Jeremy White

Oxford University is enlisting the help of "armchair archaeologists" to help unlock the meaning of ancient texts found in Egypt, some of which contain forgotten Biblical episodes or works by master poets.

A botched federal program that funneled more than a thousand firearms to Mexican drug lords became the target of bipartisan denunciations at a Congressional hearing on Tuesday.

A new study incorporating interviews with more than 89,000 people in 18 nations revealed that 15 percent of people in high-income countries reported having been depressed, compared with 11 percent of those in low- or middle-income countries.

The recession has blown open discrepancies in wealth between white Americans and minorities, with Hispanics seeing the most precipitous decline in average household wealth, according to a Pew survey.

Depression rates are consistently higher in more affluent countries than in low income countries, according to researchers who correlated socioeconomic data with depression levels.

Lawmakers sharply criticized officials in the Department of Alchool, Tobacco and Firearms for a program that intentionally allowed illegal guns to make their way to violent Mexican drug cartels.

Persistent economic woes are eroding President Barack Obama's support in his base of liberal and African-American voters, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll.

Men concerned about their performance in bed or women uncertain about the solidity of a relationship are more likely to cheat on their partners, according to a study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behaviour.

NASA has embraced a presidential directive to plant astronauts on an asteroid, a mission that officials say represents the most ambitious yet for the space agency.

A government program to track guns purchased by drug cartels resulted in over 100 guns turning up at crime scenes, including that of a murdered U.S. Border Patrol agent, according to a highly critical report released by lawmakers on Tuesday.

Unwavering Republican resistance to higher taxes has been a central obstacle to a debt talks deal, and no Congressman has embodied the anti-tax stance more than House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law on Monday that gives undocumented students attending California universities greater access to privately funded scholarships.

The celebrated vastness of Earth's oceans looks more like a droplet compared to a remote supermassive blackhole that contains 140 trillion times as much water.

A manifesto attributed to Anders Breivik, who is believed to be responsible for the massacre in Norway that claimed at least 93 lives, illuminates how Breivik was motivated by the conviction that Islam posed an urgent existential threat to European culture.

President Barack Obama sought to defend his record on immigration during a Monday speech to the National Council of La Raza, saying Republicans were stalling any meaningful reform.

On the list of unpleasant places to wake up unexpectedly, a morgue has to top the list -- but that's what happened to a South African man who terrified morgue workers when he jolted back to consciousness on Sunday.

Republican Party resistance is the main impediment to enacting immigration reform, President Barack Obama told frustrated Latino supporters at the National Council of La Raza's annual conference Monday.

The Obama administration took aim at transnational criminal organizations on Monday, slapping harsh sanctions on four of the world's most notorious organized crime groups.

Texas Governor and potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said Friday that he supported New York's legalization of gay marriage, citing states' rights.

A bear grizzly attacked a group of teenage hikers deep in the wilderness of Alaska's Talkeetna Mountains on Sunday, causing severe injuries to two of the seven hikers.

Experiments that create animal-human hybrids should be more rightly regulated, a group of British scientists said in a new report.

British researchers called for guidelines in experiments that implant human genes or cells in animals, warning of ethical issues in the rapidly developing field of research.

A newly filed police account helps to piece together the chain of events that allegedly led 48-year-old Becker to chop off her husband's penis as he lay bound to his bed. Becker was set to be arraigned on Friday on charges of torture and aggravated mayhem.

See the first photo of Vesta

Now that NASA's shuttle program has ended, a a new constellation of companies is set to respond to the sudden demand for firms with the capability to transport humans to the International Space Station, and eventually the moon.

Deportations resulting from traffic violations and drunk driving arrests increased sharply in the last fiscal year, casting doubt on the Obama administration's assertion that it is targeting violent criminals for deportation.

Now that NASA's shuttle program has ended, a new constellation of companies is set respond to the sudden demand for firms with the capability to transport humans to the International Space Station and eventually the moon.

A newly filed police account helps to piece together the chain of events that allegedly led 48-year-old Catherine Kieu Becker to chop off her husband's penis as he lay bound to his bed.

President Barack Obama faces a powerful backlash from his own party for a proposed debt bargain that Democrats see as Obama handing a major victory to Republicans without preserving Democratic priorities.