Fast Company based this year’s Top Jobs index of the top jobs on four categories: job growth, salary potential, education level, and room for innovation.

In today’s ownership society, few investments have been so lucrative for so many as homeownership. Since 2001 extremely cheap mortgage rates have fueled a record-setting level of home sales.

By taking advantage of low-cost computers, freely shared software and high-speed Web connections, the next wave of innovations may not come from any venture-capital funded skunkworks or big business research lab.

For the first time a photo showing irrefutable evidence of water on Mars.

Researchers have discovered that men tend to mellow as they get older, but found levels of self-reported anger among women stayed roughly the same throughout their age range. In short, old women are much grumpier than old men.

Could globalization collapse? It may seem unlikely today. Yet despite many warnings, people were shocked the last time globalization crumbled, with the onslaught of World War I.

Black men in Britain have nine times as many lovers during their lifetimes as Pakistani men, according to research released today.

A hybrid molecule designed to block cat allergies has successfully prevented allergic reactions in laboratory mice and human cells, promising new treatments for a range of human allergies.

The British government today launched a seven-point plan aimed at making the UK one of the most digitally connected nations on the planet.

On the first and third Sunday of every month, Mr. Ko, 34, a mechanical engineer from nearby Santa Clara, organizes Segway polo matches with friends and colleagues, most of whom work in the Silicon Valley, all of whom belong to the Bay Area Segway Enthusiasts Group.

The federal government today unveiled a public Web site comparing different hospitals’ use of “best practices” in the care of patients with pneumonia, heart failure and heart attack. It is searchable by state, city, county or ZIP code.