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Column: An update from the world outside Facebook

My name is Dineen Boyle and I have been Facebook-free for 37 days. Last month, I wrote about my plan to deactivate my Facebook profile. Since then, I have realized many things about my relationship with the site, the most surprising of which is that I don't miss it.

True Love Revolution hosts porn discussion

Neurosurgeon Donald Hilton, an associate professor at the University of Texas, told a packed audience last night that pornography consumption has negative effects on masculinity, social interaction and demographics at a talk organized by True Love Revolution, a student advocacy group that promotes ...

Study shows cellphones may be a health risk

A device that connects the world could in fact be damaging to our health. A recent study from the National Institutes of Health reported that low levels of radiation emitted from cellphones are shown to affect the brain.

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Research links energy drinks with health risks

A review of the effects of high-caffeine energy drinks on children and young adults suggests they may be linked to health risks as serious as heart palpitations, high blood pressure, cardiac arrest and death.

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Tanzania is where the heart is: students partner with non-profit to raise HIV awareness

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, often spreads within Tanzanian families due to misconceptions about contraceptives and the spread of the virus.

Disaster-struck Japan faces power gap for months

TOKYO — The term “rolling blackouts” has become shorthand for noting one way Japan is trying to cope with its national calamity. Shorthand should not be confused with short term.

Four Loko, now caffeine-free, makes it way back to the city

The infamous Four Loko is back on the scene with a new formula — and old fans are loving it. Phusion Projects, LLC, the maker of Four Loko, has promised that caffeine would be eliminated from the drink after the New York state legislators banned the old formula when they found that the mixture of ...

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USC dining halls plan to serve cage-free eggs

USC will begin purchasing eggs from cage-free farms this fall in response to environmental concerns. “We know it is the right thing to do,” said Kris Klinger, director of USC Hospitality.

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Quitting smoking, one text message at a time

A pair of studies — conducted in part by University researchers — analyzing tobacco cessation have successfully isolated the brain regions active in controlling smoking urges, and have began experimenting with the relatively novel concept of using text messages to measure and mediate such urges.

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