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Is Being an Entrepreneur in Your DNA?

A Babson College study says if you can lead a student to entrepreneurship courses, he'll start his own business. Is being an entrepreneur in your DNA, or can it be taught?

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Can You Make Your Own App?

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon gave two DIY app building tools a whirl. Here are the results. Over the past few months, I've been getting loads of PR pitches about software that lets you create your own smartphone applications—no coding or design skills required

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Video: Study: Chantix increases heart disease risk

A study shows the popular anti-smoking drug Chantix, taken by 7 million Americans, is linked with a 72 percent increase in the risk of heart problems. Dr. Jon LaPook reports

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Gulf Oil-Spill Aftermath Hampers Rig Research

By Melissa Gaskill of nature magazine More than a year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster gushed oil into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists say that they have been struggling to gain access to the region's rigs and drill ships, hampering their research.

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Donor Fatigue

Scientists may still be debating the role of viruses in chronic fatigue syndrome, but blood banks aren’t taking any chances. Last summer the AABB, a nonprofit that represents blood-collecting organizations, advised people with the disorder, marked by severe fatigue and aches lasting six months or more, to self-defer from blood donation. Last December the American Red Cross went further, banning people who revealed during a predonation interview that they had the syndrome from ever giving blood at its centers.

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