The last great apes to be discovered, these peaceable, intelligent—and orgiastic—animals may be the first to go extinct if wars, hunting and habitat loss persist in their Congo homeland
The high-spirited tomboy who charmed her subjects at age 14 was reviled by the time she stepped beneath the guillotine 23 years later. But was she a profligate seductress or misunderstood scapegoat?
In the midterm elections 60 years ago, war-weary voters turned against the party of an unpopular president and opened Congress to a new crop of lawmakers, including Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy and Joseph McCarthy
Embracing the economic policies of the dictator who once imprisoned her, the country's first female president, Michelle Bachelet, wants to spread the wealth
Once an aspiring ballet star, neurobiologist Erich Jarvis is now taking bows for his melodious, "bird brain" approach to studying the evolution of language