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An international consortium of researchers has synthesized about a third of the genetic code of baker's yeast. It's an important milestone in science's quest to create complex "synthetic life."

Leonardo Padura's new novel opens in 1939, when a ship carrying Jewish refugees is turned away from Cuba. Critic Maureen Corrigan says Heretics "spans and defies literary categories."

Father Columba Stewart has spent more than a decade traveling to some of the world’s most dangerous regions, helping locals photograph over 50 million handwritten pages.

Research shows even a short time behind bars can have a major impact on a young person's life.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that defunding Planned Parenthood would cause an uptick in births. Nearly half of pregnancies in the U.S. are covered by Medicaid.

Preliminary charges center on allegations the center-right presidential nominee paid his wife and children for fake jobs with public funds. Once the favorite, Fillon has faltered under the scandal.

No need to worry about whether the most hilarious BBC live shot ever has caused trouble, after the children of South Korea expert Robert Kelly infiltrated his TV appearance.

Voters in the Netherlands are going to the polls after an election campaign dominated by issues of identity and immigration. It's seen as a potential test of the power of populism in Europe.

A germ expert tells the British Press Association that if you drop food and pick it up quickly, bacteria on the floor are not likely to have attached. It's probably OK to eat.

The judges issued temporary restraining orders that prevented the president's revised executive order from taking effect at midnight and barring refugees and visitors from six mostly Muslim countries.