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Tara Parker-Pope's new book, For Better, offers a scientific perspective on maintaining a good relationship post-nuptials. While reviewer Susan Jane Gilman says Parker-Pope gives an interesting look on the science behind couple dynamics, much of the information comes from a story we've all heard before.

Christians have been worrying since Turkish troops entered the area in November to attack Kurdish forces, after U.S. forces moved troops out of the way. Some Christians vow to stay no matter what.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan says the most remarkable aspect of Colm Toibin's new novel is its heroine, a "plain Jane" Irish immigrant with limited options.

Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged a swath of Louisiana's shoreline. Since then, residents determined to rebuild near the coast have a new mantra: high and dry.

One year after the James Webb Space Telescope launch, astronomers round up some of the telescope's most exciting discoveries.

Walls' excellent construction of her female characters is most satisfying; each represents women from varying walks of life, each fighting for their own place in a male-dominated world.

At Washington's Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal arts school for the deaf, protests against the woman picked to lead the university, Jane Fernandes. Gallaudet officials expected the demonstrations to die down, but bloggers are keeping the issue alive.

Electronic warfare connected to the conflict in Gaza is interfering with the global positioning system in a large part of the region.

Iran has launched missile strikes against what they claim were an Israeli "spy headquarters" in Iraq's Kurdistan Region - raising fears about a widening conflict in the Middle East

Iraq's annual book fair opens today in Baghdad. But even when indulging in their favorite diversion, for Iraqis, war is always in the subtext