Dan Gillmor:
I now take it for granted that newspapers are trapped — highly profitable businesses that can’t or won’t take the kind of risks that will be crucial to survival.

Acupuncture combined with low levels of electrical stimulation can lower blood pressure by up to 50% in animals, suggesting that it could be a good drug-free intervention for treating hypertension.

Toshiba Corporation today announced a breakthrough in lithium-ion batteries that makes long recharge times a thing of the past. The company’s new battery can recharge 80% of a battery’s energy capacity in only one minute.

A San Francisco start-up has beaten Intel in the race to build fibre optics directly into a silicon chip.

Since taking office two years ago, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has turned Brazil into a tropical outpost of the free software movement.

India is facing the aftermath of a new patent law that bans making cheaper copies of new patented drugs.

A hypnotist has been blamed for starting a violent revolution in Kyrgyzstan.

Rich Karlgaard: Our country spends $900 billion a year on education of all kinds–or about 8% of GDP. What do we get for it? Less and less. Our K-12 schooling has slipped out of the world’s top ten ranking. Our colleges are supposedly the best, but a deeper look into this claim is scary.

A professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to study whether stun guns alone can kill pigs - or whether other medical factors must be at play - as part of an effort to understand why 70 people have died in North America since 2001 after being shocked by Tasers.

California is the first state in the Union to offer state-funded vasectomies to men who have been diagnosed as obese.

A company called Daystartech has released a new type of photovoltaic cell which, unlike almost all the cells currently in use, does not include silicon.

The accuDEXA® Bone Mineral Density (BMD) Assessment System makes possible a better future for millions by providing a quick, convenient, and economical aid in determining fracture risk.

Stem cells from hair follicles can develop into neurons, muscle and more, suggesting that hair is a potent and accessible source of cells for regenerating tissues.

Medicines that could be very useful, but which have toxic side effects, could become safer and more widely available thanks to some unexplained chemistry.

The American TV industry may be poised for a startling resurrection. “We’re going to raise people’s eyebrows this year,” vows Gerry Smith, Vice President of Dell in Singapore.