Past response strategies have focused on helping those in remote, rural areas. But when an earthquake, flood or other calamity hits an urban center, aid must take a different form
As the Titanic sinking and Costa Concordia's grounding demonstrate, no amount of engineering can completely compensate for human error
The U.S. government aims to improve energy production from renewables to oil, but what does that mean in practice?
Researchers are in the early stages of linking caloric intake to mild cognitive impairment, the stage between normal age-related memory loss and early Alzheimer's disease
The sudden onset of a tic disorder in 15 upstate New York teens might be the result of a strep or other microbial contagion, not "conversion disorder"
Everything you ever wanted to know about bed bugs but were afraid to ask
A psychologist takes up guitar in his late 30s and becomes a working exemplar of the brain's inherent plasticity
An expert on Lou Gehrig's disease explains what we know about this debilitating condition and how Hawking has beaten the odds
We talk to an international arms expert about North Korea's uncertain power shift and its impact on the country's nuclear chess game
The King of Pop's doctor, Conrad Murray, is on trial for involuntary manslaughter, but could propofol alone have caused MJ's death? Harvard anesthesiologist Beverly Philip explains what gives this drug such lethal potential
Recollections of the circumstances of how we first heard of the 2001 terrorist attacks may feel extraordinarily vivid and true, but they are flawed
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