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In her new film, Connected, Webby Awards founder and Internet philosopher Tiffany Shlain sees digital connection as the next step in harnessing our collective brainpower--as long as we don’t lose our ability to relate to each other. Is technological connectivity mankind's next evolutionary step

Preliminary clinical trials show marijuana might be useful for pain, nausea and weight loss in cancer and HIV/AIDS and for muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis.

In the competitive space of philanthropy and philanthrocapitalism, how do you break through the clutter and get people engaged in an issue that isn’t the tug-on-your-heart-strings norm?

By Meredith Wadman of Nature magazine The recent finding that women in seven sub-Saharan Africa countries are nearly twice as likely to acquire HIV if they use a popular, long-acting injectable contraceptive, has incensed AIDS researchers. [More]

By Meredith Wadman of Nature magazine The recent finding that women in seven sub-Saharan Africa countries are nearly twice as likely to acquire HIV if they use a popular, long-acting injectable contraceptive, has incensed AIDS researchers. [More]

Kepler project scientists join forces with a crowdsourcing research website and quickly bag two new exoplanets. First proteins, now planets. Regular people with regular jobs are getting a chance to chip away at scientific puzzles and contribute to discoveries, in what's turning out to be a big help for scientists, and an intriguing distraction for science geeks outside of academia.

In three weeks, gamers came up with structure of HIV/AIDS molecule that scientists had tried to figure out for decade

Early signs for cancer, AIDS, and strokes all in the eyes

By Ewen Callaway of Nature magazine After decades of dashed hopes, AIDS vaccine developers are allowing themselves some cautious optimism. [More]

Genetic engineering techniques could help protect cats against feline immunodeficiency virus and maybe humans against AIDS

Number of AIDS cases stable overall but rising in young black gay men. Which states have most cases

Crack cocaine associated with numerous health problems, including HIV/AIDS

Study of 20,000 circumcised men yields 76 percent reduction in AIDS transmission rates

Philippines warns against geckos being used across Asia as medicine for AIDS, asthma, impotence

AIDS experts worldwide excited over reports of reduced HIV transmission rates from two drug prevention studies