Pregnancies are more common among lesbian, gay, bisexual youths than among their heterosexual counterparts, suggests a new study of New York City high school students. Overall, sexual-minority students who were sexually active were about twice as likely as other students to report becoming pregnant or getting someone pregnant, researchers found. “The message for me is...Read More

Cannabis users looking for someone to share a joint with have a new app that lets them find like-minded smokers around the world. The creator of the “Who is Happy” app, a Brazilian epilepsy sufferer who wants the drug decriminalized, says his software is a kind of “Foursquare for stoners”, comparing it to the app...Read More

Huddled around a single flickering candle in a tiny wood and cardboard shack on scrubland in Mexico’s northwest, laborer Genaro Perfecto and his family prepared to bed down for the night on a bare earth floor. His 3-year-old daughter asked for an extra blanket to ward off the cold, but they had run out –...Read More