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Human Brains Are Optimally Tuned for the Visual Hunt

Why is it that most of us are able to track down the tiny sketch of a be-spectacled cartoon man wearing a striped shirt and a funny hat--in the midst of a busy scene filled with distractions and look-alikes? [More]

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Video: Supermodel mom Christy Turlington

For nearly 30 years, supermodel Christy Turlington Burns has graced the covers of magazines, appeared in ads and walked the runway, all while using her famous face to help causes close to her heart. Now, as Tracy Smith reports, she's on a mission to bring attention to moms and childbirth in the documentary "No Woman, No Cry."

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Whales Return to NYC Harbor

[audio of blue whale song] That's the song of the blue whale, the largest animal on the planet . It's been sped up five [OR: 30] times faster so that our ears can hear it. In reality, these infrasound songs were captured in 2009, off the coast of… Long Island

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Video: The pursuit of happiness

Sunday Morning correspondent Jim Axelrod's new book "In The Long Run" took him across the country to two very different communities to find out what beckons us to the pursuit of happiness.

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The pursuit of happiness

Why are people in Boulder, Colo., at the top of the nation's measurable well-being - and those in Huntington, W.Va., at the bottom?

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Rival Anthropologists Donald Johanson and Richard Leakey Reunite after 30-Year Rift

On May 5 famed paleoanthropologists Donald Johanson and Richard Leakey convened at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to discuss human origins. It is the first time Leakey and Johanson--longtime rivals--have shared a stage since a public falling out in 1981. Viewers in the live audience and those who tuned in to the webcast tweeted the discussion and uploaded photos to Facebook, so I decided to use Storify to document this historic event.

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Byrd is the word at Wells Fargo

Jonathan Byrd ran off five birdies in six holes to start the back nine on his way to a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship.

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Know Thyself

We humans are introspective. We observe patterns of our own behavior and we have memories for review.

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Video: Low cal snacks to satisfy cravings

The key to not gaining weight from snacking is to pick snacks that are low cal and still satisfy your cravings. Frances Largeman-Roth showed Rebecca Jarvis eight snacks that are less than 80 calories.

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