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Diet soda and other artificially-sweetened drinks - previously implicated in raising the chance of developing diabetes - are not guilty, suggests a new study from Harvard University researchers.
Read More »One Percent of U.S. Coal Plants Closed to Avoid Pollution
One of the nation's largest coal-burning utilities said yesterday it will shutter 18 of its coal-fired boilers and pay billions to rein in pollutants at many of its remaining units, underscoring the evolving energy landscape in the United States.
Read More »Would You Like This Article More If You Had To "Like" It On Facebook Before Reading?
How Facebook pages psychologically manipulate us into liking brands. Many of the world's most powerful brands are doubling down on Facebook, from President Obama to The New Yorker
Read More »You (posthumously) light up my life
The Cemetery of the Innocents in Paris was one of the most well known in the city and its grounds were in high demand by those wishing to be buried in a Christian graveyard between the 12th and 18th centuries.
Read More »Cunard’s first female cruise ship captain relishes life at sea
Inger Olsen, who rose through Cunard's tradition-steeped ranks to become the cruise line's first female captain, wasn't dreaming of a life at sea, or of breaking any glass ceilings.
Read More »Video: Plastic surgery for men on the rise
Seth Doane reports on the growing trend of men going under the knife so that they can look younger and hopefully, be more successful.
Read More »Brain size-Alzheimer’s link: Key to diagnosis?
People who develop Alzheimer's disease show brain shrinkage years before symptoms appear, study shows
Read More »Are FDA-approved diet drugs dangerous?
Dr. Jennifer Ashton discusses reports of serious health conditions after using popular diet drug Alli, prescription Xenical
Read More »Video: Why men turn to plastic surgery
Chris Wragge speaks with psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere about why men choose to go under the knife to look better.
Read More »New Tech Makes Detecting Spoiled Meat Easier, Less Smelly
Detecting whether or not meat inside the plastic wrapping at your supermarket (or in your fridge) is still good could soon be much simpler with a clever sensor that changes color in the presence of rotten food.
Read More »A year on, Gulf still grapples with BP oil spill
By Anna Driver and Matthew Bigg VENICE, La./WAVELAND, Mississippi (Reuters) - When a BP oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico last April, killing 11 workers, authorities first reported that no crude was leaking into the ocean. [More]
Read More »Breast device recall: What women need to know
Surgical pad recalled over fears it left metal particles inside women's breasts
Read More »Video: Health group calls for diet drug ban
Erica Hill talks to Dr. Jennifer Ashton about a call for a ban on the diet drugs Alli and Xenical citing gastrointestinal side effects
Read More »Too Contagious to Fail: Why Bankers Should Think More Like Epidemiologists
What could the study of infectious disease teach us about the 2008 financial crisis? Plenty, argue University of Oxford ecologist Robert M. [More]
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