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A new study from the John Muir Trust--not the sorts who would attack wind farms just for the fun of it--debunks five important industry claims. As interest in renewable energy grows, wind power companies are rushing to build giant installations; it sometimes seems that a new "biggest wind farm ever" arrives every month (the most recent one is in Germany, to replace all their scary nuclear power). But wind farms of all sizes may not produce as much energy as advertised, according to a new report ( PDF ) from the John Muir Trust.

A new study from Health Affairs reports that as many as 1 in 3 hospital admissions result in adverse events

A new study from Health Affairs reports that as many as 1 in 3 hospital admissions result in adverse events

Less than 3 percent of the population is able to function well on 4 hours of sleep. They are called "short sleepers." As Marisol Castro reports, famous "short sleepers" in history include Leonardo DeVinci and Martha Stewart.

The Masters leaderboard is getting crowded at the top, but Phil Mickelson continues to struggle to make up ground during the second round Friday.

Nobody goes to McDonald's in the U.S. expecting to buy chicken nuggets made out of healthy, fairly-treated chickens; they just want crunchy nuggets, no questions asked.

Yesterday we heard about the Open Compute Project. Facebook's director of hardware design, Frank Frankovsky, tells us about part two of the social network’s plan to spur suppliers to build the products it needs.

Rebecca Jarvis speaks with Dr. Jennifer Ashton about what to do to avoid hospital mishaps.

The students, alumni, and professors at MIT are a brainy -- and busy -- bunch. To mark the university's 150th year, we tracked a handful of smarty-pants with ties to the school. Infographic: MIT's 150th Birthday

01 / NYU For opening up a second campus in Abu Dhabi. There, NYU is shepherding the most successful and ambitious attempt yet to export overseas a full-fledged American liberal arts university.

CDC investigating seven cases of "imported" measles, and urging parents to have children vaccinated

Intel's investing in the student tablet company, and will be taking over hardware operations. What's next?

Since the elections in November, newly elected Republican governors have been falling over themselves to return federal funding earmarked for high-speed rail.

1. Late yesterday Facebook revealed a surprisingly green core to its computer operation--efficient server and infrastructure designs that consume less energy than comparable data centers, and are 38% more energy efficient and 24% more cost effective than its previous configuration. Better yet, for the ecologically minded, Facebook is making the design of its infrastructure open source to encourage other folks to use it--it's called the Open Compute Project

The State Department has launched a new microblog on Tumblr. We have a few lighthearted suggestions on how our diplomats can enter the world of LOLcats and F**k Yeah fansites