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The U.S. electricity grid is hard to defend because of its enormous size and heavy dependency on digital communication and computerized control software.

The US Preventative Care Task Force (USPCTF) indicated today that an electrocardiogram, an EKG, is not an ineffective screening tool for atrial fibrillation – a disorder of the heart’s rhythm.

It is time to question the boondoggle that is and will be the implementation of the World Health Organization-generated International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (

Results of a new study released this week about soccer, and the effects that "heading" the ball has on the brain, delivered one key takeaway message: women's brain matter appears to be more sensitive than men's.

Patients with limited financial resources often have difficulties getting to their physician and hospital appointments.

Alan Alda has Parkinson's disease. Just like that, the well-known actor disclosed his condition for the first time Tuesday on national TV. He did not appear defeated, depressed or morose. In fact, just the opposite.

As the light of the day grows shorter, and a bit more yellow, one can sense both the coming of fall and winter and the migrations that these changes invoke.

The humanities are in big trouble. That's the conclusion drawn by Benjamin Schmidt, an Assistant Professor of History at Northeastern University. He has the data to back it up.

One of the biggest problems with journalism -- particularly science journalism -- is the fact that many people who practice it aren't qualified to do so.

As extreme heat grips several areas of the country, Tuesday's high temperature in Palm Springs, California was a staggeringly brutal and record-breaking 121 degrees.