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Scientists need curiosity, determination — and luck. We're especially interested in that last bit, so tell us your stories of mistakes and surprises that led to discoveries in the past few years.

Millions are still uninsured, even as the Jan. 31 deadline to sign up for a plan under the Affordable Care Act approaches. No deadline extensions this year, federal health officials warn.

Of the 302,532 students who took the Advanced Placement calculus exam, Cedrick Argueta, the son of a Salvadoran maintenance worker and a Filipina nurse, was one of 12 to earn every single point.

On Monday, a grand jury indicted two anti-abortion activists who made videos purporting to show the organization illegally sells fetal body parts. The videos prompted a wave of state investigations.

Security forces killed scores of people in Burundi in December. Now Amnesty International says images suggest that victims were buried in mass graves, possibly to cover up the extent of the killings.

Frankixalus jerdonii has been rediscovered in northeastern India — and scientists say it represents an entirely new genus. Strangely, the tadpoles feed on their mothers' unfertilized eggs.

All across the country, people are re-creating, reinterpreting, acting out history in some way. These living historians remember the past — and they don't mind repeating it.

The idea that atheists cling to their nonbelief despite a sad loss of meaning in their lives is a tired old myth, says anthropologist and atheist Barbara J. King.

Gov. Rick Snyder last night released more than 250 pages of his own emails relating to the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint.

It's been nearly 3 weeks since armed men seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Ore. Renee Montagne talks to Les Zaitz of The Oregonian about the tension.