Co-author Professor Sheena Lewis stressed it was not possible to say whether the DNA damage caused by diabetes would have the same effect on fertility as DNA damage caused by other factors such as smoking.

BBC: Sperm in men with diabetes had more DNA damage

The application of market prices (or "marks") in this way would generate notional losses for banks, and it would then be possible to assess whether individual banks have enough capital to withstand the damage that could arise if the worst happened and a whole series of eurozone countries were to default.

BBC: Will euro banks be saved before meltdown?

On a separate transport issue, Transport Minister Keith Brown was asked whether the Scottish Government will have to compensate BP for potential damage to its pipeline during construction of the new Forth road bridge.

BBC: Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Committee

But it said it was uncertain whether such a system would have protected the Kent helicopter from catastrophic damage given the size of the cable involved.

BBC: 'Hidden cable' caused helicopter crash

And when we think of what followed in 2008 with the collapse of AIG, one has to question whether Greenberg still being at AIG would at the very least have mitigated the damage and saved millions of dollars of shareholder wealth.

FORBES: Spitzer Loses Big While Greenberg Wins Once Again

By now you should know whether you have the physical security required to prevent data loss, intrusion, or damage from natural or man-made disasters.

FORBES: The Cloud May be More Secure than Your Data Center

It means that you have had no significant knee injury in the past and that you have no evidence, whether by X-ray, MRI or physical examination, of arthritis or cartilage damage in the knee.

CNN: Will jogging hurt an obese person's joints?

American defense officials now have to assess how much damage Mr. Karzai's allegations will have on their plans, already threatened by discord over whether to grant immunity from prosecution to U.S. troops and by the Afghan leader's refusal to negotiate with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

WSJ: Karzai Inflames U.S. Tensions