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The Robot Rodeo where bots battle bombs

Media is ablaze with warnings against a future where robots with AI threaten a human future. But are all robots bad? Recent movies from “Terminator Genysis” to “Chappie” and “Ex Machina” all consider a future where robots take on bigger…

Easy to swallow: The simple remedy that has replaced my blood pressure pills

It hasn’t been easy, but I have stepped up my exercise and gone back to meditation and yoga: techniques I had done regularly in the past. I am a believer in the importance of sleep, yoga and meditation, but I…

How pollution is harming the Earth – and our health

The skyline of downtown Los Angeles through a layer of smog is seen in the distance from a rooftop in Hollywood, California, May 31, 2006. (REUTERS/Fred Prouser/Files) Pollution, quite literally, stinks. And as ominous images from around the world show,…

Fat Camp for Adults: Can a Weight-Loss Retreat Help You Shed Pounds?

(iStock) Five years ago, Juli Ackerman never thought she’d be able to buy an off-the-rack wedding dress. At 5-feet 10-inches, the software-company executive from Newport, Calif., then 40, was 280 pounds. Her weight had always fluctuated, but she decided that…