New evidence that genetics plays a key role in obesity is published today in the International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications.

  It is generally perceived that feminism and romance are in direct conflict yet according to a study by Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan of Rutgers University, feminism and romance are not incompatible and feminism may actually improve the quality of heterosexual relationships.

  In this remote eastern region of Libya, where the bleak hills resemble a lunar landscape, the Green Mountain Sustainable Development Area is the latest in a spate of recently announced projects that form a sort of environmental coming-out party for this former pariah country.

  They have a face only a naked mole-rat mother could love. But what they lack in looks, those so-ugly-they're-cute naked mole-rats make up for in life span.

  Monday, lawyers for Jammie Thomas, the woman who was found guilty of copyright infringement and liable for a sum of $222,000, asked for a new trial. Originally, it had been thought an appeal would be filed based on the judge's instructions to the jury that simply making the songs available, whether or not they were downloaded, was a copyright violation. Instead her attorneys said that, because the songs could have been purchased online for about $24, the $222,000 verdict is disproportionate and amounts to punitive damages.

  Frequent sexual activity improves the genetic quality of sperm and may help some couples conceive, fertility specialists have found.

  A study released Monday indicates that people in Britain are resorting to yanking out their own teeth when they can't afford the dentist.

  Scientists have figured out a way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental cleanup, U.S. and British researchers reported on Monday.

  I found this out today when I went to look at this month's bill, and it's good news for me, as I've been a little disappointed with DirecTV's HD lineup until now.

  Hard drives currently have a one terabyte limit. A single hard drive with four terabytes of storage could be a reality by 2011, thanks to a nanotechnology breakthrough by Japanese firm Hitachi.