Tony Nicklinson, a 57-year-old UK resident who suffered a debilitating stroke in 2005 that left him with only the use of his eyeballs, has lost the legal battle to end his life. Nicklinson who can communicate with the outside world via a computer program, has said that his life is "dull, miserable, demeaning, undignified, and intolerable" and has been seeking legal protection for any health care professional who agrees to terminate his life. UK's High Court refused him yesterday, saying that "It is not for the court to decide whether the law on assisted dying should be changed and, if so, what safeguards should be put in place. Under our system of government these are matters for Parliament to decide... not for the court on the facts of an individual case or cases." Nicklinson is expected to appeal ... Discuss

Of all the things the rest of the world could learn from American culture, our proclivity toward disgustingly huge servings of food isn't one of them. Unfortunately, that's exactly the thing being adopted by the new show Man vs. Food Nation on the Food Network in the U.K. They've just put together the world's meatiest sandwich in celebration, and honestly, it looks pretty gross ...

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The British health system has teamed up with Facebook to make the social network a place where people can register as organ donors. It's expected to make it much easier to people to register, which is a good thing, since three people die each day waiting for a transplant in the U.K. ...

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Researchers in the U.K. have unveiled a new computer that sells for only $35. Dubbed the "Raspberry Pi," the computer comes uncased and without keyboard or monitor. But the low price points means pretty much any one—and any school—can afford one. The researchers are hopeful the computer will lead to an increase in U.K. programming skills ...

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The U.K. government fined oil company ExxonMobil £2.8 million (about $4.4 million) for vastly underreporting CO2 emissions at chemical plants. It's the largest such fine in British history ...

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