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Though Americans are living longer than ever, new study shows that some counties are losing ground

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The House voted Wednesday to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption.

Good news, if you haven't noticed, has always been rare commodity.

When food prices rose steeply in 2007 and climaxed in the winter of 2008, politicians and the press decried the impact on the billion or so people who were already going hungry. Excellent growing weather and good harvests provided temporary relief, but prices have once again soared to record heights

PGT: A year after winning the U.S. Open, Graeme McDowell is optimistic that despite his recent poor play, he can repeat as champ.

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Forests are vital to the livelihoods of millions of people in developing countries, providing on average more than one-fifth of their annual income, according to data presented today at a meeting in London.

Stroke risk found to be more than 40 percent lower in heavy users of olive oil than in those who avoided it entirely

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A study tracking deaths from 1997 to 2007 by researchers at the University of Washington revealed that in one quarter of the U.S., the life expectancy for women is dropping. Kelly Cobiella takes a look at why.

Researchers at the University of California and the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology in Korea have been looking at the technology for two years now, and have come up with a proof-of-concept design that really could result in smell-o-vision, TV that pumps out odors to heighten to your immersive-TV experience. Nasal nostalgia is made possible by your brain's hippocampus --where long-term memories get sorted out--and it seems it's a very primal instinct, which may explain its power. You know what I mean: The way an unexpected whiff of scent will spark off memories of a long-forgotten partner

By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine Seventeen and a half billion kilometers from Earth, mankind's most distant probe seems to be on the edge of interstellar space. The Voyager 1 spacecraft is at the limit of the 'heliosheath', where particles streaming from the Sun clash with the gases of the galaxy. [More]

Today is the end of a series of dispatches we posted on our Expeditions blog - The 'Problems Without Passports' program at USC takes two experienced instructors and a number of students to do underwater research on the islands of Guam and Palau. I have immensely enjoyed working with the group and reading their posts and I hope you did, too. The posts, about half written by the instructors and half by students, covered a range of angles - from geography to politics, from history to policy, from ecology to conservation, as well as both educational and personal experiences from the trip.