Women tend to choose husbands who look like their fathers - even if they are adopted, reveals a new study.

In the 1990s, food-poisoning outbreaks hammered chains such as Jack-in-the-Box, which sold burgers contaminated with bacteria that killed four children. And of course, the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, plus the dramatic increase in global terrorism ever since, have raised fears that the food supply could be a fat target for […]

With recent developments in digital printing technology, small self-publishing businesses are starting up that are fast filling the void left by conventional publishers and previous tailored publishing ventures. Using low-cost digital printing methods that allow small print runs, known as POD (print-on-demand), it is now possible to publish a book for a fraction of the […]

Thousands of patients with severe burns or long-term wounds that refuse to heal could soon be helped with bandages made from their own skin cells.

Last week, Japanese researchers created a fatherless mouse using only female eggs, and turned the reproduction world on its head. The word on the street was men’s role in baby making might one day be obsolete.

In the movie “Catch Me if You Can”, Leonardo DiCaprio played the part of Frank Abagnale, a true life con man who became one of the world’s foremost forgery experts. In a similar twist, Kevin Mitnick, the world’s best known hacker has turned his con artistry to a skill that helps companies fix […]

Berlin has introduced five talking waste bins which say thank you in three different languages or scream “goal” to help promote a cleaner city.