Does "Yesterday" squander the opportunity to explore the political aftermath of 1960s rock?

Bestselling author Karen Armstrong's panoramic survey of the history of faith and war disproves an atheist canard

Our deranged, pseudo-Christian pop culture demanded a performance of repentance Lance Armstrong couldn't deliver

The new class of watery exoplanet has big implications for the search for alien life

Family life threatens the fearlessly dorky culture-jam duo -- and defense lobbyists dance for a renewable future

Women make up barely 10 percent of the Hall's membership -- and it's time the sexist snubs end

Ian Buruma's riveting account of the killing of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim extremist shows how a clash between European Enlightenment values and Muslim fundamentalism is ripping Dutch society apart.

Ringo Starr's Peace and Love statue will be on display all summer, too

The Hopeful Cases project creates a pot of money that people can take from as they need

Developing lunar resources will likely lead to a number of innovative and exotic technologies that could be useful

Attorney: "Your story was either extraordinarily shoddy ... or a vicious hit-and-run job"

Miracles happen, even in an Athens crippled by a garbage strike, to a young mother unsure of her ability to love

A man caught on cell phone video vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting is considered a flight risk

Rock's greatest background vocalists sing lead; two strangers meet in a Vienna art museum; a '90s transgender saga

Two athletes admit their wrongs, but still can't bring themselves to say "I'm sorry"