CNN host and Time Editor At Large Fareed Zakaria has been suspended by both the magazine and the network for using several paragraphs written by another writer. Last week reporters called attention to similarities between Zakaria's column in Time's August 20th issue and writings by Jill Lepore, a Harvard University history professor in the...

In today's New York Times, there was an interesting article on the concept of genetic memory in which scientists ruminate that resting inside our genes lurks a vast array of knowledge and memory borne from millions of years of of ancestor's experience and that some think we just need to learn to tap into...

A federal appeals court reaffirmed the right of a company to patent two genes linked to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. The panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the right of Myriad Genetics to patent isolated genes known as BRCA1 and BRCA2 which account for most...

The US Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agency has issued a new video designed to warn agency whistleblowers not to go outside the chain of command to report illegal activity by the agency. The warning contains a strongly worded caution that there will be consequences. According to some news reports the acting director warned whistle-blowers...

The Federal International Football Association (FIFRA) has hired former U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia to investigate recent allegations of corruption in world football. Soccer magnate Joao Havelange and his son in law Ricardo Teixiera who used to lead the Brazilian soccer federations received millions of dollars in alleged bribes from a now collapsed sports marketing...

A special Report issued by the Congressional Research Service last week, points out unexpected and significant security risks to our nation in the publication of scientific papers. The study was commissioned last year when two groups of U.S. scientists submitted papers to academic journals detailing genetic modifications that increase the transmissibility of a deatly...

The United States Food and Drug Administration is investigating Fresenius Health Care, one of the world's largest kidney dialysis providers, for Failing to inform customers that a product used in the dialysis machines may drastically increase the risk of heart attacks if not used properly. A wesite,RenalWEB,published an internal memo last month issued by...

The United States Anti-Doping Agency or USADA which polices drugs in sports has issued a letter to Lance Armstrong that it intends on bringing formal charges that could cost Armstrong all of the titles he has won to date. This comes despite the February 4, 2012 dismissal of a 20 month long criminal investigation...

St. Jude Medical is facing reports that its next-generation Durata defibrillator leads may be defective in that they fray and become exposed. Controversy over the Durata leads started in 2010 over safety concerns and a follow-up study leads to an FDA Class 1 recall late that year. Apparently the recent defect report was filed...