The CIA will declassify hundreds of pages of long-secret records detailing some of the intelligence agency's worst illegal abuses including accounts of break-ins and theft, the agency's opening of private mail, drug tests on citizens and more. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Amid worries over sexting (sexually-oriented text messages among or to young people who use mobile phones) and the revelation today that one-third of U.S. teens have used cell phones to cheat on tests, many parents face a tough decision of when to get a kid a mobile phone (insert tug, tug, tug on the shirtsleeve visual here). picked by bornbad 5 months ago

Japan's first "baby hatch", where mothers can drop off babies they can't care for, completed a test-run today with a doll, clearing the way for the controversial facility to start operating in about a week. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Dr. Sidhur Paul and Dr. Miguel Escobar aren’t talking about just suppressing HIV – they’re talking about destroying it permanently by arming the immune system with a new weapon lab tests have shown to be effective. picked by AfroMosHi 1 year ago

This prosthetic hand, inspired, I kid you not by spiders' legs, has scored highly in tests. Currently a prototype, Fluidhand is battery-powered, with five electric motors—one in each finger. picked by JDRucker 2 years ago

English law forbids publishing lurid allegations in divorce cases - an inconvenient but not insurmountable impediment to splashing the latest dispatches from the war of the McCartneys. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online. picked by kakana 3 months ago

US citizenship tests are given orally to prospective citizens and require 6 correct answers out of 10 questions chosen from about 100 possible questions. The old citizenship test had fairly basic questions while the new test has ”more meaningful” ones. Get with a friend and quiz each other…. Would you make the 60% passing grade? And do you think it's better or worse, and... read full post picked by meggysue 1 year ago

DNA testing has confirmed that a 54-year-old Michigan man is not a toddler who was kidnapped in Long Island, New York, in 1955, the FBI said on Thursday.

Update to this story picked by bingo 5 months ago

US scientists are taking the first step towards testing potentially hazardous chemicals on cells grown in a laboratory, without using live animals. High speed robots would make testing faster, cheaper, and more effective, while leaving animals unharmed. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

Tests on two mystery strands of hair found in the mountains of north-east India could prove that the infamous Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, may have once existed. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Due to gaping loopholes in federal law, companies can put virtually any ingredient into personal care products. Even worse, the government does not require pre-market safety tests for any of them. picked by ldxavior 2 years ago

I'm not sure if that ruins my sexual fantasies involving her or reinforces them... picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago

Products marketed for infants or billed as "microwave safe" release toxic doses of the chemical bisphenol A when heated. picked by karenben 1 year ago

The use of animal experiments could be replaced by research on “virtual human beings” and tests on banks of living cells within a generation, scientists say.
Computer modeling and advances in cell biology will allow researchers to assess new drugs far more precisely and without the involvement of animals. picked by bingo 6 months ago

I don't know exactly how I feel about this, but it's fascinating to see all these kids disclosing their favorite techniques for cheating exams. picked by BuryMeBaby 2 years ago

Deep in the Amazon jungle, writer Kira Salak tests ayahuasca, a shamanistic medicinal ritual, and finds a terrifying—but enlightening—world within. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

The New Zealand All Blacks, please. picked by zadscmc 3 years ago

Initial tests on the donor for HIV, hepatitis and other conditions came back negative, most likely because the donor had acquired the infections in the last three weeks before death. picked by marli 2 years ago

After dropping into an internet cafe, he found articles about himself pointing out medical tests he had taken actually showed he was in perfect health, desperate appeals from his family and from celebrities to come home. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago