Dozens of gay and lesbian couples entered into civil unions in New Hampshire in the early moments of New Year's Day as a new state law legalized the partnerships after midnight.

Scientists in California say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells.

Human-cow embryos have been created in a world first at Newcastle University in England, hailed by the scientific community, but labelled "monstrous" by opponents.

Embryos containing human and animal material have been created in Britain for the first time, a month before the House of Commons votes on new laws to regulate the research.

Yesterday's report on neonatal survival rates, along with resounding evidence produced by the world's leading foetal pain expert, Professor Anand, that a foetus feels pain from quite an early stage - certainly at 20 weeks - makes the recent science and technology committee report redundant. It also serves to highlight the selective way in which the evidence was presented.

A scientist has achieved a world first... by cloning himself.

British regulators granted two licenses on Thursday to conduct controversial experiments using hybrid human-animal embryos, paving the way for further stem cell research into diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

The number of abortions being performed in America has dropped to 1.2 million a year -- the lowest level since 1976, according to a new report.

A director who shares the ideas of Iran's hardline president has produced what he says is the first film giving an Islamic view of Jesus Christ, in a bid to show the "common ground" between Muslims and Christians.

Two men who authorities said dabbled in satanism have been arrested in connection with a recent rash of arson and vandalism at rural churches.

Nepal Airlines officials thought outside the tool box and decided to sacrifice two goats in front of the plane to appease the Hindu sky deity.

Uruguay's congress has approved a bill which would allow civil unions for both gay and unmarried straight couples.

A 20-year-old pro-life activist is among the key players behind the personhood movement, a multistate, no-compromise strategy aimed at outlawing abortion by declaring unborn children to be "persons" under the law.

A 14-year-old New Zealand girl nearly lost her eyesight when her eyes were gouged by relatives in a Maori exorcism ceremony in which her cousin died, a report said Monday.

Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University yesterday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but that he did so because God insisted.

There's no mention of him in the Bible but the plot of a fantasy film set in India gives Jesus Christ a twin brother -- and an evil one at that.

Nebraska Democratic State Senator Ernie Chambers has decided to go straight to the top in an effort to stop natural disasters from befalling the world.

The Boston-based legal advocacy group that led the fight for gay marriage in Massachusetts is pushing to expand same-sex couples' rights.

In what some are calling groundbreaking research, a new four-year study concludes it is possible for homosexuals to change their physical attractions and become heterosexual through the help of Christian ministries.

Last Friday on a pleasantly brisk night in the desert, Jack Fertig laid his prayer mat on the parched ground, faced toward Mecca, and gave praise to Allah.