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The European Space Agency said the $15 million project proves humans can survive a solitary journey to the red planet. The six volunteers will return to regular life when the hatch of the fake spaceship opens tomorrow.

One year before the next election, we revisit five freshman lawmakers who helped the GOP win control of the House in 2010. Their future may not be so bright: Their hurdles to re-election include redistricting battles and well-funded Democratic challengers.

The nun is the 11th Tibetan to self immolate since March. The suicides are seen as a sign of growing discontent with the Chinese government's strict control of their religion.

A solid majority — 59 percent — say that smokers should pay more for health insurance than nonsmokers in the latest NPR-Thomson Reuters Health Poll.

Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes with mortgages are underwater. But federal budget cuts have sharply reduced the supply of housing counselors who can help distressed homeowners in the nation's hardest hit communities. One Virginia city is demanding — with some success — that banks pick up the tab.

A study from a left-leaning research organization found that the 280 Fortune 500 companies it analyzed paid an effective tax rate of 18.5 percent, far less than the statutory rate of 35 percent.

For the first time, the U.S. government has officially named China as the world's leading source of economic espionage, largely using cybertools — followed by Russia. Intelligence officials say the new candor reflects their heightened level of concern over the growing espionage threat.

The animal is reminiscent of Scrat, the fictional character from the film Ice Age, but the find is important scientifically because it closes a 60-million-year gap in the mammalian fossil record of South America.

The new U.S. food safety law will require foreign growers and manufacturers to prove their products are safe before they're shipped to the United States. Food and Drug Administration officials went to China to explain what that country's problem-plagued food system will have to do to measure up.

A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds wide gaps in how different generations view politics. Older voters are more conservative and less hopeful about the future of the country. Younger voters lean left and believe the nation's best days are yet to come. But they are less engaged.