For $99, you might just be able to find out that you are ““ genetically speaking ““ of Native American descent. Or black, or Latino, or Irish ““ basically, any other race than the one with which you originally identify. Read more...

The U.S. General Service Administration’s proposal to expand the FBI’s Field Office Headquarters at the Wilshire Federal Building continues to meet resistance from residents, local organizations and politicians, as a local coalition has begun to solicit letters from community members. Read more...

African drums dance their polyrhythmic dance and a Javanese gamelan meditates in its eternal cycle. Somewhere in Bulgaria, a women’s choir sends their mesmerizing dissonances ricocheting across the hills. Read more...

The UC Board of Regents plans to hear recommendations today on how it should approach compensation practices in the first of two meetings scheduled for this month to discuss University of California policies. Read more...

Some UCLA professors say they are rethinking their policies on allowing students to tape-record their lectures after a Web site asked for taped lectures as evidence of “radical” professors. Read more...

The state of international nuclear arms development has taken center stage as Iran’s president announced Tuesday that his country has for the first time successfully enriched uranium ““ less than a week after President Bush unveiled an extensive U.S. Read more...

It’s a sad day for the science community ““ especially in California ““ when it has to rely on black-tie dinners to raise money for stem cell research. Read more...