Paranoid California readers, you can now relax thanks to Senate Bill 362. No longer can employers require you and your coworkers to have RFID chips embedded in your skin.

Colorado authorities are trying to identify the sources of a large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis, a stomach illness caused by a microscopic parasite.

Will the fifth time be the charm? The sixth? Sony is readying an online video service rival to the Apple’s iTunes, seeing video — not music — as its best (only?) foot forward in playing a larger role in digital media, the Wall Street Journal reports, quoting unnamed sources.

Hardy breeds of livestock vital for world food supplies are dying out across developing countries, especially in Africa, farm scientists are warning. The researchers are calling for the creation of regional gene banks to save such breeds.

A 94-year-old woman who this year became the world’s oldest recipient of a masters degree has been named South Australia’s adult learner of the year.  Phyllis Turner, enrolled at university at the age of 70 - more than half a century after leaving school when she was 12.

The European Commission is working with China to prevent dangerous products entering the EU market, following a string of scandals over hazardous toys ending up in the bloc.

Hepatitis C virus infects up to 500,000 people in the UK alone, many of the infections going undiagnosed. It is the single biggest cause of people requiring a liver transplant in Britain.  Now scientists have found monoclonal antibodies which may make a successful vaccine a reality, researchers heard today (Tuesday 4 September 2007) at the […]

A sagacious fellow by the name of Radley Balko, whose chief journalistic endeavor has been exposing the excesses of the War on Drugs, has compiled an impressive list of botched raids conducted by hyper-agressive police units acroos the country. The militarization of our police forces, with SWAT units armed with weapons designed for warfare against […]

Baby Boomers are steady radio listeners, according to a Bridge Ratings study conducted during June and July 2007.

US men age 18 to 34 have always been an elusive target for marketers, and one they pay dearly to hit — think of the ever-rising cost of Super Bowl spots.

John Milkovisch spent 18 years and 39,000 cans of beer replacing the building material in his house with aluminum beer cans!

Since it was created by employees at photo-sharing website Flickr in March this year, Faceball has rapidly become one of the most popular workplace ball/face activites around – especially in Britain. Allegedly.