Amid the deaths and the grim daily struggle bravely borne by Britain's forces in southern Iraq, one tale of heroism stands out. Private Johnson Beharry's courage in rescuing an ambushed foot patrol...

Security researchers say that the Windows zero-day bug now being used by attackers is extremely dangerous, and ranks with the Windows Metafile vulnerability of more than a year ago on the potential da...

The latest gardening craze was triggered by a discovery by a 55-year-old furniture restorer, Michael Ford, on his allotment. He was always experimenting with drinks made from different plants and one...

It is made of wax, is barely three inches across and comes in any colour you like, as long as it's black. And it could save more greenhouse gas emissions than taxes on gas guzzling cars, low energy li...

The decision came after the Mount Desert Water District said studies conducted during the past few years call into question the safety of fluoridation. The vote in last week’s referendum was 229-to-42...

Off the western coast of Scotland, on the Isle of Islay, science teacher Ray Husthwaite turns on the light in his classroom. The electricity comes from a power cable that runs to the mainland....

Researchers have discovered that cells in the mucosal lining of human genitalia produce a protein that "eats up" invading HIV...

A German man who spent 10 days in a self-made box atop a 72-foot-tall pole to protest a looming jail term was lured off his perch by his wife -- who sent up a topless picture of herself in his lunch b...

Reports this week have suggested that the online news community digg may be suffering abuse at the hands of a group of users that are burying Digg stories they find ideologically unappealing....

An 80-year-old woman has crashed her car into a driving test centre in Florida, after being summoned to retake a road safety examination. Therese Smith smashed into the office's waiting room, injur...