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Smoke pours from the twin towers of the World Trade Center after they were hit by two hijacked airliners in a terrorist attack, Sept. 11, 2001, in New York. Nearly 3,000 people were killed after two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, […]

(LiveScience) Media reports on animal sex are often sensationalistic, with many humanizing our wild-animal friends “in the sack,” for instance. The result can lead to a misunderstanding about the nature of human sexuality, two biologists write this week in the journal Nature. University of London researcher Mark Brown and his […]

“Do you ever pinch yourself and wonder how you got here?” That’s the question “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon asked American conductor Gilbert Levine in 2001. “Every day,” Levine replied. “Every single day.” At the time, Levine had just been bestowed with a Vatican knighthood by Pope John Paul II. […]

Years after Natalie Wood’s death, Dennis Davern, the captain of Splendour, changed his story about what happened that night, sold it to tabloid magazines, and collaborated on a tell-all book. But Davern says he was motivated by his conscience. In 2011, he told “48 Hours,” “What I really want is […]

A California judge ruled in March 2018 that coffee sold in the state must come with a cancer warning due to the presence of acrylamide, a compound that occurs naturally when foods like coffee beans are roasted at high temperatures. In high doses, acrylamide has been found to cause cancer […]

Doctors don’t know the precise cause but have identified several risk factors. A diet that is high in meat and dietary fat is one major risk factor, along with exposure to certain pesticides or herbicides or taking immunosuppressant drugs in the aftermath of an organ transplant. Other risk factors include […]

Produced by Joshua Yager and Martin Zied This story previously aired on Sept. 20, 2007. It was updated on Nov. 18. 2017. Christa Worthington Polaris During the winter of 2002, the quiet Cape Cod community of Truro was rocked, when a former New York City fashion writer was found murdered […]

Produced by Joshua Yager and Martin Zied This story previously aired on Sept. 20, 2007. It was updated on Nov. 18. 2017. Christa Worthington Polaris During the winter of 2002, the quiet Cape Cod community of Truro was rocked, when a former New York City fashion writer was found murdered […]

Wondering where the U.S. is? Not in the top 20. As of 2017, the CIA pegs America at number 43 on its life expectancy list, with an average lifespan of 80 years. However, in November 2018 the CDC reported U.S. life expectancy was in decline due to higher rates of […]