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Curing cancer and eliminating heart disease has been the holy grail of medical research. But there could be even greater benefits if aging itself could be delayed, a study finds.

Critic Alex Gilvarry calls Jason Porter's first book "a humorous insight into the human condition."

Russian has a word for light blue and a word for dark blue, but no word for a general shade of blue. So when interpreters translate "blue" into Russian, they're forced to pick a shade. It's one of the many complexities of translation David Bellos explores in his new book, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

With that pitch, coder boot camps are poised to get much, much bigger. Is this a new education delivery system?

A newly issued Chinese passport featuring a map that lays claim to disputed territory with several neighboring countries is only the latest case of cartographic aggression. From Latin America to East Asia, maps have long played a central role in territorial tussles.

Acclaimed philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is the author of "Plato at the Googleplex."

After attacks originating in China targeted Gmail accounts belonging to Chinese human rights activists, Google has announced that it will stop censoring results on the Chinese version of its search engine and may pull out of the country entirely.

As 2013 begins with wealthy Americans in line for bigger tax bills, they're not alone. Tax fairness takes the spotlight worldwide this year, as cash-strapped governments look to impose more of the burden on well-heeled companies, individuals and institutions, and to catch and punish tax cheaters.

Until recently, if you wanted to find out the rules for raising goats in Hollywood, bees in Bel Air or squash in a community garden in South Central Los Angeles, it would have been pretty tough -- like standing in various lines at the DMV.

The Arizona Legislature is debating whether to extend Medicaid to about 300,000 people in the state. The expansion is a requirement to get federal funding under the Affordable Care Act.