Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, and those who do smoke are on average smoking less, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Navy police shot one sailor in the gut and took another into custody early Saturday after their vehicle smashed into two police cruisers following a chase at San Diego's naval base, a military spokesman said.
December 26 is historically one of the most dangerous days of the year for people vulnerable to cardiac problems, including heart attacks, arrhythmias, and heart failure.
A weight loss study by Jenny Craig. A survey of sexual health and condom use by Church & Dwight, the company that makes Trojan condoms.
The university giveth, and the university taketh away.
Divorce is contagious in social networks, a new study says. The idea is based on the theory of social contagion, or the spread of behavior or emotion through a group. In this case, the heated feelings and actions of one person's divorce can be transferred like a virus, causing others to divorce, according to the study.
A team of scientists has agreed that a giant asteroid killed off dinosaurs and a majority of other species on Earth more than 65 million years ago.
The University of California San Diego has suspended a student who admitted to hanging a noose in a campus library, school officials announced Friday.
Have you ever felt cut off from other people, even if there are plenty around you? Maybe you felt all alone in the world, but you were making other people feel lonely without even realizing it.
A vacation to Washington nearly a decade ago led to a life-changing revelation for Kathi Cordsen. Passing by a breast cancer awareness event, her mother blurted it out: Her doctor had just confirmed that she had breast cancer.
Whether I was squeezing myself into a crowded subway car or admiring the fall leaves around at Tsaritsino Park, I was constantly learning new Russian words during my two-week study trip to Moscow last October.
Whether I was squeezing myself into a crowded subway car or admiring the fall leaves around at Tsaritsino Park, I was constantly learning new Russian words during my two-week study trip to Moscow last October.
Space. Sound. Smell. Humans constantly process a slew of variables in their surroundings. According to new research, the wiring of the brain may be even more complex than we knew.
What was the name of that guy with that stuff in that place with those things? Don't you remember?
If you're feeling great today, you may end up inadvertently spreading the joy to someone you don't even know.
'Happiness bug'
updated: Thu Apr 02 2009 15:50:00
Happiness is infectious, but don't drop your unhappy friends just yet. Elizabeth Cohen explains.
In the fight against obesity, doctors have deployed stern warnings, dieting tips, liposuction and open-incision bariatric surgery. But some surgeons have found another avenue for weight loss.
December 26 could be one of the most dangerous days of the year for people vulnerable to cardiac problems, including heart attacks, arrhythmias, and heart failure. And many of these so-called Merry Christmas coronaries will hit people who didn't even realize they were at risk when they unwrapped their gifts the night before.
When Audi opened its new U.S. headquarters in Herndon, Va. this summer, the German automaker's sleek new office was immaculate - and executive vice president Johan de Nysschen wants to keep it that way. De Nysschen, who hails from South Africa, issued a dictum to the 100 employees who work at the site: At the end of the day, clear your desk of nearly everything. "We want to create a sophisticated atmosphere," he says. "It's conducive towards organization."
Research into the mysterious green glow of a jellyfish earned three scientists this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the Nobel Foundation announced Wednesday.
An appreciation of the late, great film critic and painter, dead at 91
New research shows that while 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do
Ask doctors if their male patients ignore big and obvious health symptoms, and they'll respond with laughter -- huge peals and guffaws.
A new study finds that quitting tobacco is habit-forming. When one person quits, his friends, and friends of his friends, naturally follow suit
Michael Lardon figures it was serendipity. A top table tennis player growing up in New York, he had always been fascinated with the mental component of competition. "Who gets in 'The Zone?' How do they get in 'The Zone?' And most important, How do they stay there?" He enrolled at Stanford, took a pre-med science course and was paired with Olympic speedskater Eric Heiden as a lab partner.
An explosion at a hotel under construction in San Diego injured at least 14 people.
A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego that would open by 2010
New surgical techniques promise a day when organs will be removed through the body's natural orifices -- without scars
Do genes play a role in how we vote? CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
For years, political scientists assumed our political leanings came from the way we were raised and the company we keep. You're a screaming liberal? Must be because you were raised in a household full of screaming liberals. You're an arch conservative? Must be because of that college you went to.
When Chanda Givens found out she was pregnant, she did what most expectant mothers would do: She went out to fill her prescription for prenatal vitamins.
I-Reporter Johnathan Hart describes the scenes from Foot Hill Ranch in Orange County, California.
With nearly a million California residents evacuated from their homes, families and friends across the country are wondering if their loved ones are safe. CNN.com asked readers to share their stories.
In the wake of the Minneapolis collapse, engineers are developing new ways to avoid future breakdowns
Cell phone designers strive for sleekness, a quality that makes it nearly impossible to include a quality zoom lens on your phone. The thin, wide-angle lenses found in today's phones work fine for panoramic shots, but forget about crisp close-ups.
Research shows that who you're friends with can have a profound impact on whether you're overweight
Breast cancer survivors who ate more fruits and vegetables were not more likely to avoid a cancer recurrence
The editors have identified the Best business ideas in the world, which will appear here in a series throughout the next month. Check back daily for updates.
Technology revolutions have touched every aspect of daily life, except one: light.
From the time they are born, our brothers and sisters are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales.
Everyone thinks they know what's involved in creating a new drug: $800 million in R&D, followed by a 10-year machete march through the thickets of FDA regulations. That daunting prospect is hardly the thing to get an entrepreneur's heart pumping.
Business 2.0: Cooking Up a Startupupdated: Thu Jun 01 2006 00:01:00
EVERYONE THINKS THEY KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED in creating a new drug: $800 million in R&D, followed by a 10-year machete march through the thickets of FDA regulations. That daunting prospect is hardly ...
A baseball zooms through clouds, straight through a wall and into the waiting hand of actor Adam Smith, who is tricked out like a magician, complete with wand, tuxedo and top hat. "How do you do it?" Smith asks conspiratorially. "You just need a small enough ball, of course."
Business 2.0: Simple Mindsupdated: Sat Apr 01 2006 00:01:00
The simplicity cult has it wrong. From industrial design to software, it's become accepted wisdom that products must be made simpler. (Anyone go to the recent ETech or Demo conference?) It's not tr...
A large daily dose of vitamin D can dramatically lower the risk of developing common cancers, including breast, ovarian and colon cancers, by up to 50 percent, according to American researchers.
Kendall DePascal was studying for her Ph.D. at the University of California at San Diego when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver, sustaining serious head injuries.
Ken Tong likes to challenge conventional wisdom.
Business 2.0: Reengineering the MBAupdated: Thu Apr 01 2004 00:01:00
Just when you thought the economy had shaken off the worst of the damage wrought by bubble-era MBAs, along comes the Rady School of Management at the University of California at San Diego, the firs...
It's mid-April, and my boyfriend, Scott, and I are headed out on a road trip. We're going to spend a month visiting colleges and talking with kids about technology. It's an awesome assignment, and ...
Philadelphia retailing legend John Wanamaker spoke for many business people when he complained in 1885 that "half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the trouble is I don't know which h...
America, the nation of immigrants, is shouldering a heavy price for its hospitality. The issue of the costs of immigration has come to a head in California this month, where a controversial proposa...
To get a glimpse of regional economic growth, see where foreigners intend to settle. Beginning in October, a new law will allow 700,000 legal immigrants to enter the U.S. annually, up from 560,000 ...
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