Game fans like to gripe about the standard QWERTY keyboard layout. Everyone’s hands are sized differently, after all, and every player has a distinct way of darting around the keys to dodge a demon or win a fleet match of shoot and retreat. Here’s something new.

The Leo Burnett advertising agency, which created the iconic macho Marlboro Man, said a new study it conducted found that half the men in most parts of the world don’t know what is expected of them in society and three-quarters of them think images of men in advertising are out of touch with reality.

First it was the Boyfriend Pillow. Then came the Lap Pillow. Now the kooky pillow people have struck again. The pictures tell the story.

Buoyed by the Supreme Court’s decision to expand cities’ power of eminent domain, New York City filed today to acquire the state of New Jersey for commercial development.

East Japan Railway Co. on Friday unveiled a new shinkansen in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, that will run at a speed of 360 kph, which may make it the world’s fastest train.