With the deadline fast approaching to the Copenhagen climate summit in December, how close are the world's nations to a consensus on global-warming action?
A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests over their decision to remove it.
A Boston hospital has performed the nation's second partial face transplant on a man who suffered traumatic facial injuries from a freak accident
In a series of new studies, researchers identify a unique form of fat in healthy adults that burns energy instead of storing it
In preliminary trials, a potential new drug for advanced prostate cancer has shrunk tumors in the lab and reduced signs of the disease in patients with resistant disease
The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when there's no cell tower around
As the globe warms, more than the climate is endangered. Species are vanishing at a scary rate. We're the cause — but we're also the solution
PlaNYC will make the US' largest metropolis more eco-friendly. TIME photographer Sean Hemmerle documents the amazing efforts behind New York's plan.
Joel Stein achieves inner calm and glowing skin at the Amrit Davaa Wellness Center.
At the World Future Energy Summit, some of the most influential people in the renewable energy industry will strategize for solutions to the global climate crisis. Read about some of these new technologies