In a list of the 10 hottest cars now on the market, six of the 10 are products of the Toyota Motor Co. The Prius tops the list and all three of Toyota’s low-priced Scion models are on the list, as well.

Some people have built some amazing stuff with legos, but an entire aircraft carrier?  Check out these amazing photos.

The Supreme Court of the United States will hear a landmark patent case involving whether or not thoughts and relationships are patentable. Michael Crichton’s essay in the New York Times attempts a thoughtful summary of Metabolite’s primary assertion: they not only own the connection between homocysteine levels in the blood and vitamin B12 deficiency, but […]

In the United States, we have sensational cuss words — slang dictionaries full of them — but most of us are too fearful to use them. As psychologist Dr. Herman Fugmunker noted, "It’s dangerous to say ‘&*@# off’ to a truck driver. Five days in intensive care convinced me of that."

Scientists are amazed by a housewife dubbed the "human calendar" because of her remarkable ability to remember absolutely every detail of her life from the past 25 years.

Thirty-one percent of U.S. adults said that their biggest pet peeve in their place of business was loud talkers, a survey said.

According to new data from Burst! Media, gathered from an online survey of more than 6,700 US adult Web users in the last half of 2005, approximately one in every four users researched cars, SUVs, vans or pickup trucks online. Great stats.

So far they’ve gotten 106 inches (almost 9 feet) of rain in Hawaii — in 3 weeks.

Doctors pronounced Ethan Myers brain dead after a car accident dealt the 9-year-old a severe brain injury in 2002. After he miraculously awoke from a nearly month-long coma, doctors declared he would never again eat on his own, walk or talk.  However…

A city in China, a country that’s home to the world’s most enthusiastic smokers, is crushing fake cigarettes to make medicine, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

New figures released by In-Stat, imply that the online music market will continue to grow vigorously for the rest of the decade. Worldwide online music sales are projected to swell from $1.5 billion in 2005 to $10.7 billion in 2010.

In Texas, Tom Green County commissioners gave extra preparation time Saturday to a group proposing a faith-based prison in San Angelo.

Does website design make a difference in how long people will visit your website or if they’ll stay and shop? You bet. You’ve seen the websites that scream "bad idea" and you know those folks are losing potential customers to their ineffective website design. Whether you are an internet newbie or an experienced marketer, you […]

In what language do deaf people think? I think in English, because that’s what I speak. But since deaf people cannot hear, they can’t learn how to speak a language. Nevertheless, they must think in some language. Would they think in English if they use sign language and read English? How would they do that […]

Thomas Sowell:  Governor Bill Owens of Colorado has cut through the cant about "free speech" and come to the defense of a 16-year-old high school student who tape-recorded his geography teacher using class time to rant against President Bush and compare him to Hitler.
The teacher’s lawyer talks about First Amendment rights to free speech […]

Scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen.

Children who play sports are more likely to break the law than less active youngsters, according to remarkable new research by Scots scientists.