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A pair of new drug combinations have been successful in trials on women with advanced breast cancer

DURBAN, South Africa--By 2020, human activity could produce some 55 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases per year, up from roughly 36 billion metric tons per year currently. All the accumulating gas is enough to raise the global average temperatures by more than 3 degrees Celsius by century's end--more than triple the amount of warming that has already occurred. Emission reductions pledged under the Cancun Agreements , which cover some 85 percent of all national greenhouse gas emissions in the world, are meant to slow that warming.

In the struggle against widespread obesity that begins in early childhood , new research indicates that schools may be the best place to start a solution. [More]

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius did not believe data supported allowing girls under 17 access to Plan B One-Step pill

The actor again makes himself look like a jerk on social media. Two simple questions could have saved him

Environmental Working Group study examined 84 popular cereals, found 44 contained more sugar per serving than cookies

"If ever there is a moment to join or start up your own company, this is it," says Smith. "To be the little nimble startups that can run rings around the major corporations and move faster than them and be more innovative than them, the moment is now." Moshi Monsters is already a $100 million multi-platform children's game, toy and book franchise, and one of the Toys"R"Us hot toys of 2011 , but I was skeptical about the company's "transmedia" ambitions.

Health secretary overrules FDA, says young teenagers cannot buy the Plan B morning-after pill without a prescription

Plan B, the so-called "morning after pill," won't be made available over the counter, announced U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Wednesday.

Smoking contributed to 23 percent of cancers in men, nearly 16 percent of cancers in women

The startup Womply recently brought us Groupon-like "effortless offers." Today it launches Loyalty Cloud, hoping to slice through the messy customer-loyalty market with the "simplest loyalty program ever for local merchants." Last month a new startup, Womply , launched to bring "effortless offers" schemes to local merchants--coming with an impressive pedigree because it's co-founder Brandt Squires was formerly GM and Head of Sales at LivingSocial . Just weeks later, Womply has an additional offering--Loyalty Cloud--that promises the same sort of effortless experience but for customer loyalty schemes, rather than Groupon -style "special offers." According to the new sitei, it's simplicity rests on the fact that, "Merchants create offers that reward customers for repeat visits and Womply handles everything else, from marketing and remitting offers to customers, to providing analysis and insight on the amount of revenue generated as a result." To this end, Womply's new Loyalty Cloud is trying to be a complete one-stop shop for local business loyalty schemes: Simpler even than stamping a rubber stamp on a collector card, and providing deep customer analytics that would be tricky to get any other way. It manages this by being seamless from a customer and merchant point of view, with the transaction happening "in the cloud" via "Womply's high-tech platform that enables the company to spot credit and debit card transactions at participating merchants and to push cash credits to customer payment cards." The whole thing is designed to be merchant-centric, rather than focussing on the deals or the end-user customers.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Iran Blocks U.S. "Virtual" Embassy

Siri still struggles with accents. When, and how, will it get better? There are many indignities involved with having an accent.

Stephen Geist is a 60-year-old Cyclocross competitor who is pushing the limits of aging to learn what he can and cannot do as he tries to stay fit and active.

By Ed Yong of Nature magazine It is not every day that you are separated from your body and then stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife. But such experiences are routine in the lab of Henrik Ehrsson, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, who uses illusions to probe, stretch and displace people's sense of self.