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Have Chinese Spies Hacked into the U.S. Power Grid?
The electric-utility industry is planning a pilot initiative to see whether Chinese spies have infiltrated computer networks running the power grid, according to people familiar with the effort. Officials of the...
Apple Issues Heat Advisory for iPhone 3G, 3GS
Apple, has issued what some might call a "common sense" warning: a support document that warns users not to keep the iPhone in an environment where temperatures can exceed 113 degrees...
Gay sex decriminalised in India
Gay rights activists in India say a ruling by the Delhi High Court decriminalising homosexuality in the country is a landmark. The judgement overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which described a same-sex relationship as an “unnatural offence”. Homosexual acts were...
Continue reading full story (read 40 views times) Add a comment - 0 users have commented on this postEPIC FAIL for Canada on WWF Climate Report Card
To the surprise of nobody who lives there, Canada has come in dead last on a climate report card prepared by the World Wildlife Foundation. The US is close behind, but...
US obesity problem ‘intensifies’
Obesity rates in the US have surged over the last year, a report shows. The Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found adult obesity rates rose...
Ban Is Advised on 2 Top Pills for Pain Relief
A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the world, because of their effects on...
Conversing helps kids better develop language skills than reading
Having conversations with your children could help them develop language skills, according to a new study. The study by UCLA researchers has found that adult-child conversations have a more significant impact on language development than exposing children to language through...
Continue reading full story (read 39 views times) Add a comment - 0 users have commented on this postSavings in UK hit record high despite shrinking economy
The amount of money Brits are putting aside for a rainy day has reached a record high, according to research by National Savings & Investments (NS&I). The average UK consumer deposited £92.41 per month into their savings account this spring,...
Continue reading full story (read 40 views times) Add a comment - 0 users have commented on this postU.S. combat troops to withdraw from Iraq cities
U.S. combat troops prepared to leave the last of Iraq's cities on Tuesday, a move hailed by Iraqi authorities as restoring sovereignty and applauded by Iraqis even though they fear it...
Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair
Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command. Toyota's...
According to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the credit crisis has wiped £1.9 trillion off the average...
Google late Thursday released developer-only versions of its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux,...
Research by geneticists and archaeologists has allowed them to trace the origins of modern homo sapiens...
New evidence underscores the theory of human origin that suggests humans most likely share a common...
According to research conducted at the Bethesda Children's Home in Meadville, Pa., adolescents who participated in...