By virtually exposing soldiers to the harsh conditions of war before their deployment, stress-reduction strategies can taught in real time as psychological dilemmas arise in laboratory settings.

England's highest health bodies have renewed their call for vigilance in the fight to keep antibiotics effective at killing harmful bacteria, comparing the magnitude of the problem to global warming. 

Simply being self-aware may prove the best kind of preventative medicine: A new study has found that regular meditation works to reduce instances of death, heart attack and stroke by nearly half.

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Biomedical engineers have successfully modeled a debilitating lung conditions using microchips to mimic how the human lung works, creating hope for new testing methods. 

A new paper says the "rogue planet" is drifting in space about 100 light-years away from Earth, raising speculations as to how many others are out there.

Brazilian scientists have been working on gathering the necessary materials to clone endangered species, but conservationists fear it distracts from existing habitat protection.

The travel site has released Neighborhoods, a search feature that gives tourists details on specific areas in the cities they're visiting.

There are 17 days left to submit an entry to the White House's Health Design Challenge, in which designers are invited to change the current unwieldy, text-heavy electronic medical record format.

E la Carte has made its Presto tablet better able to withstand heavy usage, and included nifty features like an LED light that changes color according to table status.

Launched yesterday, the Netpage app lets users save and share content directly from magazine pages to their online networks. Their first partner: 80-year-old Esquire.

Fake profiles, fake pages, fake likes: All of them create problems for the world's largest social network, which bases its credibility on the ability to gather together real people and data.

The move coincides with the recent arrest of a gang of youths suspected of being behind a wave of attacks on homeless men in the city.

To fulfill the need for labor in its growing oil industry, the country is actively searching for workers from English-speaking countries, putting special focus on the US.

The controversial tax, which increased prices for high-fat foods by as much as 9 percent, was introduced a year ago in an attempt to address the country's growing obesity problem.

In its annual World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency forecasts that the US will lead the world in oil production starting around 2017, a shift with far-reaching domestic and international implications.

Currently American football is the nation's 20th favorite sport, below sailing and Formula 1. The league hopes to bring it into the top 10 via several different approaches.

Changing how we think of the brain may provide novel insights into how it actually works. By mapping larger patterns in brain biology, scientists could imitate the processes with machines. 

Glen Pettigrove, a philosophy lecturer at the University of Auckland, argues that anger works on the 'smoke detector principle,' sounding more false alarms than true ones. 

As architects understand more about the brain, they may be able to design space that facilitates learning and growth, perhaps even space that helps treat neurological diseases.