A pair of U.S. senators, Jim Webb, D-Va., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., joined together to propose a nuclear energy expansion initiative that would cost the U.S. $20 billion over the next 10 years. This initiative has been supported by both parties in its current form…

The advancement of scientific ethics won a small victory Wednesday when a move to dismiss a patent case against Myriad Genetics was overturned in a New York district court. The competition between medical drug companies is the deciding factor in assuring a test for some disease or condition is affordable…

The average American hamburger, courtesy of McDonald’s, usually costs the impoverished student about a dollar, while the cow it came from probably contained around $2,500 worth of beef. That meaty investment can be lost when wolf packs hunt from domesticated cattle herds…

For some people, the definition of a little white lie is saying they studied for their tests. For others, they say “No, those pants don’t make you look fat.” But for Iran, the little white lie is about the existence of a full-size nuclear reactor concealed in an undisclosed area somewhere in the country…