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What does it say about particle physics that the Higgs boson has generated so much hullaballoo lately? Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland have reportedly glimpsed “ tantalizing hints ” of the Higgs, which might confer mass to quarks, electrons and other building blocks of our world. Not actual “evidence,” mind you, but “hints” of evidence

What does it say about particle physics that the Higgs boson has generated so much hullaballoo lately? Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland have reportedly glimpsed “ tantalizing hints ” of the Higgs, which might confer mass to quarks, electrons and other building blocks of our world.

A long-existing speech phenomenon has recently become a big thing among young women. Called vocal fry, it’s a low guttural vibration typically found at the end of sentences. You can hear it in this young reporter's voice.

A long-existing speech phenomenon has recently become a big thing among young women. Called vocal fry, it’s a low guttural vibration typically found at the end of sentences.

Expert points to beverages with more sugar and calories than desserts, and suggests healthier holiday spirits

A medical examiner has ruled homicide in the death of a 26-year-old Florida A&M University marching band major who suffered "blunt force trauma" during a hazing ritual. Mark Strassmann reports.

59-year-old breast cancer survivor had undergone double mastectomy, heart valve surgery

A TODAY.com panel answers relationship  questions from readers in our weekly advice column. Here, one woman says she’s not smiling about her fiance’s one physical flaw: crooked teeth

Sales portions went to mammogram screening at Planned Parenthood clinics, which also provide abortions

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan declared its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to be in cold shutdown on Friday, taking a major step to resolving the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years but some critics questioned whether the plant was really under control.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan declared its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to be in cold shutdown on Friday, taking a major step to resolving the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years but some critics questioned whether the plant was really under control. [More]

Obesity rates fell from 21.9 to 20.7 percent over five-year-period, resulting in 6,500 fewer obese children, study showed

Climate change will alter the mix of vegetation on 49 percent of Earth's land surface by the end of this century, scrambling and shifting existing ecosystems, according to a new study. [More]

Climate change will alter the mix of vegetation on 49 percent of Earth's land surface by the end of this century, scrambling and shifting existing ecosystems, according to a new study. [More]

Anopheles mosquito; courtesy of iStockphoto/abadonian In the long fight against malaria , progress finally seems to be coming, if incrementally. The number of people who died from malaria in 2010 fell 5 percent from the previous year and has dropped 26 percent from 2000 levels, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report . [More]