The devastation wreaked along the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina has raised difficult questions about our ability to predict and prepare for natural disasters. The results of a new study suggest that there may be more Katrinas in the future.

A Paris-based media watchdog released a handbook on Thursday to help cyber-dissidents and bloggers avoid political censorship in countries as far apart as China, Iran, Vietnam and Cuba.

Personalized medicines targeted according to a patient’s genetic profile have been over-hyped and their widespread use is still 15 to 20 years away, leading scientists said on Wednesday.

Africa contributes least to global climate change, but is bearing the brunt of the phenomenon that is expected to exacerbate food shortages in the long term, scientists warned on Thursday.

Embryonic stem-cell research advocates in Florida have drafted a ballot initiative that would put $200 million toward the science over the next 10 years, citing frustration with lack of interest in the promising field among federal and state agencies.

When it comes to the profit potential of blogs, Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media, calls himself a skeptic.

Nokia, the world’s leading mobile phone maker, sold its one billionth portable phone since it began producing the devices at the beginning of the 1980s.

Seth Godin:
If you took an $800 dress out of Neiman Marcus and sold it on the street, would it be worth as much?

Gene-targeted personalized medicine is over-hyped, with widespread use still 15 to 20 years away, says a leading group of scientists.

Infra-red photography had revealed many differences between the painting, the Adoration of the Magi, and the under-drawing. These appear “to subvert Da Vinci’s true intention”.