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U.N. Security Council to Take Up Climate Change

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council will debate climate change for the second time in four years, its current chair announced yesterday. The July 20 discussion, led by the German government, will be a repeat of a 2007 attempt by the United Kingdom to put climate change on the council's agenda

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Monkey Sacrifices Food for Peace and Quiet

What does a bookworm have in common with a black-tufted marmoset? They both like a little quiet. Or so say scientists in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters

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iPhone 5 Details Kinda, Sorta Leak

Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 will be "thinner and lighter" than the iPhone 4 and also sport an 8-mega pixel camera, according sources who spoke to official Apple leakbucket

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The jig is up — guys like to cuddle more

Men need more cuddles and kisses than women, and if that weren’t surprising enough to researchers in an international study on long-term relationships, sexual satisfaction is more important to women in long-term relationships.

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New Glasses Give The Blind Bionic Eyes

Smartphone and gaming tech offers the vision-impaired the promise of better lives, for much less than the cost of a guide dog. By combining imaging, display, and sensing technology honed for smartphones, with games consoles and systems like Microsoft's Kinect, Oxford scientists have designed a set of high-tech glasses that could radically change the life of people suffering from a number of vision-impairing disorders.

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Beasts of the Stellar Zoo [Slide Show]

One of astronomy's greatest conceptual revolutions began 100 years ago, when scientists demonstrated that stars follow specific patterns of brightness and color. [More]

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Jump into lake costs Levet post in British Open

Thomas Levet's exuberant celebration of jumping into a lake after winning his home tournament in France last weekend has cost him a place in the British Open.

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Air Pollution Could Damage Your Brain

You knew it wasn't good for your lungs, but new tests find that pollution affects your cognitive abilities and may cause depression. It's no secret that breathing in polluted air on a regular basis can do a number on your heart and lungs

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