Clenbuterol: What is it?

Like amphetamine or ephedrine, clenbuterol acts as a stimulant, increasing heart rate. In medicine, it is used to treat asthma. Like some steroids, the drug also has anabolic effects. Athletes and body builders use it to build muscle and burn fat. The drug is banned in sports as a performance enhancer and is readily detectable in urine samples.

What If I Ate Only One Type of Food?

A British teenager collapsed and was rushed to the hospital this week after eating primarily chicken nuggets for the past 15 years. Stacey Irvine, 17, has reportedly survived on her nugget-heavy diet, occasionally supplemented by a bag of chips or piece of toast, since she was a toddler. Doctors have urgerd her to change her ways, but Irvine's case got us wondering: what would actually happen if ...

Wanted: Mock Astronauts for Mission to Mars ... in Hawaii

If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars … well, sort of.

Achieving weight loss while breastfeeding

I’m finding it very difficult to maintain my New Years resolution to get into shape. Between frigid weather, a bout of illness, and losing my exercise partner, I had trouble getting the numbers on the scale to budge. As I was about to throw the scale out the window, I lost five pounds all at once.

Contador hit with two-year ban

• Andy Schleck will now be awarded 2010 Tour title instead • Contador loses 12 other wins, but free to return in August • Spaniard's absence at Olympics could boost Bradley Wiggins • Read the court of arbitration for sport's ruling Alberto Contador has been stripped of his victory in the 2010 Tour de France and will play no part in this year's race after the court of arbitration for sport gave ...