A mammoth relief mission is swinging into action in north-east Japan, a day after it was struck by a devastating tsunami, claiming hundreds of lives.
Although there is no statistical proof that mobile phone usage causes tumors and the like, it has been discovered that there is certainly chemicals in the brain that are affected. Just fifty minutes on your cell phone causes an increase in brain glucose, or sugar, metabolism.
The billionaires' club is growing. Forbes magazine's annual list shows there are now 1,210 billionaires around the world - that is 199 more than last year. Although the world's top three earners are unchanged from last year, the newcomers in the list of the world's richest, did not come from the U.S. or Western Europe, but from Russia and the Asia Pacific region.
Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's security forces detained and beat up a BBC news team who were trying to reach the strife-torn western city of Zawiya.
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has announced a long-awaited plan to devolve his political responsibilities to an elected figure.
Timely, relevant information is crucial for functional, efficient markets. However, in certain industries and for some credence goods, consumers may not be able to thoroughly evaluate the goods or services they are thinking about purchasing. This leads to the possibility of the lemons problem.
Did you get me at the baby store? Why are those ants black? What do worms eat? What are stars? Where do dinosaurs live?"
Guatemala must do more to stop high numbers of women being killed across the country, Amnesty International has said.
You'd probably feel a lot better if blood just stayed inside your body where it belongs. But blood transfusions save lives every day. Hospitals need blood for people who are injured, as well as for patients having heart surgery, organ transplants, cancer treatments, and treatments for other diseases that affect the blood, like sickle cell anemia. In fact, about 5 million people each year in the United States get blood transfusions.
NEW YORK – Scientists in Europe report they were able to diagnose Down syndrome prenatally by giving a simple blood test to pregnant women, an approach that might one day help them avoid the more extensive procedure used now to detect the condition.