An experimental device is letting paralyzed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction.   Key to this wireless system: Users get their tongue pierced...

If there were ever a season to learn, via the movies, about crucial periods of history, it's this one. Last month we were introduced to "12 Years a Slave," Steve McQueen's...

Stephen King has decided to give Twitter a try. But don't expect to hear a lot from him.   The best-selling horror author can now be followed at the account...

The chameleon-like Herbie Hancock has always been able to thrive in stylistically diverse musical environments as evidenced in the 34-disc box set "Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album...

There's more evidence that U.S. births may be leveling off after years of decline.   The number of babies born last year only slipped a little, and preliminary government figures...

Instead of the bygone damsels in distress — yes we're talking about you Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty — the female royals of "Frozen," Disney's latest...

An out-of-this-world sex scene invoking stars, supernovas and statisticians has won U.S.-based writer Manil Suri the uncoveted Bad Sex in Fiction Award.   Suri, a novelist and mathematician,...

How many reviews of archival Grateful Dead releases begin with some variation of this sentence: If you only own one Grateful Dead concert, make sure it's this one?   OK, so let's get...

A child is born, a family is healed, and a sermon on forgiveness is delivered with sledgehammer subtlety in "Black Nativity," a bold but clumsy attempt to bring Langston Hughes' popular...

He is one of Romania's greatest writers, but his work couldn't be found in bookstores. Now, they are finally getting their place back on the shelf.   Virtually unknown outside...