Fifty-five U.S. students have been named as state-level winners of the National Geographic Bee. Next stop: the national finals in Washington, D.C.

DNA evidence has so far exonerated 14 men on death rows in the U.S. Legal applications are growing, but so are problems.

Pallbearers carried the body of Pope John Paul II from the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, where the pontiff will lie in state until his burial Friday morning.

Forensic investigators examining the skeletal remains of two crewmen from the Civil War-era ironclad the U.S.S. Monitor say they have uncovered several clues about the men.

Smoke signals, secret votes, ancient sayings—what exactly will happen when 117 cardinals lock themselves in the Sistine Chapel to choose the new pope?

John Paul II's death comes at a time of change for the Roman Catholic Church, complicating the question on everybody's lips: Who will be the next pope?

At first blush, sex appears to make little scientific sense; it can be time-consuming and exhausting. But a new study suggests sex speeds evolution.

People with FASPS, a rare sleep disorder, have body clocks that are out of sync with most of the world. Researchers say they've traced a genetic culprit.

A magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck near the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Monday, initially raising fears that another deadly tsunami could ripple across the region.

With efforts to reinsert her feeding tube exhausted, Florida brain damage victim Terri Schiavo will die in days. But she will not feel pain, neurologists say.

Mustaches the size of boomerangs feature regularly in the wild, woolly, whiskered world of international beard and mustache competitions.

For the first time, scientists have extracted what appears to be soft tissue from a dinosaur. The meaty-looking tissue seems to contain blood vessels and cells.

Author Anthony Brandt follows the trail of Lewis and Clark on the 200th anniversary of their expedition to open up the U.S. West.

Get the basics and news stories on Africa's southernmost country.

The quake that triggered the December 26 tsunami has increased stress on nearby faults, making another major South Asian quake more likely, scientists say.