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CBSNews.com's Nick Dietz breaks down the latest HealthPop news, including a battle of the sexes when it comes to pain and narcissism
Read More »Video: HealthPop: Narcissism, pessimism and pain
Narcissists are at a greater risk for high blood pressure and heart problems; Also, men with higher levels of lead are more likely to be pessimistic; And, women consistently report higher levels of pain than men.
Read More »How Google’s New Privacy Policy Could Affect You
You’re on the way to a meeting. Traffic seems to be slowing. A text comes in: “You’re going to be late.
Read More »This Week In Bots: Roboplayers, Robodancers, Robowarriors, And The Delicate Ethics Of Robosex
Would you love your Roomba more if it had rat-like whiskers?
Read More »Video: Pat Sajak: Host got drunk during "Wheel of Fortune"?
Pat Sajak claimed in an ESPN2 interview that he and "Wheel of Fortune" co-star Vana White used to get drunk off of margaritas in between tapings during the early days of the game show. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports.
Read More »California OKs New Rules to Cut Tailpipe Emissions
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's powerful air-quality regulator on Friday approved sweeping new rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles by requiring automakers to put many more electric and hybrid vehicles on the state's roads. The regulations, approved unanimously by the state's Air Resources Board at a meeting in Los Angeles, would also support development of an infrastructure for hydrogen fueling stations. [More]
Read More »British teen Stacey Irvine hospitalized after eating nothing but chicken nuggets for 15 years
Teen diagnosed with anemia; eating same food meal after meal - known as food jags - more common in younger children
Read More »Should YouTube Ban Videos of the Adorable but Endangered Slow Loris?
Like hundreds of thousands of other people, my first encounter with a slow loris occurred online when I watched the now-famous 57-second video of one of these adorable primates being tickled and throwing up its arms in apparent glee.
Read More »Dozens and Dozens: NASA’s Kepler Spies Packs of New Exoplanets
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Read More »Video: "Welcome Back Kotter" star dies at 60
Robert Hegyes, an actor best known for his role as Juan Epstein on the 1970s hit sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter," died in New Jersey at the age of 60. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports
Read More »Rubinstein Leaves HP, Twitter Can Block Tweets By Country, Cook Defends Apple On Worker Standards
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP . Rubinstein , formerly of Apple and then lead at Palm during its efforts to rival the iPhone, is leaving HP
Read More »Blue Ribbon Commissions Calls for New Home for Nuclear Waste
The embarrassing and damaging failure of U.S.
Read More »Readers Respond to "Toxins All Around Us" and Other Articles
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Read More »Can Too Much Information Harm Patients? [Excerpt]
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care (Basic Books, 2012), by Eric Topol, a professor of innovative medicine and the director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. [More]
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