What defined 2005? Was it the continuing post-punk revival? The unexpectedly awesome return of Neil Diamond? "My Humps"? Who's to say, especially since the songs that ultimately take listeners back to ...

Count down the biggest hits on the 2005 year-end Hot 100, based on weekly performance on the chart. By Gary Trust This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the ...

SUMMARY: Two new reports from government agencies say that 2005 is second warmest year on record. The first from NOAA focuses primarily on weather in the United States, while the second, from the ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty of great rock, country and dance-pop to go around. This week, Billboard is ...

Many weird and wonderful new gadgets, gizmos and inventions were revealed in 2005. Autonomous cars, robotic assistants and nano-circuitry provided a bright view of the future, while cellphone viruses, ...

President Bush has had a tough year. The war in Iraq dragged his public standing to its lowest ebb. His administration was sharply criticized for its handling of Hurricane Katrina. But he did score ...

The distant universe came into unprecedented focus in 2005, as astronomers found the source of some of the most powerful explosions in the cosmos, imaged the first extrasolar planets, and detected ...

In 1905, Albert Einstein submitted five papers for publication in Annalen der Physik, covering three topics: the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, and the special theory of relativity. Although ...