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Obesity and excessive fuel consumption are generally seen as serious but separate problems. But that was before University of Illinois computer science professor Sheldon Jacobson discovered where the blubber hits the road.

The allure of climbing Mount Everest has always been spiced with an aura of danger. But how risky is it to attempt to scale the world’s highest peak? A team of medical researchers led by anaesthetist Paul Firth of Massachusetts General Hospital has analyzed 85 years of data and come up with some fascinating statistics.

Tribal land offerings break one record -- but not the one for sales.

UPDATED: A policy brief finds increased obesity among the poor is likely tied to structural obstacles in better eating and exercising.

Power may corrupt, but it also seems to sharpen the mind. According to a new study from the Netherlands, people in a dominant position process information differently than those in a weaker state, allowing them to make complex decisions more easily.