Want to do something truly patriotic to help preserve the American way of life? Don't retire. At least not yet. That's the advice of Andrew Yarrow, vice president and director of the Washington, D.C., office of the nonprofit, nonpartisan research organi

To write a decent science fiction novel, you have to gather a lot of facts. That's the first piece of advice award-winning author Ben Bova would offer aspiring writers. Bova's new novel, "Mars Life," reaches stores next week.

Should Iranian diplomats pursue their duties in neatly creased trousers, as their Western counterparts tend to do? Probably not. It's hearsay, but author Hooman Majd, son of a former Iranian ambassador, says high-level advice comes from a pamphlet publis

Perhaps these words of advice are too late. Perhaps all you high school students are settled into the semester and the time for changing your schedule is over. Or, perhaps you're so completely booked in other after-school activities you can hardly think

A woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes, the American Cancer Society says. It’s a frightening statistic and a frightening disease. Hundreds of books have been written on it and more are released daily. Here are excerpts from a few