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H1N1

What you need to know about the vaccination program

Find a clinic near you but before you do, should you get the shot?

WonderQuest

What makes us tick?

When we sleep on a bus trip, why are we often able to wake up just before our intended stop? Nov 19, 2009 12:29PM EST

William Feindel, left, is reunited with former patient Murray Graham in Montreal. (The portrait in the background is of Wilder Penfield, the institute's founder.)
Focus

Mental giants

The operations are intricate and often dramatic – opening a skull with a flexible saw, removing half a brain. It's par for the course for specialists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year Nov 13, 2009 6:57PM EST

A grape picker throws grapes into a bucket at the Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, southern England October 22, 2009.
Climate change

Britain revives its long-dead red-wine making tradition

Rising temperatures have already redrawn the international wine map, with wine regions developing characteristics of areas further to the south Nov 11, 2009 1:30PM EST

Life-and-death decision “I will never rush the solemn decision of sending you into harm’s way. I won’t risk your lives unless it is absolutely necessary.” U.S. President Barack Obama, who is evaluating whether to alter the U.S. strategy in the war in Afghanistan, visits a naval air station in Florida

Obama revives climate-deal hopes

Failure at Copenhagen summit would further delay release of Canadian regulations, Ottawa says Nov 19, 2009 2:47AM EST

Asian carp may have breached Great Lakes barrier

DNA of the dreaded fish has been found north of the electronic device designed to stop it from entering the Great Lakes Nov 20, 2009 7:14PM EST

B vitamin supplements

Folic acid may increase cancer risk: study

Norwegian researchers found heart patients treated with folic acid and vitamin B12 had an increased risk of cancer and death Nov 19, 2009 2:47AM EST

Shuttle arrives at space station

Craft delivers enough spare parts to keep outpost running for another decade Nov 18, 2009 12:25PM EST

Twitterers gather for first NASA shuttle 'tweetup'

Agency invites select Twitterers to chronicle shuttle launch online as part of outreach program to drum up support for space program. Nov 16, 2009 10:31AM EST

Greenland ice loss accelerating: study

Loss due equally to icebergs breaking away and meltwater, nudging up sea levels Nov 12, 2009 5:17PM EST

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