“Where did the universe come from?” The “big bang” theory has become the dominant answer to that question. But what happened before the big bang?

Whatever his intentions and sources were, Edgar Allan Poe would probably be surprised by how well his ideas are borne out in modern cosmology’s story of the universe.

Despite the wealth of knowledge gained both during the International Geophysical Year and since, too many of us may still take the Earth for granted.

The J. Craig Venter Institute announces that researchers there have succeeded in synthetically recreating the genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium.

William B. Hurlbut, a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, discusses his proposed alternative to using embryonic stem cells in stem cell research.

Last week the U.S. observed the 20^th anniversary of the tragic loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger. What can we learn on a personal level?

How can we minimize our risk of getting an infectious disease? Most people ignore the age-old wisdom revealed in the pages of the Bible.

With the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster still haunting Southeast Asia, Vision looks at other potential trouble spots on the earth's fragile surface.

Arguments in favor of life patenting.

When a company gets a patent on a biological product, it has monopoly rights and can charge any price it wants for that product.