At first, I thought it was just me. Cruising around PlayStation Home in first a male then female avatar, I noticed as the latter that guys would gather around me no matter where I stopped, five or six at a time,…

Today, Sony introduces its new Home virtual world for its 17 million or so PlayStation 3 owners, and while the environment is not as expansive as Second Life, it does contain superb three-dimensional graphics and the potential to become something even…

Our time spent with the TV, Internet and video games is taking away from time spent with nature, according to new research funded by The Nature Conservancy.

This growing penchant for “videophilia,” as the researchers described it, not only makes us less…

Childhood obesity is increasing rapidly among America’s children. So are rates of diabetes and attention-deficit disorder, and overall academic scores are falling as a result.

So what’s the solution? According to the Sierra Club, we should tax those lazy twerps …

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