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Actor Chris Pine at a Moscow premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness. Photo Credit: (c)RIA Novosti, Valeriy Melnikov.

'Star Trek: Into the Darkness' enters the Prism

May 17 2013 21:15

WASHINGTON – Science and science fiction are inextricably wed, but whether the inventions of tomorrow bubble up from the musings of writers, we can see a line of progress that travels its way from Swift, to Verne, and even Roddenberry.

What's it like living with autism?

May 17 2013 15:18

WASHINGTON – A lot of people are considering the autism spectrum anew as numbers seem to be exploding, definitions are changing and new studies seem to be getting closer to find out the nature and origins of conditions.

OJ Simpson asking for new trial in his 2007 armed robbery conviction

May 15 2013 16:52

LOS ANGELES – Ex-NFL star O.J. Simpson returned to court on Wednesday to ask for a new trial, but it could be an uphill battle for the disgraced football star who was convicted for armed robbery and kidnapping in 2007.

Diplomatic card belonging to Ryan Christopher Fogle, third secretary of the Moscow US embassy's political department. He was detained on having made an attempt to recruit an employee of one of the Russian secret services. Photo Credit: ©RIA Novosti, FSB.

Analyst: Fogle case 'just a blip on the screen in US-Russia relations'

May 15 2013 15:01

WASHINGTON – “Crude and clumsy” spying. That’s what Russia accused the U.S. of doing on Wednesday after its security officials announced earlier this week the detention of a U.S. Embassy employee believed to be a CIA operative.

Leaders of New Orleans groups vow to regroup, stand up against violence

May 14 2013 16:09

WASHINGTON – New Orleans has a reputation of being resilient in the face of conflict and Sunday’s Second Line Mother’s Day Parade shooting has given the city yet another opportunity for the community to come together and stand up against violence.

Eyewitness: 'We're not gonna stop' parades after New Orleans shooting

May 13 2013 17:41

WASHINGTON -- On Mother's Day in New Orleans, a parade was interrupted by gunfire, wounding 19 people. We talk to an eyewitness about what's next for New Orleans.

Expert: Guatemalan hatred of ex-dictator Montt cannot be put to rest until justice is served

May 13 2013 13:20

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, a judge found former Guatemalan army general and de-facto President Efrain Rios Montt guilty of killing of more than 1,700 indigenous Ixil Mayans between 1982-83.

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' based on the book by Joan Rowling. Director David Yates. Photo Credit: Karo Premiere/RIA Novosti.

New invention proves invisibility cloaks no longer just for Harry Potter

May 10 2013 18:59

WASHINGTON – Scientists at Duke University have been working on a developing an invisibility cloak that works by bending certain wave and they have succeeded to a degree.

Study offers new clues on the origin of life

May 10 2013 18:13

WASHINGTON – Researchers have discovered clues that indicate 10 amino acids were able to produce proteins in high-salt environments--proteins that could have provided "metabolic activity for the first living organisms to emerge on the planet," according to a new study.

New Duke University study details costs of energy policies

May 10 2013 18:03

WASHINGTON – While many believe that an energy revolution is necessary, most people think the catalyst will be scarcity, global industrialization, or demand, but it turns out that conversion isn't based so much on supply versus demand, but rather the price of policy.