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Catherine Zeta Jones checked herself into a treatment center for Bipolar II Disorder after a stressful year that involved husband Michael Douglas' cancer battle.
Read More »Why Are Asthma Rates Soaring?
Asthma rates have been surging around the globe over the past three decades, and for a long time researchers thought they had a good idea of what might be fueling the increase: the world we live in is just a little too clean. According to this notion--known as the hygiene hypothesis--exposure in early childhood to infectious agents programs the immune system to mount differing highly effective defenses against disease-causing viruses, bacteria and parasites.
Read More »Video: Restaurant serves booze to boy
Erica Hill talks to Jill VanHeest, Florida mother of a 2-year-old child who was served alcohol at an Olive Garden.
Read More »Cracking a Century-Old Enigma
For someone who died at the age of 32, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan left behind an impressive legacy. Number theorists have now finally managed to make sense of one of his more enigmatic statements, written just one year before his death in 1920.
Read More »Make or Breaker: Can a Tsunami Warning System Save Lives During an Earthquake?
It was a through-the-looking-glass moment for Chris Goldfinger, sitting in a meeting about Sumatran earthquakes on a recent Friday afternoon in Chiba, Japan, on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Read More »Fossil footprints of early modern humans found in Tanzania
MINNEAPOLIS--Newly discovered fossil footprints at a site in northern Tanzania on the shore of Lake Natron capture a moment in time around 120,000 years ago when a band of 18 humans--early members of our own species, Homo sapiens --traipsed across wet volcanic ash to an unknown destination.
Read More »Golf has taught me a lot about life, says Tiger
Golf hasn't lost its luster for Tiger Woods.
Read More »Stillbirth study: Thousands dying needlessly
Researchers say as many as 3.8M infants die in womb every year, and many deaths could be easily prevented
Read More »Cod Ranching Could Keep Fishermen Flush
By Daniel Cressey of Nature magazine Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages, according to a new analysis. Fish ranching -- where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught -- could one day become a significant part of global fisheries, fitting between traditional catching and aquaculture, says Bj
Read More »Catherine Zeta-Jones’ bipolar disorder: How severe?
Actress said to have been treated recently for bipolar II disorder following stressful period
Read More »Plant Strife: Satellite measurements show declining phytoplankton in ocean currents
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Read More »Schizophrenia ‘in a Dish’
By Ewen Callaway of Nature magazine Before committing suicide at the age of 22, an anonymous man with schizophrenia donated a biopsy of his skin cells to research. [More]
Read More »Video: Masters win hasn’t sunk in for Schwartzel
Charl Schwartzel has been so busy that his 2011 Masters win doesn't seem like it's real yet, while Rory McIlroy isn't discouraged by his final-round collapse and says he's trying to stay patient. (NBC Sports)
Read More »Video: Retirement isn’t in Tiger’s near future
At an event in Beijing, Tiger Woods spoke about playing under pressure and shared his thoughts on retirement. (NBC Sports)
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