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Can "faking it" be an evolutionary adaptation?

(Reuters) - Almost 200 nations began global climate talks on Monday with time running out to save the Kyoto Protocol aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions scientists blame for rising sea levels, intense storms, drought and crop failures. [More]

An 8-year-old Ohio boy weighing 200 pounds was taken by officials who said his mother wasn't doing enough to control his weight. That was the wrong call, says Arthur Caplan, msnbc.com contributor and professor of bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Experiencing music as a social activity used to mean going to a concert, or maybe a party. And to learn about new music or artists in the days of yore, you had radio, record shops, or the much-fabled mix tape .

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Lichen loves to grow on tall, rocky mountains. But it doesn't know the difference between that and a skyscraper. Covering our buildings in it would keep them cool for free, if one artist's experiments work out.

Women who drink water contaminated with low levels of the weed-killer atrazine may be more likely to have irregular menstrual cycles and low estrogen levels, scientists concluded in a new study. [More]

Physicists working at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, have finally made the perfect foam. Whereas most Dubliners might consider that to be the head on a pint of Guinness, Denis Weaire and his co-workers have a more sophisticated answer. [More]

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Since U.S. Varicella Vaccination Program kicked off in 1995, fewer unvaccinated infants die from chickenpox - Why?

Researchers end clinical trial after gel proves no better than placebo at protecting women against HIV/AIDS

There are lots of ways to ruin your company blog, but these six are among the most egregious. Want people to read your business blog

Nearly 100,000 adults 65 or over sent to ER for drug-related side effect each year, two-thirds linked to four drugs

Forget holiday shopping; the online version of Black Friday is a great opportunity to score great deals on wares for your business. The online equivalent of Black Friday —minus the crowds, early morning hours, and badly behaving people—is here. What started as a made-up holiday several years ago has turned into a real event

CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports on how future doctors are getting some of their most valuable lessons from professional actors pretending to be patients.