Type "aspartame" or "sucralose" into a search engine and you're bound to hit links tying the artificial sweeteners to some malady. Never mind that the Food and Drug Administration says they are safe. ...more

February 7, 2009

Researchers may have taken another step toward a day when doctors can use microscopic spheres to destroy cancer cells from within. A team of scientists at the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have used a tiny structured dubbed a "targeted" nanosphere to kill melanoma cells in laboratory mice. ...more

February 4, 2009

Relatives of Dr. Harold Carr found an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante - a Holy Grail for car collectors - as they were going through his belongings after his death. ...more

January 4, 2009

CHICAGO (AP) — Unique brain wave patterns, spotted for the first time in autistic children, may help explain why they have so much trouble communicating. ...more

December 1, 2008

When Albert Pagliuca got gallstones, his surgeon offered to remove his gallbladder with a new operation designed to hurt less, get him back to work more quickly and leave no visible scars. ...more

September 24, 2008

For volunteer firefighters, this was the Holy Grail. To stay under the smoke, kneel when entering the door of a burning home. Follow the hose in, remain with the three-man team, and make sure all three come out. ...more

September 15, 2008

Peter Drucker said, "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." ...more

June 22, 2008

Graffiti artists come to New York City from all over the world to make their mark on subway cars, buildings and billboards. They spend hours surveying and then spray-painting hard-to-reach spaces with remarkable precision. ...more

June 15, 2008

In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. ...more

January 24, 2008

The Vatican has published secret documents about the trial of the Knights Templar, including a parchment - long ignored because of a vague catalog entry in 1628 - showing that Pope Clement V initially absolved the medieval order of heresy. ...more

October 13, 2007