NEW YORK — Robots are simply more efficient than humans at certain tasks. They already excel at building cars, exploring distant planets and hunting for explosives, but it turns out that robots might also evolve much faster than their flesh-and-blood counterparts. Full story
Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. Full story
When it comes to parenting, mice follow their fathers' examples. Male mice with neglectful dads grow up to be less nurturing to their own babies, new research finds. Full story
Vanessa Woods is a research scientist and Brian Hare is an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University. They are the authors ofThe Genius of Dogsand the founders ofDognition. They contributed this article to LiveScience’sExpert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Full story
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union criticized Russia's human rights record on Sunday, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prosecutions against activists. Full story
On Sunday's Up with Steve Kornacki, the panel discussed the potential political, economic, and human consequences of the Bangladesh factory collapse. Full story
The UP panel continues the conversation on the Bangladesh disaster and workers’ rights. They debate whether companies need to care more about who produces their products.
In this week’s Office Politics Alex Witt speaks with NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel. The seasoned world traveler reveals where he calls home and the importance of maintaining contact with his family. Engel talks about his December kidnapping while he was covering the war in Syria. H
Chris Hansen enters the world of 'real life' vampires.
Kerry Kennedy of the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights discusses farm workers rights and the immigration reform bill.
Ariel Castro’s alleged crimes are horrendous, but few predators were as twisted as Josef Fritzl. Criminologist Brian Levin joins Rev. Sharpton to discuss what drives a man to such depravity, and how his victims can recover.
A child is passed along a human chain of people after being pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along a human chain of rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Ok
Human Rights Watch 's Deputy Director of Asia, Phelim Kine, shows a copy of the HRW magazine during a news conference in Kabul May 21, 2013. About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, HRW said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twel
Human Rights Watch 's Deputy Director of Asia, Phelim Kine, speaks during a news conference in Kabul May 21, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
"Autumn," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx, New York, May 16, 2013. Haas was inspired by the "Four Seasons" portraits of 16th century Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo t
