As any Star Wars fan knows, the Force is a powerful tool that can be harnessed to control the minds of weak-willed individuals. So when Jedi believer Chris Jarvis was told to remove his hooded top

Ireland is to hold a referendum on removing a blasphemy ban from the constitution, the Justice Minister has announced. At the beginning of the year, the Irish Republic introduced legislation making

Ninth Circuit did a good thing by upholding the propriety of reciting the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. And before everyone starts screaming, let me explain both why I make that claim

We credit St. Patrick for bringing Christianity to Ireland and banishing the island’s snakes. But post-glacial Ireland never had snakes and the saint recognized on March 17 is actually a combination

A teenage couple from Australia are planning to travel to Northampton to carry out an ancient marriage ritual because they believe the town is the "pagan capital of the world." Alex Stewart-Pole, a

Talk about function creep. A new product, the RosettaStone (www.personalrosettastone.com), guarantees that RFID will follow you straight to your grave. The RosettaStone is a palm-size stone tabl

New ground-breaking thermal images obtained with ESO's Very Large Telescope and other powerful ground-based telescopes show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before within Jupiter's Great Red Spot, enabling scientists to make the first detailed interior weather map of the giant storm system linking its temperature, winds, pressure and composition with its color.

Being skinny confers no advantage when it comes to the risk of dying suddenly from cardiac causes, new research suggests. Scientists found that non-obese heart failure patients -- including overweight, normal and underweight patients -- had a 76 percent increase in risk of sudden cardiac death compared to obese heart failure patients. Normal and underweight patients showed a startling 99 percent increase in risk for sudden cardiac death compared to obese patients.

Researchers have created a miniature river delta that replicates flooding patterns seen in natural rivers, resulting in a mathematical model capable of aiding in the prediction of the next catastrophic flood.

Researchers have discovered a way to make liquid flow vertically upward along a silicon surface, overcoming the pull of gravity, without pumps or other mechanical devices. The research could lead to the design of better computer cooling systems.

A new study is analyzing how the immune system is involved in damage to the intestines following hemorrhagic shock. While studying the effects of a complement inhibitor given following hemorrhage, it found that Helicobacter infection changes the body's mechanistic response and would therefore affect the therapeutics given to trauma patients.

The World Trade Center collapse has caused potentially dangerous heart problems in responders on-site, according to new research.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot seen in thermal images that reveal circulation patterns.

A new photo from NASA's WISE space telescope has revealed a host of young stars and a dust cloud that resemble a cosmic rose.

China is getting serious about lunar exploration and is mulling plans for a new moon rock lab.

Five space luminaries who gathered to debate the future of America's manned space program Monday each bemoaned the lack of clear goals and destinations in President Obama's proposed plan for NASA.

NASA engineers are testing valves on the shuttle Discovery to see if the shuttle can still launch on April 5 as planned.

Orbital Sciences' new Cygnus space freighter and Taurus 2 rocket for space station cargo flights draw on a solid history of spaceflight experience.

Neil Armstrong touched down in rainy Manhattan Sunday and urged the public to take a more active interest in the military conflicts facing the United States.

New photos of the Mars' moon Phobos reveal the Martian satellite as a strange, potato-shaped moon, and show potential landing zones being considered for a future robotic probe.