Search results for

By making E. coli dependent on an artificial amino acid, scientists hope to show that engineered organisms can be safer and more useful for industrial processes like drug production.

Bonsai is an ancient, living art form that never is completed. It requires focus, balance, and composition. Bonsai live for a hundred years, so many times…

The shock of lower gas prices has probably worn off by now, but have you noticed the small, unbranded gas stations are often the first to lower their…

In about a year and a half, we’ll be electing a new president. The Texas Tribune is off to a running start with a brand new presidential election page.…

The spectre of civil war and chaos hangs over Yemen's capitol. Robert Siegel talks with Brookings Institute scholar Ibrahim Sharqieh about the dynamics in this poor and troubled nation.

Standard & Poor's has agreed to pay fines of nearly $80 million to settle charges that it changed the way it was rating securities in a bid to win business, but didn't bother to tell investors. The firm also agreed to a one year ban on rating certain kinds of securities. A separate Justice Department investigation is still underway.

Robert Siegel talks to Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona for his reaction to the State of the Union.

In his State of the Union address, President Obama said he still believed in a United America — one that wasn't divided into red and blue camps. But the reaction to his speech, from both camps, was anything but united.

Robert MacLean gave a reporter information about U.S. air marshals being taken off flights to save money.

It may surprise you to learn that some processed foods made from GMOs — say, canola oil, for example — don't actually contain any genetically modified DNA or proteins.