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San Francisco's so-called Happy Meal ban goes into effect Thursday, but McDonald's has already found a way around it — by charging for the toy.

You walk into the kitchen to grab a--wait, why did you come in here again? [More]

Treatment injects gene into cells that increases immune system defenses

There is a lot of money riding on the daily deals phenomenon.

From flash mob dancing in Romania to fireworks in Australia, activists spread life-saving message

86 percent of polled drivers eat behind the wheel, 7 percent watch videos

Kristian Carlson (right) discusses the first rib of Australopithecus sediba with colleague Brian Kuhn. Image: Kate Wong JOHANNESBURG At a tea party earlier today for a research team at the University of the Witwatersrand that has grown accustomed to making stunning discoveries of human fossils, a curious excitement erupted when Kristian Carlson unveiled a seemingly modest find: a rib bone from Australopithecus sediba . In fact, it wasn’t even an actual fossil just a resin replica

(Reuters) - The U.S. government proposed protecting old-growth forests in Idaho and Washington state on Tuesday to save the nation's dwindling population of mountain caribou, popularly known as wild reindeer. [More]

iStockphoto/kali9 More and more physicians are investing in their own imaging equipment. But when a doctor stands to make money on each MRI he or she orders, it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out that they might be inclined to order too many scans. [More]

The Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson and the Center for Snake Conservation in Louisville, Colo., have put up a $500 reward for evidence that the South Florida rainbow snake ( Farancia erytrogramma seminola ) is not extinct, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared in October [pdf].

If you're looking to eat your way through your next vacation, and eat well, Nilou Motamed has some recommended restaurants for you.

The notion that robots must be rigid metallic automatons made mobile by wheels, tracks or even legs has constrained the imagination of their designers. The weight of all those rods, gears and motors quickly adds up, and complex mechanical and electrical control systems are needed for robots to handle delicate objects or navigate across different types of terrain. [More]

Too much inventory and not enough demand can cripple a business of any size. Let this be your warning. When AMR , the parent of American Airlines, declared bankruptcy earlier this week, few should have been surprised

People still need electricity when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining, which is why renewable energy developers are increasingly investing in energy storage systems. They need to sop up excess juice and release it when needed.

Regular consumption of baked or broiled fish - but not fried fish - seems to protect critical brain cells