John Lennon would have turned 71 years old today. A look back at some of his most memorable, controversial and beautiful moments.
Melanie Jones
Oct 09, 2011
Investors tiring of the Eurozone's debt crisis dragging the market all over the place are hoping to focus on something else next week -- earnings.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 07, 2011
Sewage is home to thousands of novel, undiscovered viruses, some of which could relate to human health according to a new study.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 06, 2011
Occupy Wall Street's demands still remain unclear despite its growth in a matter of weeks from a small group of protesters in Lower Manhattan to a national movement.
Julia Greenberg
Oct 05, 2011
Forbes has announced “America’s Most Dangerous Cities” in 2011 and Midwest cities finds themselves on top of the dreaded list.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 05, 2011
A small oddball comet called Hartley 2, which is known for spewing water, has ice that contains the same chemical composition as Earth's oceans. It is the first time that ocean water has been detected in comets, providing new proof supporting a theory that water-rich comets were responsible for delivering a significant portion of the planet's oceans.
Laura Matthews
Oct 05, 2011
Friendly's Bankruptcy Likely to Dot Northeast with Awkward Reconversions
Eleazar David Meléndez
Oct 05, 2011
The Earth's oceans may have originated from comets, a once-outlandish notion that got further support Wednesday when astronomers reported on ocean-like water in one comet.
Trevor Stokes
Oct 05, 2011
A new study published in the online journal mBio® reveals that a whole new universe of mysterious and unseen viruses exists in our world.
Ankita Mehta
Oct 05, 2011
A mother grizzly previously allowed to roam free after killing a hiker in Yellowstone National Park in July has been euthanized after being linked to a second fatal bear mauling in August, park officials said on Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 04, 2011
A stagnant economy and technological innovation have curbed business travel on the whole; but when face-to-face meetings are necessary, companies can dramatically reduce travel costs by carefully selecting the destination.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 04, 2011
Signs of a U.S. recession, if not a global recession, are multiplying daily -- so much so that the cover on the latest issue of The Economist shows a black hole with the words, Be Afraid.
Mike Obel
Oct 03, 2011
The Detroit Lions are undefeated. And it's already October. The team had a big 34-30 win on the road at Dallas Sunday after it had appeared early in the game that it was back to the business of old for the Lions.
David Magee
Oct 03, 2011
Last year, when there were rumors of Hollywood star couple Ashton Kutcher, 33, and Demi Moore, 48, breaking up, the couple was seen making a religious trip to Israel. This time around, amid yet more rumors of a break-up, the couple was spotted attending a spiritual session at the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles, on Friday, together, according to a report on Allvoices.com
Drishya Nair
Oct 03, 2011
More than 1 in 10 parents refuse or delay vaccinating their children mainly because of safety concerns, according to a national survey found.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 03, 2011
Moore undermines his positions by his endless hypocrisies.
Palash Ghosh
Oct 01, 2011
Stocks fell on Friday, putting equities on track for their worst quarter since 2008, as economic data from China and Europe fueled fears of a global economic slowdown.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 30, 2011
Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 down 0.6 to 0.8 percent.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 30, 2011
With today’s advancements in technology, we can engineer virtually everything from animals to our children. Now, we can even engineer “better” versions of ourselves. Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter on atomic and molecular levels, may transform the cars we drive to the medical treatments we receive.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 28, 2011
The strong solar storm that reached the Earth on Monday has shrouded our planet with cosmic rays and high-energy particles that can prove to be hazardous to astronauts and airline passengers in coming days, space scientists have warned.
sangeeta mukherjee
Sep 28, 2011
University of Michigan to invest more than $70 million in sustainability initiatives.
Cristina Merrill
Sep 27, 2011
Stocks extended a recent rally and rose more than 2 percent on Tuesday on euro- zone officials' efforts to solidify the region's rescue fund in an attempt to alleviate the debt crisis.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 27, 2011