Some whale species sing in different dialects depending on where they’re from, a new study shows.

Marketing experts call Lily and Brittany’s yearnings "aspirational," and that aspiration may explain why the girls and many of their friends are regular Victoria’s Secret customers, despite their tender age.

Your old TV set may well go dark in 2009, and believe it or not, that’s a good thing.

Physicists at Oregon State University have made an important advance towards the creation of a functional "superlens" - an extraordinary optical device that would bend light the opposite direction of that done by any natural material.

Two former co-workers and friends who started Ohio Airships Inc. in 1999 are putting a lot of time, effort and money into a business concept they hope will fly. Brian Martin and Robert Rist think they are close to testing a prototype of their patented Dynalifter hybrid.

Researchers have deciphered the structure of a harpoonlike protein some viruses use to enter cells and begin infection.

The idea of “home” began as a single large room in which all daily activities took place. Over the centuries, homes gradually divided into an ever-increasing number of smaller rooms with specialized functions. The specialization continues today — home gyms, media rooms, etc. — with one exception: the kitchen.

Researchers at St. Louis University School of Public Health hope to help young women lose weight gained during pregnancy.

The American Dream has become more of a nightmare since the early 1990s, according to a new survey of US misery.

Most people don’t consider riding a bicycle to be an extreme sport. But when the speeds exceed the national speed limit on a routine basis, you have to make an exception.  Great photos.

Wall Street Journal:  If we told you that an organization gave away more than $65 million last year to Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Amnesty International, AIDS Walk Washington and dozens of other such advocacy groups, you’d probably assume we were describing a liberal philanthropy. In fact, those […]

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Scientists say they may have discovered why some women who use birth control pills suffer long-term sexual dysfunction — low levels of unbound testosterone.

XM Satellite Radio, the nation’s leading satellite radio company, will unveil the XM Advanced Services vehicle, a concept car featuring in-car video, voice command, weather alerts, parking space locator, and other exciting new innovations next week at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).