One physician after another had failed to diagnose what was wrong with Louise Benge. She had suffered for years from pain and hardening of tissue in her calves that made walking painful. William A.
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Microscopy remains one of the few areas of science in which enthusiastic amateurs can make others take notice.
Read More »Did Fracking Cause Oklahoma’s Largest Recorded Earthquake?
The biggest earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma struck on November 5, a magnitude 5.6 temblor that buckled a highway and ruptured water pipes. This quake is part of a skyrocketing rise in seismic activity the state has seen in the past three years, leading many to wonder--and worry--about its cause
Read More »Africa’s Nile, Volta and Limpopo Rivers at Risk from Climate Change
By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Climate change is likely to lead to increased average rainfall in the world's major river basins but weather patterns will be fickle and the timing of wet seasons may change, threatening farming and foodstocks, experts said Monday. [More]
Read More »A Word in Defense of the Witnesses-and the Word Is "Ambiguity"
You and I and every single other decent person on the planet who has heard about the Penn State abuse allegations are having the same revenge fantasy.
Read More »How We View Half-Naked Men and Women
We typically think of women as the targets of body objectification. In fact, research by psychologist Helen Fisher found that men viewed bikini-clad women much as they would a set of tools
Read More »Video: Steerig clear of "brain freeze"
Rebecca Jarvis speaks with Dr. David Langer about "brain freeze, or a moment when you just can't recall something important -- like the one Rick Perry had in a GOP debate -- and how to avoid it.
Read More »Hot and Steamy: Beautiful Volcano Lakes Hold Data Trove and Potential Danger [Slide Show]
Only 12 percent of the world's active volcanoes are topped with lakes.
Read More »iPhone 4S Assistant Siri Does Her Beta Best
One of the most talked about features on Apple's new iPhone 4S is Siri.
Read More »Predators Can Stress Prey To Death
A hungry fish can kill prey with a quick bite. That is, of course, if its prey hasn't already died of fright. Take tasty dragonflies.
Read More »The Duggars Demonstrate Life History Trade-Offs Around Quality Versus Quantity of Offspring
A picture of the Duggar family (public domain). Back in the day, when many anthropologists assume we were all egalitarian foragers living off the land, women may not have thought on how many offspring they wanted.
Read More »Video: HealthPop: Going gray, pox pops, motor minds
L'Oreal reveals that company scientists are developing a pill to prevent gray hair; Also, parents opposed to vaccinations turn to buying and selling lollipops licked by kids with chickenpox; And, scientists are trying to determine if exposure to traffic exhaust can damage your brain.
Read More »Kindle Fire Apps Include Hulu Plus And ESPN, Court Wants Twitter Data On WikiLeaks Case, Facebook And FTC Near Privacy Agreement
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Sells 6.5 Million Copies In First 24 Hours, Breaks Record. For the third straight year, Activision's Call of Duty video game franchise has broken entertainment industry sales records.
Read More »What The Bin Laden Raid Teaches About (Project) Execution
The Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's compound was the ultimate lesson in project management. Here are four relevant lessons in planning, executing, and shifting on a dime.
Read More »This Week In Bots: When Buck Rogers Became Real
Asimo Gets An Upgrade For robot fans, Honda's Asimo has perhaps always been the biggest treasure: He's been in development for decades, and Honda just this week revealed a refresh that makes Asimo the most advanced yet. There's a host of improvements, from slicker and faster gaits, more sophisticated movements, individually articulated fingers (flexible enough to cope with sign language) to improved voice recognition that can discern commands even when three voices are talking at once. The best way to understand how advanced this child-sized bot is nowadays is to watch this video: [youtube eU93VmFyZbg] Asimo is, arguably, just one step away from being the science fiction robots we've been seeing for years
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