The regular customer eating dinner at the end of the bar always tipped well -- $15 or so on $30 tabs. The $100 tip two weeks ago was a nice surprise, but the amount he left bartender Cindy Kienow this...

An evangelist who tried replicating Jesus' miracle of walking on water has reportedly drowned off the western coast of Africa. Pastor Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation he could repeat the bi...

A Spanish company, Bio Fuel Systems, based in Alicante, Spain claims it is on the verge of producing an limitless source of biofuel based on plankton (algae). BioFuel Systems was formed earlier thi...

Ryanair has announced a deal that will let its passengers make calls on mobile phones and use handheld devices such as Blackberries whilst in flight....

A teenager who has suffered a mysterious lung disease which has left her on oxygen 24 hours a day, has been told the problem is her pet cockatiel....

Anger can damage lung function, according to research. A US team followed 670 male military veterans and found those with high levels of hostility had poorer lung function than their happier peers....

Drinking fruit and vegetable juices frequently may significantly cut the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests. US researchers followed almost 2,000 people for up to 10 years - p...

The robots are on the move — leaping, scrambling, rolling, flying, climbing. They are figuring out how to get here on their own. They come to help us, protect us, amuse us — and some even do floors....

Modern science and technology progress at such high rate that fantasy and sci-fi books no longer capture the attention they used to: for the most part even the most daring and bizarre idea that crosse...

Obese women who develop ovarian cancer have lower survival rates than those of normal weight, according to a study published online in the American Cancer Society's journal Cancer Tuesday....