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In 2013, if you want to let the world know you're someplace having a good time, you might whip out your smartphone and tweet it or post a check-in or…

Scientists working to create the perfect atomic clock have a fundamental problem: Right now, on the ceiling, time is passing just a bit faster than it is on the floor.

Nobody wants to hear a baby cry. Researchers say the same techniques that soothe a colicky infant can help relieve the pain of vaccinations.

In the age of the Internet, data is everywhere — the question is how to use it. Author Doug Lemov recommends three books about the power of information. What is your favorite number-crunching book? Tell us in the comments.

So far this year, Michigan has seen four times as many cases of West Nile virus as it did in all of 2011. The reason is the dry Michigan weather. Angela…

Michigan officials are reminding fishermen -- and women -- that bait restrictions apply in some waters as a way to slow the spread of a viral fish…

The Nature Conservancy has purchased an uninhabited island in northern Lake Michigan that provides a crucial stopover spot for migratory birds.St. Martin…

Busy Day at the CapitolLawmakers were busy yesterday in Lansing as the winter legislative session came to an end. “A proposal to get rid of the limit on…

Hands up everyone, who has just about had it with that expression “kicking the can down the road,” particularly as it is used over and over in talking…

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee just passed a bill that contains some pretty major cuts to Great Lakes funding.There are a couple of things being…