The Chinese military shot down one of its own aging satellites with a ground-based ballistic missile last week, demonstrating a new technological capability at a time of growing Bush administration co...

Along with the mountains of polypropylene, fleece, fur and Gore-tex every visitor to Antarctica is issued, there is another, far more interesting item....

A woman whose frozen embryos were rescued from a flooded fertility clinic weeks after Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans has given birth to a boy....

The world's tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. Mongolian herdsman Bao Xishun was called in after the dolph...

I have never been a "Star Wars" aficionado, to tell you the truth. The closest I ever came to appreciating the movie was singing along to the "Star Wars" ring tone on my colleague's cell phone....

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec 05, 2006 — AirMagnet Inc., the award-winning leader in wireless network assurance, announced the results of a recently conducted survey measuring wireless signal strength in a s...

Scientists say it may be possible to develop a taste test to diagnose depression, and determine the best drugs to treat it....

A 45-year-old man was hospitalized after four sheriff's deputies rescued him from the jaws of a nearly 12-foot alligator Wednesday, while he was naked and high on crack cocaine. The Polk County dep...

Tokyo, Japan – Nintendo turned a lot of heads with their new wireless game controller that uses motion sensors to direct action on the screen. A growing problem, however, losing their grip on the cont...

Danish road safety officials have come up with a novel way of warning motorists about the dangers of speeding - by using topless blonde women....