Our skies in 20 years' time could be a lot quieter, if research by engineers on "silent aircraft" really takes off. Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) engineers have been working on new styles of planes...

A machine has been invented to encourage children to work out while they are playing computer games. The Step2Play step exercise machine links directly to a child's computer games console....

A new study suggests that when a dolphin whistles, gulf toadfish shut up. "Probably a lot of fish can do this," said lead researcher Luke Remage-Healey, a behavioral neuro-endocrinologist at Un...

Months after Bruno the Bear was knocked off in Bavaria, Germany finds itself faced with another freak animal dilemma. An albino deer has appeared in the eastern German state of Saxony. Hunters smell b...

Mathis A Buljo and Sara Kristine Turi celebrated a traditional sami wedding this month, and Aftenposten's weekly magazine, A Magasinet, was invited along. The following photos provide unique insight i...

How depressing, how utterly unjust, to be the one in your social circle who is aging least gracefully. Mike Linksvayer, 36, on a low-calorie diet for six years, is 6 feet and 135 pounds, and his bloo...

Elephants have been found to recognise themselves in a mirror, putting them in an exclusive club of self-awareness whose other members are great apes (including humans) and bottlenose dolphins. "Th...

The world is having a green moment. From the Sun to the Economist, Al Gore to Arnold Schwarzenegger, yesterday's Stern report to celebrities in electric cars, we appear to have reached a global tippin...

The world cannot afford to wait before tackling climate change, the UK prime minister has warned. A report by economist Sir Nicholas Stern suggests that global warming could shrink the global econo...

A federal jury awarded $24.2 million to two men who were severely burned by electrical wires when they trespassed onto railroad property and climbed atop a rail car. Jeffrey Klein and Brett Birdwel...