned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the new START treaty, 26 Mar 2010 Watch: Robinson video report Windows Media President Barack Obama says the new nu...
Al Pessin | Pentagon 26 March 2010 Photo: White House/Pete Souza US President Barack Obama discusses the START treaty, during a phone call with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in the Oval Office , 26 Mar 2010 Friday's announcement of a new U....
Showcase of 155 films offers fresh perspective on green, climate change issues Penelope Poulou | Washington, DC 26 March 2010 Photo: Esben Hardt/Ace Ace If global warming continues at the same rate as today, by the end of this century, the Arctic cou...
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning co-star in new film about the groundbreaking all-girl rock band of the 1970s Alan Silverman | Hollywood 26 March 2010 Photo: Courtesy of Apparition; Photo credit David Moir From left to right: Dakota Fanning, Mickey Pe...
Poor schools, stereotypes, workplace classroom barriers hold people back Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 26 March 2010 Mae Jamison, former astronaut [left], promotes science literacy across the United States to produce more scientists and educate yo...
A recent study estimates 66,000 homosexuals currently serve -- about two percent of the total in uniform. In 2002, David Hall was an Air Force sergeant studying to be an officer, pursuing his dream of becoming a military pilot. But once his sexual st...
As South Africa prepares to host the football (soccer) World Cup, organizers have recruited thousands of volunteers to help the hundreds of thousands of fans who will be attending. Some 2,000 World Cup volunteers gathered at a convention hall in Joha...
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch | Sikoro, Mali 26 March 2010 In the West African nation of Mali, villagers are cutting firewood to pay their medical bills. But in an ironic twist that is making their environment more unhealthy. In the village of Kabe, about 50 k...
South Korean officials are not yet pointing any fingers but say they are not ruling out the possibility that the vessel was the target of a North Korean torpedo attack. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) talks with Defense Minister Kim Tae-youn...
Pakistani troops have killed at least 84 Taliban fighters and lost five of soldiers in two days of clashes in a northwestern tribal region believed to be a militant stronghold. Top military officials in Pakistan say that clashes in the Orakzai tribal...
Authorities think so, and they've designed simulators that shake, rattle, and roll Ted Landphair | Washington DC 25 March 2010 U.S. space agency simulators help prepare airplane pilots for crisis situations. But critics say they don't adequately repl...
Reducing saturated fat in diet alone isn't enough, study says Art Chimes | Washington, DC 25 March 2010 People who eat more polyunsaturated fats have been found to have a lower risk of heart disease. Related Links-PLoS Medicine article If you're taki...
From time to time, researchers stop clinical trials because the results seem almost too good to be true. A new international study shows that is probably because those results are not true. When researchers end a clinical trial early because the resu...
Related Links Journal of the American Medical Society Progress in the War Against Cancer American Cancer Society Colon cancer study Despite advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the Unite...
President Barack Obama traveled across the country Thursday to promote the landmark health care reform plan he signed into law this week. His first stop was in Iowa City where he was met with support and opposition. In May 2007, then-presidential can...