A map (HapMap) of genetic variation in human genome, which could lead to the discovery of genes involved in many diseases such as asthma, diabetes, cancer and heart disease has been completed by a multinational organization called the International HapMap Consortium.

In the article published in the Oct. 27 issue of the journal Nature, more than 200 researchers from Canada, China, Japan, N...

Mr. Anderson is a professor of German at Columbia University.

Are the former Allied nations willing to acknowledge German suffering and loss during World War II? Are they willing to question the morality of the means by which they won the war, even the firebombing that laid waste to 131 German cities and towns, and killed more than half a million people (most of them women, children and t...

I was at a medical conference last year when one of the male circumcision studies was presented, and the investigator showed a film of the surgery with an actual patient. It was easy to see everyone's face scrunch up and their legs close as they moaned softly in empathic agony with the patient.

Male circumcision cannot be confused with female circumcision, and this is a real danger as we...

1. Don't drink the tap water, it can make you sick. Try San Miguel or Tiger Beer instead.

2. Keep a lookout for tour groups with an English speaking guide. Sneak into the group to save money.

3. Take the hostel brochure or business card with you. This will help the taxi driver find your bed when you're drunk and have forgotten all those newly learned language skills.

4. Make...

WHEN Kevin McKidd took on his latest job, the actor faced the usual dilemma - should he really choose work that would keep him away from his family for so long?

But going for the role of Roman soldier Lucius Vorenus in the BBC's epic new drama series Rome made that decision even harder than usual, as it meant he would be filming in Italy for a long 14 months.

"There's always the t...

: Last time we spoke, were ripping the roof off arenas at this summer. Tell me how is the fall touring going so far?

: "We are having an ass-kicking good time! It's , ya know?! The gayness never never stops. puts the 'X' in sex, puts gay into gayness. We have been raising hell, boozing it up and just having a a great time seeing all of our family members. We were just in North Carolina...

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What do William Blake, Jorge Luis Borges, Arnold Schoenberg, August Strindberg, Honoré de Balzac, Aldous Huxley, Czeslaw Milosz and Charles Baudelaire have in common? Aside from being individuals of genius, all wer...

This weekend sees golfer and car enthusiast Ian Poulter defend his Volvo Masters crown, on the Costa del Sol, where Sarah Drane caught up with him.

Valderrama is currently playing host to the Volvo Masters, a fitting tournament for a coastline that seems to have more golf bags whizzing round the airport luggage carousels than suitcases. This, the 18th Volvo Masters and the 13th to be play...

"How I thought things operated in these giant warring nation states wasn't exactly how it happened. In fact, there are these critical people in between — these information merchants. They could be someone just like Bob, a midlevel guy at the CIA, who's just a nexus point for really good, accurate information for what people are intending. These guys are like lubrication for all these en...

Commenting on these findings, Toni Belfield, of the Family Planning Association, said, "It is understandable that women will find their local pharmacy an easier place to get hold of emergency pills, because of longer opening hours and greater accessibility. This is important because emergency hormonal contraception is only effective within 72 hours of unprotected sex so the sooner women get hol...