Apr 01 2011
April Fools’ Day Headline CONTEST…Plus Your Comments!
Think you're funny? Enter our Discovery News April Fools' Day Headline Contest! While you're at it, check out our readers' best comments of the week.
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Feb 08 2011
Google Submarine Logo Celebrates Jules Verne’s Birthday
In celebration of Jules Verne's birthday, the search giant is taking users on a virtual tour under the sea.
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Jan 31 2011
Stereotyping Beyond the Grave?
If you're not alive to tell a coroner the race you best identify with, how will he or she know for sure?
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Dec 21 2010
Poll: Belief in Evolution Increases
A new Gallup poll shows a slightly higher rate of acceptance of evolution.
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Nov 30 2010
WikiLeaks: The Ethics of Revealing Secrets
WikiLeaks behaves unethically when instead of exposing oppressive regimes, it releases sensitive documents that serve only to embarrass government officials.
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Nov 19 2010
World’s First Rock-and-Roll Song Identified
"That’s All Right Mama" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup is the song that launched a genre, according to one historian.
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Nov 16 2010
African Albino Official Fears for Life
A newly-elected official in Tanzania fears that he may be targeted for death because he is an albino.
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Nov 01 2010
Hitler Ate Marmalade at Breakfast
Newly declassified documents detail Hitler's breakfast habits and a mythical Nazi fortress in the Alps.
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Oct 13 2010
Chemical Attacks: Assault or Terrorism?
The Supreme Court will decide whether a federal anti-terrorism law should have been applied to the case of a woman who attacked her husband’s mistress with toxic chemicals.
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Oct 12 2010
Protests Over ‘The Dilemma’ Film’s Gay Language
Protests over the use of the word "gay" in the new comedy film "The Dilemma" raise questions about language and the changing definitions of words.
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