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Skier Mitchell Ruda`s sunglasses shielded his eyes from the glare of snow, but even the most expensive models distorted his ability to see natural colors and detect contrast off the...

Boredom shows signs of becoming interesting. A handful of academic researchers studying mood are finding links between boredom and personality, alcohol use and job satisfaction. Constant complaints of boredom can...

Health may be hazardous to the mental health of youngsters, suggests a San Francisco researcher. Rich children are susceptible to a condition nicknamed ''affluenza'' he says. ''It`s not an easy...

The biggest problem with home security alarm systems is false alarms. It`s just too easy for a dog`s barking to set off a sound detector or for a sleepy child...

It`s not typically nouvelle cuisine, it`s not low-calorie and it`s certainly not lightning-quick to make. Still, if a poll were taken now, we would bet that Italian-inspired lasagna would rate...

Why do rutabagas and turnips remind us of the time when Grandma was queen of the family kitchen and huge pots always were steaming on the back of the stove?...

Snow is swirling off Lake Superior, dumping yet another layer on a wedding-cake landscape already coated with more than three feet of the stuff. Eyeball-high drifts outside a lakefront motel...

You would think that Ford`s top-ranking executives know more about the automotive industry than anything else. So why has Ford begun to call them to headquarters from all over the...

Pesto--you hear that magical word a lot in July and August but not usually in January. A recently published volume, ''Pesto! Cooking with Herb Pastes,'' by Dorothy Rankin (Crossing Press,...

If you were on the office elevator and someone turned to you and sang ''A horse is a horse'' would you look at your feet, hit the STOP button or...