VIENNA - GENETICALLY-MODIFIED maize can affect reproduction in mice, an Austrian study has found, although its authors have dismissed warnings by environmental groups that it could also harm humans.

The long-term study, which was commissioned by the Austrian health ministry, found that female mice that had been given a diet consisting of 33 per cent genetically-modified (GM) maize had fewer babies and fewer litters than those fed on non-GM food after a few generations.

PARIS - TOP video game maker Activision Blizzard threw crowds on streets on Thursday for the launch of the much-awaited new extension of its record-breaking World of Warcraft which already has a claimed 11 million players worldwide.

Gamers lined up on Paris' famed Champs-Elysees for Wrath of the Lich King, released in Europe and the United States at midnight as the next epic chapter in the life and times of Azeroth, a medieval fantasy world now the planet's most popular multiplayer online role-playing game.

PARIS - IN MAKING a decision, our brains operate like a bookie's computer, weighing the actions of others in the same way that we learn from our mistakes in order to calculate the odds, according to a study released on Wednesday.