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Nature, famously, abhors a vacuum. But some cooks have learned to feel differently. Step through the swinging doors at the back of a top restaurant like Alinea in Chicago, and you may find vacuum pumps being used to reduce cooking juices into concentrated sauces, to distill essential oils from fruits and vegetables, to dehydrate chips or to brew coffee

The government wants people to know more about what they're eating with clearer nutrition labeling on food packages

By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Slow-moving Tropical Storm Lee brought torrential rains to the Louisiana coast on Saturday as the heart of the storm neared New Orleans, where flood defenses were expected to be put to the test. The storm was expected to bring up to 20 inches (51 cm) of rain to southeast Louisiana over the next few days, including to New Orleans, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the U.S. [More]

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James Locke, a flight surgeon at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, has made dozens of people sick in the name of science. When he puts subjects in a spinning chair designed to induce motion sickness, roughly 70 percent of them succumb--and at nearly the exact same point on each ride. Locke has used this research and his work with shuttle astronauts to determine which medications and doses best prevent the nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness

Jamie Donaldson shot a 6-under 65 Saturday to pull ahead of Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy and lead the European Masters after three rounds.

At a ballgame, you have a hot dog. And at a movie you have popcorn. And you may keep working on that popcorn long after you realize that this batch really isn’t so [More]

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Rebecca Jarvis speaks with Self Magazine Features Director Erin Hobday about foods that are in-season in autumn that can help with cognitive function, weight loss, and more.

In conjunction with Scientific American ’s special September 2011 issue on cities, we present an archival look back at the documented growth of urban environments. [More]

PGT: Troy Matteson shot a 6-under 65 to take the first-round lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

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By Eric Hand and Nature magazine Venus would seem to be a tempting destination for planetary probes: conveniently close, and an extreme laboratory for atmospheric processes familiar on Earth. So why won't NASA send a mission there

Mental illness can afflict children, just as cancer and other diseases do. [More]