President Barack Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem-cell research, scheduled to be announced today, is expected to provide a major boost to one of the most promising but controversial fields of biomedical research in generations. ...more

March 9, 2009

Move over, Abraham; Charles needs a piece of your day. As Americans remember Lincoln on his birthday Tuesday, a growing number of people around the world will honor another prominent figure born the same day - Darwin. ...more

February 11, 2008

The United States insisted Wednesday that it has been taking steps to tackle rising temperatures and that many of its actions to promote energy efficiency and switch to cleaner technologies have been going unnoticed by the rest of the world. ...more

December 13, 2007