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For patients undergoing surgery on the cervical (upper) spine, overall rates of complications and death are higher at teaching hospitals than at non-teaching hospitals, reports a study in the journal Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer...

One of the most highly anticipated cars of the year, Jaguar’s new F-Type marks the brand’s return to the high-performance roadster segment. We’ll be driving the F-Type at the end of July, but figured we’d do some research on the wide-ranging prices of the newest Jag.

No. 1 Star: Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins The Bruins struck first, edging the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime of Game 1. Marchand scored the winner, and added an assist on Torey Krug's powerplay goal to tie the game early in the third period. No. 2 Star: Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings...

The Model S is also one of those rare cases where the Winding Road model is remarkably simple to configure. Take a fully loaded Model S Performance, which retails for $111,670 after a $7500 Federal tax credit, and swap out the done-to-death Multi-Coat pearlescent paint (we prefer a simple black...

Currency? . [SEE BELOW]? As I understand it, a majority of modern academic economists argue that it is better for a country to use a fiat currency [not backed by gold/silver] than to use a currency backed by gold/silver, primarily because, properly managed, a fiat currency can produce a...

We’re reviving the Base Versus Loaded series, and to start things off, we’ve got the all-new, auto-only Porsche 911 GT3.

As if there weren't already 14 reasons to watch the Pittsburgh Penguins' try to defend their near-historic winning streak Saturday afternoon versus the New York Islanders, you're looking at one more: Jarome Iginla will be making his debut for the club. Courtesy the Penguins' Instagram, this is...

Obviously, quitting smoking is an incredibly healthy thing to do for your body. It lowers your blood pressures, restores oxygen to your blood stream, increases lifespan, decreases risk of respiratory illness and clears up skin, not to mention the social … More » The Reasons Women Give Up...

What do you guys think? Science over Religion? Religion over Science? I just want to hear your guys' opinions.

The following advice is from a prayer book: "Pray as if everything depended upon God, act as if everything depended on you." I think that this is consistent with the idea of NOMA, formulated by the biologist Stephen Gould. We exist in the material world; God exists in the spiritual world...

Chances are, you have heard about CONGO and its many deaths and wars... But do you understand just WHY ? Why Congo? Who dies in Congo? Who gets rich in Congo? Who cries about Congos death? Who celebrates Congos death? And most importantly who Benefits from it all ? TUNE IN... ON TODAYS episode...

I am getting a newish truck soon. I can get pretty much anything around 20k or less. I want something that I will never have to worry about when I connect a trailer to it. (It will have to haul at least 4-5 tons I never want to have to worry about not having enough power) I want something...

The first trial to study the effect of platelet inhibition in patients with acute coronary syndromes managed medically without revascularisation has found no significant difference between prasugrel and clopidogrel in the prevention of death, myocardial infarction or stroke. The findings, from...

Is it true that the Egyptian, Greek and Satanist lifestyle is of the Devil (sin) and Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam is of the holy spirit (aka God)? Egyptian, Greek, Satanism > allows us to endure in all lusts Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam > wishes to protect us from...

The route to answering the big questions these days—like, soda or pop?—is to grab a bunch of data from Twitter and analyze it. Which is exactly what Edwin Chen, a data scientist at Twitter, decided to do. More »

Until then, though, let’s take a deeper dive into the smallest vehicle to wear the Range Rover badge, the Evoque. The Evoque is available in three different trims: Pure, Prestige, and Dynamic. Pure represents the base (but still amazingly well-equipped) model, while Prestige is the luxury...

We try to stay on top of the pricing game with Base Versus Loaded, delivering you with the most up-to-date pricing information on new and exciting cars. This time around, we’ve got preliminary pricing for the 2013 Ford Fusion. That preliminary bit is important, as there’s a fair chance that some...

BMW’s new M5 is just around the corner, with all 560 horsepower ready to take on the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Cadillac, and Jaguar. Perhaps you are one of the lucky souls who has the means of adding an M5 to your life, or are just curious what size of wallet you’d need to snag Munich’s hottest sedan.

It's been a darn good year for the auto enthusiast. We’ve seen the launch of an all-new BMW 3-Series, the hugely anticipated Scion FR-S, a worked-over Hyundai Genesis Coupe, and a bevy of other new performance cars. One of the biggest names, that we're stuck waiting on until the end of the year...

In our second edition of this feature, we covered the E90 BMW 335i sedan. Now that we’ve sampled both the four- and six-cylinder F30 3-Series, it’s probably an appropriate time to give it the BVL treatment.