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A round in a scientific debate over the climate implications of shale gas.

Carlos Soria plans to have climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter mountains by next spring.

Caring for a fragile husband or wife brings unique stresses.

Federal health officials added new safety alerts to the prescribing information for statins, the cholesterol-reducing medications that are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, citing rare risks of memory loss, diabetes and muscle pain.

A report by a watchdog group on nuclear safety details what it describes as “near misses” at American reactors, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission sees it differently.

The revised bill requires women to have an ultrasound before getting an abortion, but says that they cannot be forced to have a vaginal ultrasound.

The fastest high-speed Internet service is courtesy of OnLive Desktop Plus. The “plus” is a 1-gigabit-a-second Net connection with the ability to view Flash videos on your iPad.

A two-ounce caffeine and vitamin elixir that promises a five-hour energy boost has become a $1 billion brand and is ever-present on store checkout counters.

John Scott, whom the Rangers acquired before the trade deadline, admits “it’s kind of eerie” to follow in the footsteps of his close friend Derek Boogaard, who died last year.

Bobby Parnell flamed out in his audition for the Mets’ closer job last season. But his 100-mile-an-hour fastball still makes him intriguing.

If 100 people are exposed to cold germs, 50 to 80, in whom resistance is compromised for any of a variety of reasons, would be expected to get sick.

At a time when smartphones can be used to play video games, Sony’s PlayStation Vita makes the case for a separate mobile device.

Out of concerns that problems could occur for up to 20 years, health regulators said patients with the device — which was also used widely in the United States — should undergo annual examinations.

After a user allows an application on an Apple mobile device to have access to location information, the app can copy the user’s entire photo library, without any further warning.