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People who can better communicate and understand another person's emotions are more likely to have a satisfying sex life, new research finds.

Stanford's Spatial History Project uses databases, ArcGIS, and other technological bells and whistles to visualize history that can't otherwise be easily told.

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10 things people need to know about deadliest mental illness

Heat-related illness may become common, as scientists say global warming will bring permanent increases in summer temperatures

Ever since IBM supercomputer Watson beat Jeopardy! champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, there’s been a lot of talk about putting the computer’s question-and-answer capabilities to real applications. In addition to consuming massive amounts of information, the supercomputer has been trained to understand literary references, interpret linguistic nuance, generate hypotheses, perform analysis, and score its own answers for likelihood of accuracy. All of these abilities enable Watson to make reasoned judgments, a skill hitherto attributed exclusively to human beings

Grouponone of the fastest growing companies everhas proven the formula works with its estimated $750 million IPO. Can still you break into the crowded daily deals space?

"The Normal Heart" has been nominated for five Tony awards, including Best Revival of a Play and focuses on the early days of the AIDS epidemic. Ben Tracy talks to playwright Larry Kramer, who based the main character in the play on himself

See what experts have to say on these common pregnancy myths

One day 12-year-old Elizabeth McIngvale became obsessed with the number 42, which happened to be her mother’s age at the time, 11 years ago.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A boat built completely from plastic bottles and other recycled materials, including old advertising banners, set sail in Taiwan to raise awareness about the marine environment. The trimaran, named the "Polli-Boat," had as its main flotation system a series of interlocking plastic bricks made from plastic bottles with strengthened polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the most common plastic in use today

Health officials say popular statin drug can damage muscles and cause potentially deadly kidney problem

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While you’re humming along to the Talking Heads, I’d like to consider another group who can listen to the Talking Heads without really hearing them. [More]

Inventions exist today that would have boggled the mind just a generation ago. I play Scrabble daily with people all over the country on a smartphone that I carry in my pocket. This device is remarkably versatile and powerful