An impact sensor for cars that can instantly recognise and protect pedestrians in an accident has been developed by engineers in Germany.
If the sensor detects that a pedestrian has been struck, the hood (bonnet) of the car is immediately pushed a few centimetres upwards by a system of hydraulics. This creates a vital buffer zone [...]

More than 18,000 people were tested in a fun experiment which asked them to total up the number of dots on a screen.
The gigantic test on numerical abilities revealed that women were significantly faster at what is called subitizing – counting in the range up to three.

Smokers desperate to give up cigarettes could soon resort to a small program on their mobile phone or PDA.
It would throw up a series of flickering dots on the screen, which psychologists say seem to break some of the mental processes that drive the need for another nicotine fix.
The idea has been tested [...]

You may think your salary is paltry, but compared with most of the world’s population, you’re up there with Bill Gates.
A new website, the Global Rich List, starkly illustrates the worldwide distribution of wealth.
You simply plug in your annual income, and the site tells you where you rank among the world’s richest people. [...]