Consider a pair of brothers, identical twins. One gets a job as an astronaut and rockets into deep space. The other stays on Earth. When the traveling twin returns home, he discovers he’s younger than his brother.

The amateur pop singers of "American Idol" hit another ratings high note on Tuesday as Fox television’s talent-contest sensation scored its biggest audience yet for a performance episode of the show.

A Massachusetts man answered a classified ad in the hope of becoming a porn star, but the only thing that got stripped was his bank account.

India Wednesday launched a hand-washing campaign to motivate people to adopt "better cleanliness practices" and avoid diseases like diarrhoea that claims thousands of lives every year.

Child advocacy and pediatric groups are criticizing a non-profit group for teaming with Sesame Street on videos aimed at children as young as 6 months.

Three "rivers" of stars have been discovered stretching thousands of light years across the northern sky. The smoothness of their trailing arcs may help scientists learn more about the nature of dark matter in our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Remember Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 sci-fi movie in which a medical team is miniaturised and injected into the body of a dying man aboard a tiny submarine? No one has yet shrunk a surgeon, but Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has come up with the next best thing – a way to remotely control implanted components [...]

Worms, bacteria and beetles living below ground are part of the
largest and least known trove of life on earth that could have
spin-offs from farming to pharmaceuticals, a UN report said on
Wednesday.

According to their website, these are the 17 reasons you may want to visit Abu Dhabi.  We especially like the one about sand skiing.  Yeah right!

As one of the world’s most modern capital cities, Abu Dhabi has become a global center of architecture, culture, and vacations for the global travelers.  Check out these amazing photos.

Very interesting video compilation of underground atomic
bomb tests.

On March 7, up to a million people in France demonstrated in
opposition to the French government’s plan to pass a new law that was
then in the French Senate.

Climate change is happening, whether one chooses to link that
to anthropogenic greenhouse gases or not.

Since the 1970s, the highlands of East Africa
have witnessed a surge in malaria outbreaks.

London is mustering its flood defences more often as global warming
raises sea levels, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, David
King, told a Reuters conference on climate change and investment.

Humans are responsible for the worst spate of extinctions since the
dinosaurs and must make unprecedented extra efforts to reach a goal of
slowing losses by 2010, a U.N. report said on Monday.

The overuse of water for farming is the biggest environmental threat
to the world’s freshwater resources and damage is likely to worsen
until 2020, an international report issued on Tuesday said.

France’s lower house of parliament passed a law on Tuesday that
could challenge Apple Computer Inc.’s dominance of the online digital
music market by making it open its iTunes store to portable music
players other than Apple iPods.

The Saudi Government has warned store owners they have two months to comply with a decree banning men from selling lingerie and other women’s apparel or face punishment.

 People who smile a lot and say "have a nice day" are headed to an early grave while the grumpy stay more emotionally fit.

Britain is entering an "age of irrationality" caused by the rise of fundamental religion, creationism and the fad for unproven alternative medicine, according to one of the world’s leading science writers.

One third of French people say they are racist, a French human rights watchdog said on Tuesday, after a survey that showed an increase from last year in the number of people who acknowledged being racist.