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OK, this is totally unscientific. On July 5th we launched the new network.

1. Drunk walking contains a bigger risk factor than you might think. The journal of Injury Prevention cites January 1 with the high incident rates of pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes (PDF)

Tested positive for H5N1 virus in city near Hong Kong; Country's first reported human case in 18 months

Older folks may appear to react or process info slowly. But there may be a method to their meander-ness: they’re making sure they get it right.

2011 has been a busy year for particle physicists. They’ve found a new particle , closed in on the elusive Higgs boson , and witnessed some neutrinos acting pretty strangely, amongst other things.

It seems like every few months a new study points out the inefficacy of yet another wide-scale cancer screening. In 2009 the U.S.

In science, it's not enough to think something is so. Researchers must show that what

Instead of installing solar panels on your roof--how about just giving your house a new paint job? Of course you’d have to be sure to use solar paint. That’s what a group of Notre Dame researchers has created, detailing the recipe in the journal ACS Nano .

As 2011 winds to a close and 2012 begins, we do a little bit of Fast Company drumbeating. We predict a lot of stuff around here. Sometimes we're wrong.

We wrote about a lot of machines in 2011. Here are the best of our future (dancing!) robot overlords. Robo Profs One of the most impressive, and perhaps most challenging developments in robotics (because it treads very close indeed to sensitivities about artificial people) is demonstrated by the Geminoid line--a group of highly advanced puppets that have been designed to replicate their human model right down to hair color, eye movements, and shrugs

Daily deal sites are increasingly moving beyond little luxuries and helping people fill holes in health insurance coverage

By Dan Levine and Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A judge blocked one of California's signature attempts to lower greenhouse gas emissions, a victory for out-of-state ethanol producers and refiners that has California's air quality board vowing to appeal.

Dear EarthTalk : I know that large fish contain a lot of mercury, but where does it come from? And what are we doing to prevent this contamination?

Plastic surgeons are busier than ever at the end of the year as people cash in gift certificates.

As 2011 winds to a close and 2012 begins, we do a little bit of Fast Company drumbeating. We predict a lot of stuff around here