UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
Scientists may objectively measure anxiety, depression, anger or other emotional states by using brain scans, findings published in Wednesday's New England Journal of Medicine showed.
Brazil's sports minister Aldo Rebelo has rejected claims that stadiums built for next year's FIFA World Cup are in danger of becoming "white elephants".
If Dr Karl Deisseroth were an architect, he might be replacing stone or brick walls with floor-to-ceiling glass to build transparent houses. But since he is a neuroscientist at Stanford University, he has done the biological equivalent.
The United States on Wednesday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to refrain from further provocations.
DPRK highly likely to launch missile: ROK
ROK to intercept DPRK missile if territory struck
Comment: Defusing peninsula tension
Barack Obama unveiled his budget plan, proposing $3.78 trillion in spending for the 2014 fiscal year and $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade.
Barack Obama proposed a $526.6-billion base budget for the Defense Department in 2014, as the Pentagon struggles to provide funds for its strategic rebalance to the Asia Pacific.
Venezuela on Tuesday closed its border with Colombia as part of the measures to step up security ahead of the presidential election on April 14.
A visit by United States pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay-Z to Havana last week was a cultural trip that was fully licensed by the US Treasury Department.
Robotic surgery is under scrutiny over reports of problems, including several deaths that may be linked with it and the high cost of using the robotic system.
Lilly Pulitzer, a Palm Beach socialite turned fashion designer whose tropical print dresses became a sensation in the 1960s and later a fashion classic, died on Sunday. She was 81.
A senior Chinese Internet affairs official has called for greater trust between China and the United States in jointly safeguarding cyber security.
The US commander in charge of forces in the Asia Pacific region said that if DPRK launches a missile, he would recommend US forces shoot it down when US homeland was threatened.China opposes aggravating Korea tensions US warns DPRK against new nuke test DPRK advises foreigners to quit ROK
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