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Monique Lawless, 42, saw three men stealing beer from a Texas Walmart and gave chase — leaping onto their car's hood. The thieves were caught. She was bruised.

July 11, 2011 · 1 min read

Before settling down, most women collect a small education in men: the best friend, the bad boy, the ex, the fling, and finally the keeper.

July 11, 2011 · 2 min read

Naperville's Simply Vedic hosted a singing talent hunt celebrating Indian classical music — giving young diaspora performers a stage and a community.

July 11, 2011 · 1 min read

Aishwarya Rai's 2011 pregnancy raised a real Bollywood question: can a top actress keep a major career after becoming a mother?

July 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Research links advanced paternal age to higher risks of autism, schizophrenia, and other conditions in children. The science of the male biological clock.

June 29, 2011 · 2 min read

A delayed study set off debate over whether meditation protects the heart. The honest picture: stress reduction is well supported; cardiac benefits aren't.

June 28, 2011 · 1 min read

Just like the lotus flower which blooms and opens up its outer petals to reveal the inner whorl , this book also unfolds layers of the saga called…

June 23, 2011 · 3 min read

Neuroscience suggests handwriting engages the brain in ways typing doesn't — from letter recognition in kids to deeper learning in older students.

June 21, 2011 · 1 min read

When life throws peaches at you, you expect strawberries instead. This was the dilemma that haunted me right from the beginning of my career. Technical…

June 21, 2011 · 1 min read

The USDA retired the 19-year-old food pyramid for MyPlate: a simple four-section plate icon unveiled by Michelle Obama and Tom Vilsack.

June 18, 2011 · 1 min read

Floyd Cardoz won Top Chef Masters with wild mushroom upma polenta — a milestone for Indian cuisine in American fine dining.

June 16, 2011 · 1 min read

Groupon rejected Google's $6 billion and IPO'd at over $12 billion. Skeptics of its daily-deal economics were proven right — here's why.

June 11, 2011 · 1 min read

Canadian researchers found bilingual dementia patients showed symptoms about four years later than monolingual patients. What the evidence says, and its limits.

June 5, 2011 · 2 min read

As Germany's E. coli outbreak grew, so did the politics: Putin's vegetable ban, Spain's fury at false blame, and Merkel's crisis task force.

June 3, 2011 · 2 min read

It's not just the bullied kids who sleep badly — the bullies do too. Poor sleep erodes impulse control, and behavior follows.

June 3, 2011 · 1 min read

Co-sleeping is normal across much of the world, but the safety evidence is nuanced. Room-sharing vs bed-sharing, SIDS risk, and what research supports.

June 3, 2011 · 2 min read

In May 2011 a killer E. coli strain swept northern Germany. Cucumbers took the blame — but the real culprit was fenugreek sprouts.

June 1, 2011 · 1 min read

Mark Zuckerberg's 2011 personal challenge: eat only meat from animals he killed himself. The pig roast that started it, and the goat that followed.

May 31, 2011 · 2 min read

Their husbands went to Tihar in the 2G spectrum scam. What happens to the wives left managing the fallout, the fees, and the silence.

May 30, 2011 · 1 min read

A Diebold technician stole $200,000 from Bank of America ATMs and replaced the cash with photocopied $20s. It took ten months to catch him.

May 27, 2011 · 1 min read