Bypass surgery remains the best option for heart patients with more than one clogged artery, according to the first big study to compare bypass with drug-coated stents. ...more

January 24, 2008

Requiem (not reviewed) A small Colorado town and its residents are caught in the middle of an epic battle between the two iconic alien races. 86 minutes (R; violence, gore and profanity) ...more

December 26, 2007

A person's optimism in the future seems to be controlled by a small front part of the midbrain, according to a study that used brain imaging. ...more

October 28, 2007

Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google. ...more

October 25, 2007

Three U.S. economists, one of them a 90-year-old professor emeritus from Minnesota, will share this year's Nobel prize in economics for their work on how people's knowledge and self-interest affect their behavior in the market or in social situations such as voting and labor negotiations. ...more

October 16, 2007

Calming views, a praised beach and an easygoing lifestyle await visitors in search of R&R just west of Sarasota. ...more

October 14, 2007

SIESTA KEY I confess. I snuck a siesta on Siesta Key. But only after taking two long walks on the beach, browsing all the shops in the village and treating myself to a grouper sandwich at the Daiquiri Deck. ...more

October 12, 2007

President Surprises Us Regarding 'Academic Goes On Offensive Against Ahmadinejad' (Other Views, Sept. 25): ...more

September 29, 2007