The scenes seared into the minds of those who know Bobby Yurkanin differed only in place: Whether in the pool, around the dinner table or at the bowling alley, he was the 50-something man whose life had long before been handed over to the sickness of his parents. Always his father was by his side. ...more

November 8, 2009

Frank and Lois Vara of Lake Placid showed up at The Great Treasure Hunt on Thursday basically out of curiosity. ...more

November 1, 2009

Made in Canada with parts from as far away as Korea, a solar car swung through Tampa on Tuesday. ...more

May 13, 2009

In the trek from Buffalo, N.Y, to the Florida Keys, Tampa is the next stop for a solar powered car that only uses the gentle rays of the sun to keep going. ...more

May 12, 2009

Delicious and different popcorn. ...more

March 17, 2009

A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn't hurt children, offering more reassurance to parents. ...more

January 26, 2009

Do the kids hate brushing their teeth? Maybe they can create a toothbrush that excites them and their peers to scrub their pearly whites. ...more

December 20, 2008

Most clocks just tell time, simply and reliably. Not the $1.8 million "time eater" formally unveiled Friday at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge. ...more

September 20, 2008

The best way to sanely experience the tunnel of an MRI machine is to keep your eyes closed. I did that for the longest time before curiosity got the best of me. I opened them for an instant, freaked out and shut them again quickly. The white wall of the machine seemed 2 inches from my face, even though it wasn't really that close. ...more

June 21, 2008