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.
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?
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.
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.
The quake that triggered the December 26 tsunami has increased stress on nearby faults, making another major South Asian quake more likely, scientists say.
The time is now for rich nations to share cash, food, and knowledge with the hundreds of millions of people enduring extreme poverty and hunger, a recent UN report says.
