New research has pinpointed a gene that could improve predictions of who will develop Alzheimer's and at what age.

Economists are nearly unanimous that Ben Bernanke should be reappointed to another term as Federal Reserve chairman, and they said there is a 71% chance that President Barack Obama will ask him to stay on, according to a survey. Meanwhile, the...

TOOL AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Even green groups see it as 'part of the answer' By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, November 24, 2009 LONDON -- Nuclear power -- long considered environmentally hazardous -- is emerging as perhaps...

By BOB HERBERT NYT Detroit I came to Detroit and its environs, the seat of America’s glorious industrial past, to see if I could get a glimpse of the future. Is the economic, social and physical deterioration that has caused so much misery in the...

By DAVID BROOKS NYT It’s easy to get lost in the weeds when talking about health care reform. But, like all great public issues, the health care debate is fundamentally a debate about values. It’s a debate about what kind of country we want...

By ROGER COHEN NYT HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Before coming up to Canada’s Atlantic provinces, where the nicest people in this nice country are said to live, I found myself seated next to Henry Kissinger at a New York dinner and asked him how he...

By ADAM LIPTAK NYT WASHINGTON — In the next several months, the Supreme Court will decide at least a half-dozen cases about the rights of people accused of crimes involving drugs, sex and corruption. Civil liberties groups and associations of...