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Video: La. Residents Take Action
As British Petroleum has yet to enforce their suggestions, some outraged Louisiana residents have taken the mounting cleanup efforts into their hands. Mark Strassmann reports on this makeshift flotilla.
Martin Gardner: 1914-2010
Chris French mourns the passing of Martin Gardner, a prolific writer and populariser of mathematics, and one of the most influential figures in scepticismI woke up on Sunday morning to some very sad...
Simple Memory Test Predicts Intelligence
The key to intelligence may be the ability to remember many things at once. A new memory test can predict this IQ.
The Cell Phone: Marty Cooper's Big Idea
Father of the Cell Phone Talks about the Past and Future of Cellular Communication
Video: Wal-Mart Launches Gamecenter
Wal-Mart launches a gaming cite, Yahoo and Nokia may be partnering up, and an iPad steering-wheel case that may not be safe for the road.
Baghdad's tepid nightlife
Older, beefy men gather as the whiskey flows, young women dance to loud Arabian rhythms. When the police crack down, there is always a higher higher-up to get the party started again....
Online English class a draw for Haiti survivors
Teaching by video from the U.S., Americans instruct Haitians in post-earthquake tent camps in the English the survivors say they need. The textbook is about a family that lost its...
Eating Disorders Go Untreated as Experts Debate Definitions
The criteria used to diagnose eating disorders need to be revised experts say. More than half of patients end up with an eating disorder diagnosed as "not otherwise specified" which...
Simple electronic gadget could speed up HIV/AIDS diagnostics
A relatively simple electronic gadget could speed up HIV/AIDS diagnostics and improve accuracy particularly in parts of the world with very limited access to health-care workers.
Every Hug, Every Fuss: Scientists Record Families’ Daily Lives
Researchers videotaped nearly every waking moment in the homes of 32 families. Did someone say stressful?
Cal State system's ban on studying in Tijuana draws protest
University-sponsored activities there are frozen because of drug war violence. Students, faculty and Baja California officials say the policy is based on a distorted perception of Tijuana. Cal State San Diego is a...
Evidence mounts that Pakistani major spoke to Times Square suspect
A Pakistani law enforcement source says the major had cellphone contact with Faisal Shahzad just before the attempted bombing. ...
How I Made It: J. Mario Molina and John Molina
The brothers expanded their father's clinic business, Molina Healthcare, into facilities across the country that cater to patients on government medical assistance. ...
Man acquitted in rapper's shooting death
Aubrey Berry said he fired at Dolla at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles in self-defense. ...
Social sports like cornhole and bowling can be fun but hardly exercise
Low-intensity activities provide a healthy way to connect to others, but you'll have to bump up the intensity to get real physical benefits. ...
Overweight celebrities under the microscope
Life in a fishbowl naturally comes with fishbowl moments. For celebrities who battle weight problems, those moments can be painfully embarrassing — or divinely cathartic:
Carnie Wilson: 'I don't want to be known as the weight loss girl'
'I've always been proud of who I am, whether I'm 300 pounds or 200 or 140,' says the star of the reality show 'Unstapled.' ...
Famously fat
Celebrities are no longer running away from their struggles with the scale. In fact, many are dragging their weight issues out of the shadows and into the spotlight. On the A&E show...
Drug treatment policy needs a dose of evidence
Grand promises from governments mean little without decent analysisSo all good citizens this week are poring over the Programme for Government, and it's true that there is much to be pleased with. Labour...
Church warns cell scientists not to play God
Catholic Church officials says the recently created first synthetic cell could be a positive development if correctly used, but warned scientists that only God can create life. ...
Unthinkable? Repeal drugs laws
The regulatory framework for drugs is probably the one thing discussed with the least publicity and the most fervourThe government has invited us all to nominate legislation to be repealed. Where better to...
Texas school board adopts conservative-leaning curriculum
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas State Board of Education adopted new social studies and history guidelines Friday for classrooms in an ideological debate over academic standards that has drawn intense...
3D Can Make You Puke: It's Cyber-Sickness
3D movies, games, television and immersive simulators can produce neurological and visual conditions that cause some people to experience nausea. When our sense of motion does not match our sense...
Mark Hardy, Kings' assistant coach, is arrested and awaiting hearing in Washington, D.C.
Mark Hardy, a former Kings player and currently an assistant coach, was arrested early Friday in Washington D.C., and charged with misdemeanor sex abuse.
Former school board member who fathered a child with teen girl sentenced to prison
A former Ventura County school board member who fathered a child with a young girl has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexual abuse.
Looks Sway Court Decisions
Unattractive defendants are 22 percent more likely to be convicted, and tend to get hit with longer, harsher sentences than attractive defendants.
Condo Board May Screen Resident Dogs' DNA to ID Wayward Poo
DNA Tests for Dog Poop It wuznt my fault I swearz via Flickr/ silgeo DNA has long been used to solve crimes and even exonerate the innocent. Soon, it could be used...
Is That Prosperity Calling?
A study of phone records confirms that cosmopolitan communities tend to be more prosperous than their insular neighbors