Two men have been jailed after becoming the first in the UK to be convicted of inciting racial hatred via a foreign website. The men's bid for asylum was thrown out by a judge.

A robotic sub called Nereus has reached the deepest-known part of the ocean.The dive to 10,902m (6.8 miles) took place on 31 May, at the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean.

ScienceDaily (June 3, 2009) -- What's the secret to surviving during times of environmental change? Evolve...quickly.

A major vulnerability in the Internet Domain Name System is exposing sensitive information to the not-so-tender mercies of hackers. A Russian physicist was able to hack the system in10 hours, and this flaw could impact email as well as web sites.

"We are fascinated that some species sleep far longer than others. If we can determine the reasons for variations in sleep patterns, we will gain insight into the function of sleep in mammals, including humans,"

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a chip that can save lives by diagnosing certain cancers even before patients become symptomatic.

It's a good symbol of the end of western civilization." Girls as young as nine are encouraged to "buy" their virtual dolls breast operations and facelifts.

New Jersey enacted legislation on Thursday banning some convicted sex offenders from using the Internet. No federal law restricts sex offenders' use of the Internet, and Florida and Nevada are the only other states to impose such restrictions.

An article from THE NEW STATESMAN that sent me scurrying all over the web to find out more. And it's not just America that's developing and using these. The most informative links I found will be included in the story comment field.

The Lakota have an expression, mitakuye oyasin, which means ''all my relations'' and is many times understood to mean ''we are all related.'' That expression includes all natural objects, animals and humans, and is not far off from what scientists....