Science
Once-a-week diabetes meds are similar in safety and effectiveness
December 8, 2015
Once-a-week diabetes meds are similar in safety and effectiveness
There's little difference in the performance of five new once-a-week drugs to treat diabetes when they're compared to one another,…
3.5 mn hepatitis C patients in Egypt: 2015 survey
December 7, 2015
3.5 mn hepatitis C patients in Egypt: 2015 survey
Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eddin announced the final results of the 2015 viral diseases survey during a press conference on Monday.…
Zuckerberg: from Harvard dropout to Silicon Valley legend
December 7, 2015
Zuckerberg: from Harvard dropout to Silicon Valley legend
Mark Zuckerberg has grown from a Harvard dropout who changed what it means to be social into a billionaire philanthropist…
Taking to the hills: tribal groups face up to climate change
December 6, 2015
Taking to the hills: tribal groups face up to climate change
Tashka Yawanawa's Amazonian tribe lived on the plains along the Gregorio River for millennia -- until a wall of flood…
Facebook expands sharing options to include live video
December 6, 2015
Facebook expands sharing options to include live video
Get ready to start watching live video of your friends and family doing something fun, boring or even dumb on…
Smartphones and the Internet are eating our TV time: Nielsen
December 6, 2015
Smartphones and the Internet are eating our TV time: Nielsen
The use of Internet-ready devices like smartphones appears to have seriously cut into the time Americans spend watching traditional TV,…
Battling climate change — with worms
December 5, 2015
Battling climate change — with worms
Nicolas Denieul plants his spade in the ground and turns over a clod of soil to reveal a mass of…
Samsung to pay Apple $548 mn in lengthy patent case
December 5, 2015
Samsung to pay Apple $548 mn in lengthy patent case
Samsung has agreed to pay smartphone rival Apple just over US$548 million in a years-long patent battle in federal court…