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Frog legs are still an amazingly popular food item around the world, including here in the U.S. According to a new report, an average of 2,280 metric tons of frog legs are imported into this country each year--that's the equivalent of somewhere between 450 million and 1.1 billion frogs.

Several Scientific American staffers recently flew out to Mountain View, Calif.

When my first child was born, I was very happy, as many moms are, but also a little on edge. [More]

Hospitals might not always be the happiest places on Earth. But some might get a little happier, with help from Disney. [More]

Antibiotics don’t work against viruses. But doctors sometimes give antibiotics to patients who have what turns out to be a viral infection. Which adds to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance

By Lauren Keiper BOSTON (Reuters) - Rising sea waters may threaten U.S. coastal cities later this century, while the Midwest and East Coast are at high risk for intense storms, and the West could see compromised water supplies

By Christine Stebbins CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rich countries grabbing farmland in Africa to feed their growing populations can leave rural populations there without land or jobs and make the continent's hunger problem more severe, an environmental think tank said on Tuesday. [More]

By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal officials seized roughly a ton of ivory in one of the largest U.S. seizures on record and arrested the owner of an African art store accused of smuggling carved elephant tusks into the United States, authorities said on Tuesday

By Chloe McIvor of Nature magazine Preschool children spontaneously invent experiments in their play, according to research published this month in Cognition. The findings suggest that basic scientific principles help very young brains to learn about the world. Psychologists have been drawing a comparison between cognitive development and science for years -- an idea referred to as 'the child as scientist'

Shielded from Earth-bound eyes, the far side of the moon is home to a rare set of dormant volcanoes that changed the face of the lunar surface, a new study finds.

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine As cheat sheets go, it is a long one. [More]

A drink of alcohol , any kind; "rails" of white powder; a pill prescribed by a pediatrician to assist with attention deficit disorder.

Every week I post a quick Q&A with one of our bloggers on the network, so you can get to know them better. [More]

Sooner or later, everything goes online. Music, books, newspapers, magazines, TV shows, movies, software, classified ads, restaurant menus, maps, and on and on. It’s fun to watch these industries reinvent themselves in the digital age

(Adds that government releases first list of victims) BEIJING, July 26 (Reuters) - China's rail minister, facing [More]