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The man who first created the databases forty years ago, Ernie Ludy, is raising concerns about patient privacy.

The bacterium D. radiodurans can survive thousands of times more radiation than any other living creature -- because it has a unique ability to repair genetic damage extremely efficiently. Scientists have been trying to discover how the bug pulls of this nifty trick for 40 years. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

Barbara Kafka's Vegetable Love is a primer on how to handle produce and a recipe collection for making magic out of something as common as a carrot.

The bipartisan vote to extend the state's climate change law through 2030 was a major victory for Gov. Jerry Brown.

The Swedish home goods store is giving products nicknames based on what personal problems they solve. A pair of scissors is listed under, "My son plays too much computer games."

The tweets, which began earlier this month, contain spelling mistakes, weird tips and offensive suggestions about other countries. Social media users lashed out at the tweets.

In the past five years, the Fed has created $3 trillion out of thin air. In that context, today's news is vanishingly small.

There's a new iPhone app called Yo. It allows you to chat with a friend, but the only word you can use is yo. That's literally all Yo does.

The business move is the software company's attempt to get a social network in its portfolio. Yammer is like Facebook but for business settings. It allows employees to see what colleagues in the same company are doing.

Jill Gaikowski began holding diaper drives in November 2009. Eventually nappies filled her basement and the city's first "diaper bank" was born.