New evidence suggests that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share a genetic anomaly involving genes responsible for the development of nerve insulation.

Schizophrenia covers a group of psychoses in which deterioration of functioning is marked by severe distortion of thought, perception and mood, leading to bizarre behavior and social withdrawal. Between one and two percent of people […]

If you’re anything like the rest of us, you have user names and passwords floating around cyberspace and, even worse, you’re doing a poor job at keeping them a secret.

I’ll admit that I have at least a half-dozen names and passwords taped to the outer part of my computer screen. I know that’s a bad […]

A team of leading scientists have disclosed that a mummy, widely identified by western archaeologists as the probable remains of Egyptian ruler, Queen Nefertiti, is in fact a man.

An international debate broke out after Egyptian state archaeologists revealed their own recent examinations of the 3,000-year-old mummy at the centre of the claims had established the […]

What would inspire a well-known computer security consultant to suddenly shift gears and focus on dissecting politics and popular culture instead of the latest viral plague?

It’s the realization that politicians, pundits and personal apathy can do more damage to truly critical systems than any computer worm, according to computer security consultant Richard Forno, author of […]