Most jobs nowadays, from cashier to a senior executive, require a background check. And more employers are vetting longtime employees, too. These investigations are done increasingly by outside screening companies. Here\’s some things applicants...

Flock Eco makes surfing the web and staying up to date on green issues a seamless experience.

You never know what web site is going to get hacked and serve you malware. Even the fake White House web site. It\’s come to this.

Jamie Oliver believes that women should abstain from sex with their husbands or boyfriends to punish them if they refuse to cook.“Men are driven by sex,” the celebrity chef said this weekend at the annual Hay-on-Wye festival. “So the best way for...

Biomimicry is a new science that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.

Members of Russia\’s Communist Party are calling for a nationwide boycott of the new Indiana Jones movie, saying it aims to undermine communist ideology and distort history.

Cities around the world from Copenhagen to Berlin, Barcelona and Lyon have embraced public bike rental programs as global gas prices soar and concerns over global warming from carbon emissions deepen.

Over the past two and a half years, NASA astronomers have lived Galileo\’s dream as they observed the Moon flashing at them not just once but one hundred times.

Contrary to widespread belief, teenagers do not appear to commonly engage in oral sex as a way to preserve their virginity, according to the first study to examine the question nationally.

Iraq is becoming one of the United States\’ largest arms customers, switching from cheaper, less sophisticated Soviet weapons, a U.S. government official says.