Depression remains the leading cause of disability worldwide affecting almost million people half of whom can't find lasting relief from drugs or therapy As Lee Cowan reports a new experimental treatment using a fast-acting approach with targeted magnetic stimulation called SAINT Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy has achieved significant success in trials With electric cars seen as the future of the American auto industry companies are ramping up the production of batteries which require lithium Ben Tracy looks at efforts to increase lithium mining in the U S and the struggle over its environmental costs Bob Costas a longtime fixture [... more]