Jeremy White

Powerful bursts of energy from the sun are set to become increasingly common in the next few years, potentially disrupting the earth's magnetic field in a way that could affect power grids, GPS systems and satellites, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Aug 10, 2011

Scientists announced on Wednesday that they had identified 29 new genes linked to multiple sclerosis, offering clues about how to potentially treat the debilitating disease.

Aug 10, 2011

Wisconsin voters kept in place four of six Republican state senators in an historic and special recall election Tuesday, preserving a Republican majority in the state Senate and endorsing an aggressive cost-cutting agenda epitomized by a controversial law to curb unions.

Aug 10, 2011

About half of the differences in human intelligence derive from variations in genes, according to a new study.

Aug 09, 2011

Scientists have new evidence that life on Earth may have come from space after finding essential building blocks of DNA in meteorites discovered in Antarctica.

Aug 09, 2011

Sen. Harry Reid announced that he is appointing Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.), Max Baucus (Mont.) and John Kerry (Mass.) to a 12 member committee, mandated by the U.S. debt deal, that will be responsible for slicing more than $1 trillion out of the federal deficit.

Aug 09, 2011

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought on Tuesday to downplay that a man employed at the firm Romney founded had created and then dissolved a company used to funnel campaign contributions to Romney.

Aug 09, 2011

The military is launching an investigation into a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan that killed 30 Special Operations forces, 22 of them Navy SEALs, and 8 Afghans.

Aug 09, 2011

A new lawsuit underscores the confusion surrounding a new law.

Aug 09, 2011

The riots convulsing London could cost taxpayers over £100 million, or $162 million, after the Metropolitan Police pick up the insurance tab, the Guardian reported.

Aug 09, 2011

For patrons of Arizona's cannabis clubs, exchanging medical marijuana is legal -- but not, according to a new lawsuit, if you pay for it.

Aug 09, 2011

As warfare becomes increasingly defined by targeted counter-terrorism operations rather than battles against conventional armies, Special Ops troops have grown in number and importance.

Aug 09, 2011

Authorities are offering a $45,000 reward for anyone able to locate BreeAnn Rodriguez, a 3-year-old southeast Missouri girl who went missing while riding her bike on Saturday.

Aug 09, 2011

Scientists believe that DNA building blocks embedded in meteorites found in Antarctica originated in space, bolstering the theory that meteorites crashing into earth may have carried some of the seeds of life.

Aug 08, 2011

Civil rights groups are considering whether to sue the federal government after the Department of Homeland Security made participation mandatory in a controversial immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities.

Aug 08, 2011

The Mars rover Opportunity is nearing the end of a three year voyage to the Endeavor crater, a massive formation that has been Opportunity's destination since it left the smaller Victoria crater in August of 2008.

Aug 08, 2011

A new study found that chimpanzees show concern for the welfare of fellow chimps, upending an assumption that chimps are inherently selfish and suggesting that human social behavior has its roots in our evolutionary forebears.

Aug 08, 2011

Citing Congressional inaction on education reform, the White House announced on Monday that it would grant waivers exempting states from an onerous achievement benchmark established by No Child Left Behind.

Aug 08, 2011

Low-wage jobs play an outsize role in powering Texas' economic engine

Aug 08, 2011

Soaring temperatures in July left the amount of Arctic ice at its lowest level on record, continuing a trend of diminishing ice masses that reflects a steady increase in the planet's temperature.

Aug 08, 2011

The Internet punditocracy is busy dissecting a Newsweek cover photo of presidential candidate Michele Bachmann that, depending on where you stand, reveals the magazine's liberal bias or society's entrenched sexism, or both, or neither.

Aug 08, 2011

A growing number of companies are mining Facebook for new employees, eschewing both conventional means like job postings and competitors like LinkedIn, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Aug 08, 2011

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will bypass Congress in exempting some states from a central provision of the No Child Left Behind law in exchange for those states adopting some of the Obama administration's education reform priorities.

Aug 08, 2011

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security quietly reversed course Friday and decreed states could no longer opt out of a controversial immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities.

Aug 08, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann attended an Iowa church service on Sunday where the pastor denounced homosexuality and implied that Christianity turned a gay man straight, offering further clues to how the candidate's religious beliefs and position on gay rights intertwine.

Aug 08, 2011

A majority of states do not approve of President Barack Obama's performance and his national approval rating is hovering just below 50 percent, according to a new Gallup Poll.

Aug 08, 2011

The hypocrisy of it is staggering.

Aug 05, 2011

Women end their boycott of sex; husband happy

Aug 05, 2011

Federal auditors said on Friday that former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards owes the government more than $2 million in undeclared campaign funds.

Aug 05, 2011