Joy of sex education
George Monbiot: America's virgin soldiers are on their way - ignoring the dangers of abstinence for teenagers.
Does a foetus have more rights than its mother?
In the US, women are regularly prosecuted for endangering their unborn children - some have even been convicted of murder. Now women's groups are fighting back. Diane Taylor reports.
UK firm tried HIV drug on orphans
GlaxoSmithKline embroiled in scandal in which babies and children were allegedly used as ‘laboratory animals’.
Scales of justice
David Teather looks at a US bill aimed at stopping overweight people suing fast food restaurants and food manufacturers.
Unlocking the secrets of the nucleus
Richard Gardner: The results published by the team from South Korea and the United States represent a promising step forward.
Hitler’s debt to America
The Nazis were by no means the only advocates of racial purification. In this extract from his extraordinary new book, Edwin Black describes how Adolf Hitler's race hatred was underpinned by the work of American eugenicists.
America stirs up a sugar rebellion
As magnates lobby the White House,the US refuses to back the WHO in the fight to reduce obesity, report Jo Revill and Paul Harris.