Some studies suggest certain farm pesticides increase the chance of autism; a pregnant woman who lives near a fields where they are used has a higher chance of an autistic child.

"Sports drinks" have a considerable amount of sugar, and unless you're doing hard exercise for a long time, you're better off drinking water.

Environmental defender Jonathan Moylan faces sentencing for posting a Yes Men-style hoax announcement that a bank had pulled out of a coal mine project.

If you are in Australia, you might want to move your money out of ANZ bank permanently as a protest against its destructive investments.

An Australian judge faces irrational attacks after saying that sex between siblings might not be inherently bad.

He seems to be talking about sex done willingly. Why should willing sibling sex be associated with "abuse"?

Alas, Judge Neilson is partly mistaken: some apparently still have a taboo about this, and they attack him for questioning the taboo. The attacks are blatant non sequiturs, claiming that sibling sex is bad because it's "disgusting" and because it's illegal.

Karzai approved a UN plan to check the ballots of the Afghan presidential election.

I hope that this makes it possible to find the real winner before the candidates start trying to defeat each other militarily.