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Spending Too Much Time on Homework Linked to Lower Test Scores

A new study suggests the benefits to homework peak at an hour a day. After that, test scores decline.

Destroyed sea walls in Otsuchi, Japan, in March 2011

Japan Is Building a 40-foot Wall to Stop Tsunamis

But the expensive, extensive wall might not be high enough

Major Science Publisher Admits “Fabricated” Peer Reviews

But are BioMed Central’s retractions just the tip of the iceberg?

Why Craigslist Users Are Flocking to Police Departments

New “safe lot” programs aim to make buying and selling goods safer

Here’s More About the Drug Behind Indiana’s HIV Epidemic

Illegal use of Opana, or oxymorphone, is fueling a public health crisis in Scott County, Ind.

The Navajo Nation Will Have the First Junk Food Tax in the U.S.

The Navajo National Council approved a 2 percent increase in sales tax on foods like pastries, fried foods, desserts, chips and soda

NASA’s Twin Study May Never Be Published

Privacy concerns could stymie NASA’s study of Scott and Mark Kelly

Funani, mother of the new baby hippo, is shown here in 2003 with one of her previous offspring. The new calf isn't quite so rotund yet.

Perfectly Pudgy Newborn Hippo Arrives at the San Diego Zoo

Welcome to the world, tiny, adorable river horse!

The Asteroid Redirect Vehicle gets ready to push off from the asteroid after grabbing a boulder in this artist’s interpretation

An Asteroid Boulder Will Be A Stepping Stone on the Journey to Mars

NASA announces details in its plan to capture an asteroid and bring it into lunar orbit

In Mozambique, rats, like this one shown, have been used to detect land mines. Now they're being put to work to aid the fight against tuberculosis.

Mozambique has “Kitten-Sized” Rats Trained to Sniff Out Tuberculosis

Highly trained rodents are helping doctors better diagnose TB in a region hard hit by the deadly disease

How Bad Is California’s Drought?

Hint: it’s pretty bad

Electoral documents being prepared for voters

Half of All Local Council Positions in France Will Be Held by Women

Joint tickets with men and women running together will lead to councils balanced by gender

Ashima Shiraishi training at Hueco Tanks State Natural Area in Texas when she was 10 years old

This 13-Year-Old Girl Just Finished One of the World's Hardest Rock Climbs

Ashima Shiraishi scaled Spain's 'Open Your Mind Direct' in about ten minutes after a few days working on the project

What’s Causing This Village’s Weird Sleeping Sickness Epidemic?

About a quarter of residents in a small town in Kazakhstan have fallen into a deep sleep for days at a time—and no one knows why

530 Years Later, Richard III Gets a Royal Reburial

The king’s remains, which were found buried beneath a Leicester parking lot, will be reinterred this week

Every Year Spring Gets 30 Seconds Shorter

But the good news is that summer will be that much longer thanks to some peculiarities in how the Earth moves

Numbers Don’t Lie: The CD Really Is Dead

Streaming revenues surpass CD revenues for the first time ever

Here’s What The Solar Eclipse Looked Like From Space

As they orbited the earth, a satellite and an astronaut captured another side of the sun's disappearing act

Members of the Xhosa tribe, like the young initiates seen here in Khayelitsha, are among the South African groups that practice ritual circumcision. The affiliation of the young man who received a transplant is not known.

The Trickiest Part of a Penis Transplant? Finding a Donor

The doctors who announced the first successful procedure last week had a particularly difficult time finding willing organ donors

Clear tropical waters at the Pitcairn Islands.

U.K. to Create the World’s Largest Continuous Marine Reserve

The immaculate waters around the storied Pitcairn Islands are to be protected from illegal fishing and mining efforts

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