Watch The Super Bowl Or We'll Kick This Dog: The Saddest Ads Ever
After years of nearly naked women and crazy animals, the Super Bowl ads had a new theme this year: your heart, and how to break it.
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Diabetes Technology Inches Closer To An Artificial Pancreas
It's not easy to build machines that control sugar as well as a human pancreas does, but the technology is getting a lot better. The goal is to liberate people on insulin from constant vigilance.
By Impersonating Her Mom, A Comedian Grows Closer To Her
Human relationships are entanglements, and those connections often aren't clear to us at all. When Maria Bamford impersonated her mom, she realized what she loved about her — and about herself.
Why Do We Love Football So Much? Theater Tackles Tough Questions
A play based on interviews with former NFL players, their families and fans digs deep: What's so fun about a sport that devastates bodies and brains? And what if it can't be made safer?
WATCH: The Interception That Won The Super Bowl
The play came from New England cornerback Malcolm Butler, who intercepted a Russell Wilson pass at the goal line with 20 seconds left. The result: Patriots over Seahawks, 28-24.
To Save 2 Cows, All It Took Was A Good Icebreaker
This week, the City of Fountain Fire Department in Colorado repurposed some firefighting tools for a chillier job: rescuing cows that had fallen through a half-foot of ice into freezing pond water.
Just Your Typical Teenagers Helping To Fight World Poverty
Their goal is to make the world a better place 15 years from now. And the U.S. State Department listened to their ideas. But that doesn't mean they are oblivious to Justin Bieber and Gossip Girl.
At Long Last: It's Super Bowl Sunday
The pre-Super Bowl week of hype — which ran the gamut from frivolous to ominous — finally ends and we can turn to what could be one of the closest, most exciting championship games ever.
Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Activists Stage New Protest
Organizers say 13,000 showed up for the rally, far fewer than had joined previous protests against China's insistence on hand-picking candidates for the territory's next chief executive.
Heavy Fighting Resumes In Eastern Ukraine As Truce Talks Collapse
Russian-backed rebels are shelling a strategic rail hub in the Donetsk region a day after cease-fire discussions fell apart.