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The New York Times was able to confirm locations for about a third of the terrorists, shown on the map above. The Department of Justice would not release the names [...]

The global price of a barrel of oil remains near its lowest point since the depths of the 2009 recession -- a result of a supply glut and battle for [...]

As the Ebola crisis unfolded in West Africa over the spring and summer, public health experts began calling for speedy international intervention to stop the spread of the disease. The [...]

A summary of what is known and not known about the crash. Q. Who is responsible? A. American officials have concluded that the plane was shot down by a Russian-made [...]

Some critics of the Environmental Protection Agency's new requirements for power plants argue that forcing emissions reduction will curtail economic growth. But the recent experience of states that already cap [...]

IN THE LARGE CHART at left, all the lines are sloping down. But some are sloping far more steeply than others, and that carries a worrisome message about health care [...]

This collection of columns takes a look behind the numbers to show hidden trends and relationships over a range of science and health topics from education to road safety to [...]

IN THE PAST two decades, six states have repealed or relaxed laws that required every motorcyclist to wear a helmet. Charting fatal motorcycle accidents in each of those states reveals [...]

Amid the glum news about stagnating overall science and math achievement, a look at the numbers offers at least one bright spot: High school students are taking more advanced science [...]

WASHINGTON -- It is well known that young drivers are more likely than older ones to have accidents. But a visual analysis of national data on drunken driving puts the [...]

Alzheimer's disease, high blood pressure and heart disease are the three most common chronic conditions in assisted living facilities: 82 percent of residents have at least one of them, according [...]

For years -- and especially since 2005, when Lawrence H. Summers, then president of Harvard, made his notorious comments about women's aptitude -- researchers have been searching for ways to [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDAMERICANS drive a staggering number of miles -- close to three trillion every year, according to the government. (That is half a light-year, or 120 million trips around the [...]

CORRECTION APPENDED The United States spends much more on health care than countries with similar kinds of economies. So costs are sure to be examined closely as federal officials shape [...]

Economists have long studied the relationship between driving habits and gasoline prices. Low gas prices can bring periods of profligate driving, and a quick jump in prices can cause many [...]

No country has embraced the movement toward commercialized, prepackaged food as much as the United States. Americans eat 31 percent more packaged food than fresh food, and they consume more [...]

For the last year, big banks have grabbed a huge share of the headlines, and of federal bailout funds. But they don't - yet, at least - hold all of [...]

The faltering economy provided the United States with at least one silver lining: a narrowing of the trade gap. In 2006, that gap had grown so large that Warren Buffett [...]

Nuclear plants may be getting a lot smaller in the future. Traditional plants, like the 104 that produce 20 percent of the nation's electricity, are sprawling nuclear estates that can […]

With climate talks starting in Copenhagen next month, many countries are eager to report advancements in nuclear power. The United States now has new applications for 26 nuclear power reactors […]

LAST year, consumers pulled back on spending and the retail sector suffered. But not all retailers are faring worse than they did a few years ago. After years of steady […]

Last year, 57 million people started new jobs, despite the floundering economy. Most of them had left a job recently -- by choice or not -- but successfully found a […]

The map of organic farms in the United States is clustered into a few geographic centers, a strikingly different pattern than the map of all farms, which spreads densely over […]

THE country's largest companies pump millions and millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year, earning billions of dollars while doing so. Last week, two senior House […]

Nearly every occupation has the gap -- the seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the size of the paycheck brought home by a woman and the larger one earned by a man […]

Another day, another closure. Magazines are becoming thinner as advertising pages fall, and publishers are grimly cutting underperforming titles. But the outlook is not dour for all -- a handful […]

Barack Obama's historic win, with at least 349 electoral votes to John McCain's 162, can be attributed to his victories in several high-population states, like Florida, Virginia and Ohio, that […]

High oil prices this summer left Iraq with windfall revenue, but it is unlikely that the money will be spent anytime soon, even as many Iraqis go without electricity, clean […]

Over the last century, a retirement portfolio of 100 percent stock has out-performed bond or stock-bond mixed portfolios in all but three years: 1932, 1941 and -- unsurprisingly -- this […]

Who's to blame for the implosion of financial markets? The finger-pointing has gone in every direction, and it's easy to see why: the regulatory structure points in every direction. The […]

When you have some extra cash padding your wallet, do you reach for the latest jeans or the sleekest new music player? Much of that decision, it seems, depends on […]

JOHN McCAIN and Barack Obama are not the only winners to emerge from the long presidential primary season. The two presumptive nominees, along with the many candidates who bowed out […]

It's gone before you even knew it was there: As energy is unlocked from fuels at power plants, two-thirds of the energy consumed to create electricity is lost. The laws […]

CHRIS UHLIK'S children can be found in their home computer lab almost every morning. Nicole is writing a story about her two lizards. Tony is playing an interactive spelling game, […]

The number of students in the University of Chicago program that bestows a Master of Arts degree in social sciences has quadrupled since 1989, jumping to 160 from 40, and […]

AMID steadily increasing carbon emissions, and a federal government hesitant to take the lead on climate legislation, 10 states have joined to create the first mandatory carbon cap-and-trade program in […]

AFTER Natasha Cuevas's daughter, Dakotah, was born in 2003, she wanted to capture every moment of her babyhood on film. A year and many hundreds of prints later, Mrs. Cuevas […]

The number of closely contested districts has shrunk considerably in the past decade. In the 1994 election, there were 86 races won by less than 10 percentage points. In 2004, […]

Formosan termites, aggressive invaders that chew through concrete, electrical cables and houses, may be Hurricane Katrina's final threat. Termite experts are concerned that the demand for landfill space -- an […]

Where's the love? The Pew Research Center recently asked nearly 17,000 people from 16 countries: 'Suppose a young person who wanted to leave this country asked you to recommend where […]

Homeowners now have a new tool to make better decisions about testing for radon, the invisible, odorless radioactive gas that seeps into homes from the earth. The Environmental Protection Agency's […]

With hunting season in full swing, game hunters are anxious to fill their freezers. But as chronic wasting disease spreads through populations of deer and elk in some states, hunters […]

Mount Spurr is getting restless. Scientists in Alaska have been watching an 'ice caldron,' a widening lake of melted ice and snow, grow on the summit, which has never had […]

Despite President George W. Bush's efforts to associate himself with all things Texas, his lineage ties him to New England -- and to Senator John Kerry. The two men are […]

Republican delegates in the city this week may want to try the quintessential New York sandwich: pastrami on rye. But how many of them can tell the difference between pastrami […]

After a week of airstrikes and increasingly intense fighting, coalition forces are shifting the focus of the ground campaign away from Baghdad and back to the south with the goal […]