High-fat diet during pregnancy contributes to offspring's increased weight

Exposure to a high-fat diet in the womb and after birth can permanently change the cells in the brain that control food intake

The next generation of gaming

A physical platform and matching shoes which allow video gamers to control characters with their foot

Can coffee shop noise make you more creative?

Science says yes. And a new app offers creative clamor sans the $4 latte.

7 new types of yoga you might want to try

Traditional forms of yoga have been branching out, and yoga masters have been exploring new ways to stretch, strengthen and rejuvenate.

China's forced labor camps

The re-education through labor system, or laojiao as it's known in China, began in the 1950s as a way for the fledgling Communist Party government to maintain order and stability in the chaotic post-revolution years.

Votes to deny due process to Americans who associate with terrorists and then associates with terror

Oh McCain!

A Huge Global Epidemic: Fake Nerds

We are witnessing the lowering of the nerd bar. It is the mainstreaming of nerd culture.

The Dice Man Cometh: Would sheer chance be a better model for Obama?

Upon the convergence of three evolving and daunting scandals, and in the teeth of repeated policy failures

Red Bull cliff diving world series {vid}

Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2013: La Rochelle

Luxury race to bag best Crocodile skins

Luxury goods companies are snapping up crocodile farms and tanneries

Nuts and olive oil preserve cognitive function in old people

A new study suggests that older people may be able to preserve their cognitive function by including olive oil or nuts in their diet.

The psychology of authority

What percentage of people would obey if they were ordered to commit murder? The answer might surprise you.

Scientists officially link processed foods to autoimmune disease

The modern diet of processed foods, takeaways and microwave meals could be to blame for a sharp increase in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, including alopecia, asthma and eczema.

Some of the earths oldest water found

Scientists say they've found water whose age clocks in at no less than 1.5 billion years.

800-pound gator bagged by teen in Texas

A Texas state record 800-pound alligator caught during a public hunt on the James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area.

Bill Maher shredded by Glenn Greenwald on US intervention in Muslim countries

Bill Maher is taken apart by Glenn Greenwald for trying to absolve the US from any responsibility for the mass slaughter and destruction in Muslim countries, blaming it on Islamic

Bloomberg to require food composting

New York may soon join the ranks of eco-friendly cities, such as San Francisco and

Alex Jones brings in $7 million per year

Heda Umarova first encountered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones while scouring the Internet to understand how her friend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

The moral imperative of Bradley Manning

Manning can be seen as a classic prophet in the Abrahamic tradition. Such prophets take risks to expose injustice and challenge the rest of us to do the same.

Interview with David Lory VanDerBeek

David Lory VanDerBeek is an extraordinary man with a passion for reforming policies that just aren't working.

What is freedom?

What is freedom and does anyone really have it?

Rand Pauls's Tea Party response (full text)

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul delivered the Tea Party rebuttal to Obama's State of the Union speech

The coolest science stories of the week

Living legend Stephen Hawking has already achieved superhero status in the eyes of many science geeks,

The cult of Nikola Tesla

No personality in the history of science has been pushed further into the realm of mythology than the Serbian-American electrical engineer Nikola Tesla.

Fed's don't think they need warrant for Facebook chats

An FBI investigation manual updated last year, obtained by the ACLU, says it's possible to warrantlessly obtain Americans' e-mail "without running afoul" of the Fourth Amendment.

Vegetable fats tied to less prostate cancer spread

(Reuters Health) - After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, men who eat a diet high in vegetable

Monsanto tipping point

Monsanto is now in full retreat against a global grassroots rejection of its poisons and lies. The company is backpedaling on every front now, even admitting defeat in Europe and now trying to focus its last, desperate efforts on the United States and Bra

Eating healthy on a budget

Chef Alli Sosa gives tips on how to eat healthy on a shoe-string budget