One of the joys of browsing secondhand shops is the possibility of finding old, perhaps restorable or hackable, electronics at low prices. Admittedly, they usually seem to be old flat-screen TVs, ...

The new food pyramid has turned things upside down. Literally speaking, the image representing the newest Dietary Guidelines for Americans is itself flipped from the pyramid of the past. But the US ...

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A landmark discovery on an ancient branch of the River Nile may have solved the mystery of how the pyramids in Egypt were built centuries ago. The now dried-out waterway, which once ran through Giza ...

When amputee Alex Young wanted a prosthetic running leg, he didn’t have far to look. Amazingly, the 45 year old from Blandford in Dorset, MADE his own prosthetic leg from scratch. Instead of costing ...

Landing a white-collar job is getting so tough that candidates—not companies—are paying recruiters to match them with positions. Through good economic times and bad, recruiters have usually operated ...

LONG BEACH — With its back against the wall and its No. 1 national ranking on the line, the UCLA men’s volleyball team found its rhythm in the nick of time on Friday night against No. 2 Long Beach ...

“Keep moving” ordered a voice deep from the abyss, as a length of people, as far as the eye could see, tried to avoid bashing their heads on the ancient rocks above them. Sweat dripping from my brow, ...

Putting together a school meal isn't easy. "It is a puzzle essentially," said Lori Nelson of the Chef Ann Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes scratch cooking in schools. "When you think about the ...

Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD, is an endocrinologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois. As a physician-scientist in molecular biology, she uses her research on diabetes, lipid disorders, ...