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Research shows that a tiny pulse of electricity can improve memory in people who've had a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury.

In an address to the U.S. Congress, Israel's president emphasized the close ties between the two countries, even as some progressive Democrats boycotted the speech.

The multistory, below-ground structures in Diyarbakir — ID'ed by using ground-penetrating radar — may have sheltered some 10,000 people during wartime many centuries ago, archaeologists believe.

Andrea Mays' new book digs into the history of Washington, D.C.'s Folger Shakespeare Library, the legacy of oilman Henry Clay Folger — who, like William Shakespeare, found his greatest fame in death.

Fantasy master Michael Moorcock makes himself a character in his new novel The Whispering Swarm, but reviewer Tasha Robinson says the story doesn't fully satisfy either as biography or fantasy.

Richard Bernstein's new China 1945 looks at the momentous events of that year in Asia, and argues that the U.S. focus on fighting Japanese forces in China weakened Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalists.

Critic Lester Bangs once declared progressive rock "musical sterility at its pinnacle." David Weigel, author of The Show That Never Ends: The Rise And Fall Of Prog Rock, begs to differ.

Viet Thanh Nguyen grew up in America with war movies like Apocalypse Now and Platoon, which offer accounts of the war focusing on Americans. His new novel, The Sympathizer, follows a Vietnamese spy.

President Bush announces his choice to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden. If confirmed by the Senate, Hayden would replace Porter Goss, who resigned under pressure on Friday.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was some $10 million in debt at the end of March. Then she lent her campaign $11 million. The campaign won't say what her total debt is. How might Clinton go about paying off some of the bills?