Teen pregnancies/abortions fall, though not much in the U.S.

Though teen pregnancy rates and the number of abortions have fallen in the U.S. and elsewhere, the U.S. still leads the world in teen pregnancies among 21 countries where data is gathered on such things, says a new Guttmacher Institute study. From the press release: The authors note that U.S. teens face low societal acceptance …

As it turns out, Google was evil, after all

So much for Google’s motto, “Don’t Be Evil.” Read what Wired magazine has to say about the behemoth’s Street View cars, which were supposed to map the world, but ended up, from 2007 to 2010, gathering private citizens’ (and public ones’, too) personal information such as passwords, emails and photographs. Here‘s Google’s response. Boiled down, …

Genetically engineered plants go where they’re not wanted

Though Switzerland has had a ban on genetically-engineered crops for the past seven years, they’ve found GE canola within their borders. You can read more here. And thanks, DickG., for the link.