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In a new report on pregnancy andchildbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal health care crisisin this country as part of a systemic violation of women's rights
African elephants have slowly rebounded since the end of the Ivory Wars in 1989, but two nations are now petitioning to drop the animals' conservation status
PepsiCo, which owns the juice brand Tropicana, is experimenting with greener farming methods in order to reduce the carbon footprint of a morning glass of OJ
Some mothers refuse to breast-feed -- and not because they can't produce milk or prefer formula. They simply prefer to pump milk and exclusively bottle-feed their babies
In her new book, How to Never Look Fat Again: Over 1,000 Ways to Dress Thinner -- Without Dieting!, author Charla Krupp has solutions for everything from the muffin top to the Buddha belly
A physics student at the University of California thinks hella deserves immortalization in the annals of mathematics as an officially recognized scientific-unit prefix
Data suggest that men want sex more, have more sex and enjoy it more than women. That holds true even into their 70s
The carbon equation isn't as straightforward as we might think. Scientists find that rich nations are essentially outsourcing some of their carbon emissions to developing nations through global trade
New findings suggest that women who drink moderately are less likely to gain weight over time than those who don't
Days before the Academy Awards, a coalition of green groups is lobbying the director of Avatar to use his platform to send the world an environmental message
A growing body of research suggests that your ever expanding gut is not only the result of weight gain, but could potentially be a cause
For centuries, mariners have told tales about sudden stories-high waves that emerged out of the open ocean without warning, strong enough to topple even large ships. Fact or fiction?
Scientists discover that methane is leaking from the continental shelf. It's bad for climate change -- but the question is, How bad?
The Atlantic bluefin tuna is considered a delicacy worldwide and is a staple in sushi restaurants. But we are literally eating the bluefin tuna to death. A proposed ban on international trade of the fish might change that
Darkness encourages dishonest behavior, psychologists in a new study say, and it's not just because they are less likely to get caught at night
A new analysis of how passengers of the Titanic and Lusitania reacted as each ship sank reveals much about when our will to survive supersedes our manners -- and when it doesn't
A new study calculates the true cost of foodborne illness, suggesting that it's a more serious and expensive public-health threat in the U.S. than previously estimated
According to a NASA scientist's computer modeling, the earthquake in Chile should have shifted the Earth's mass and figure axis, shortening the planet's day
In his Oscar-nominated film, Robert Kenner takes on the entire food industry to demonstrate how a handful of corporations often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer and the safety of workers and our environment
To see whether educational DVDs really encourage young children to learn new words, a new study put Baby Wordsworth of the Baby Einstein series to the test
A small but intriguing study suggests that many parents may wish to hasten death for terminally ill children in order to relieve their pain
The conventional treatment for allergies to foods like peanuts, eggs, milk or shellfish has been no treatment -- patients are advised to avoid problem foods altogether. But recent studies suggest a new approach
To help fix the planet's long-term energy woes, big companies are starting to help scale up initiatives in Silicon Valley and other hotbeds of innovation
In Canada, grizzly bears have been spotted in areas that are known to be polar-bear territory. What will happen if the two species collide?
The weight of scientific evidence indicates that flu vaccines do not reduce mortality or infection rates in the elderly, according to British researchers. Why do we keep using them?
People with higher IQ tend to say they're liberal, but that doesn't mean they really are
Parents of autistic children call Jenny McCarthy an inspiration, but doctors say she's a menace to public health. How a former Playmate and television loudmouth became one of the most feared mothers in America
An official at SeaWorld says that something about the swish of an experienced trainer's ponytail may have sparked the whale's fatal attack
Since cancer in one breast tends to spread to the other, healthy breast, more and more women are choosing to remove both, just to be safe. But does such preventive surgery help survival?