Radioactive Smoke: A Dangerous Isotope Lurks in Cigarettes
The tobacco industry has known for decades how to remove a dangerous isotope from cigarettes but has done nothing about it. The government now has the power to force a change
The Body under General Anesthesia Tracks Closer to Coma Than Sleep
Studying brain waves and physiologic patterns in patients under general anesthesia might help researchers build new neurological models of disorders, such as comas and insomnia
The Strongest Predictor for Low Stress
Research from wild baboons provides insight into perhaps the best way to combat daily, psychological stress. During this holiday season it might bring some comfort. Christie Nicholson reports
Think More to Eat Less
If you painstakingly contemplate eating the food you're about to dig into, there's a good chance you'll eat less of it. Karen Hopkin reports
Hallucinogens as Medicine
In a matter of hours, mind-altering substances may induce profound psychological realignments that can take decades to achieve on a therapist's couch
Let's Talk Stuffing--Your Face
Cornell University's Brian Wansink talks about eating behavior and how mindless eating has us consuming way more calories than we suspect
On Thanksgiving, Smaller Plates for Larger Palates
Cornell's Brian Wansink notes that smaller plates can lead to smaller food intakes, and he has more holiday eating tips. Steve Mirsky reports
Federal anti-smoking campaign gets graphic with images of blackened lungs and corpses
The Mad Artist's Brain: The Connection between Creativity and Mental Illness
More evidence for the long-suspected physiological link between inventiveness and mental illness
Beware 'Imbibing Idiot Bias'
People judge alcohol drinkers as less intelligent
TEDMED 2010: Technology and the people
Ozzy Osbourne's Genome Reveals Some Neandertal Lineage
What genetic oddities does rock's Prince of Darkness and beheader of bats have entangled deep in his genetic code? Knome, the company that analyzed Ozzy's full genome, divulges some of the details in a Q&A