Associated Press

Researchers have dug up the remains of an ancient and very aristocratic house that may be the birthplace of Rome's first emperor.

More evidence found that a tiny prehistoric Hobbit-like species once existed.

Officials say the real count may never be known.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope John Paul II received an honorary degree Tuesday from Nicholas Copernicus University in his native Poland, calling it a ``sign of dialogue'' between science and faith.

NASA scientists are studying autistic savant Kim Peek, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain will help explain his mental capabilities.

HOUSTON (AP) -- The oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, long a subject of scrutiny by scientists, is only now becoming less of a mystery.