Cognitive Therapy

10 ways to improve your sleep
Pravda - Hectic work schedules, lack of downtime and the change in seasons can make anyone feel more stressed than usual, leading to nocturnal tossing and turning. Insomnia is associated with deficits in attention, concentration, memory and ability to stay

Refining ways to turn heavy oil into sweet crude
Scientific American - OIL SANDS contain sulfur that must be removed. Sweetening such crude oil could be achieved more economically with a sulfur-stripping technique from SulphCo, in which an ultrasonic probe generates bubbles that implode in a billionth of a second. The

Turning V-8s into V-4s may yield the fastest fuel savings
Scientific American - GAS SAVER: Four cylinders of this General Motors GEN IV V-8 engine shut down when they are not needed, thus boosting fuel economy. Despite rising fuel prices and fears of an oil crunch, Americans' lust for big vehicles with gas-gulping V-8 engines is

Good, Bad, and Ugly
Slate - Get "Dear Prudence" delivered to your inbox each week; click here to sign up. Please send your questions for publication to . (Questions may be edited.) Every time my mom and I meet new people or she introduces me to her friends, she points out some

She cared and made a difference
Pasadena Star-News - When soldier Jarod Behee lost the ability to walk and talk from a head injury in Iraq, his wife Marissa and 5-year-old daughter Madison were faced with enormous medical bills. The Glendora family wasn't sure if the military would continue to pay $1