Libraries around the US are starting to lend traditional seeds as well as books, but Pennsylvania says it presents a danger of "terrorism".

Fertilizer runoff has led to a toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie.

The waste of fertilizer will haunt us too, as supplies of some chemical fertilizers are running out.

A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for violating privacy adds up to 8 million euros.

I agree with the plaintiffs in spirit, but the victory they aim for would take the form of limiting the use of giant data bases. That isn't enough to give us privacy where we really need it. We need to prevent the accumulation of giant data bases about people.

In particular, don't be a used of Facebook at all.

Most of the chicken sold in the UK is contaminated with campylobacter, which causes stomach illness that is sometimes fatal. Hygiene standards are evidently not good enough.

Either it is the same in the US, or it would be the same if standards are lowered. This is part of the reason why the US proposal to reduce inspection standards

Abbott proposes a broad attack on human rights in Australia in the name of "fighting terrorism".