British researchers studying childhood obesity say the so-called puppy fat doesn’t go away in teenage years as widely believed, but mostly stays.

The European Food Safety Authority announced Friday a review of evidence on aspartame use found no increased cancer risks.

Rich Karlgaard:  The era of mass marketing is over, which should surprise no one. Mass marketing peaked in the 1960s. That was after TV sets had penetrated most American households but before we had anything to watch that wasn’t doled out to us by the three major networks. Marketers such as General Motors and Procter [...]

We were about to write this off as a harmless gimmick, and a great gift to slow down a couple FPS rivals of ours, but after staring mesmerized at the sheer craziness of it all, we’re starting to think these Combimouse peeps are on to something.

The E-V Sunny bicycle has photovoltaic panels built into its wheels, powering a 500-watt motor on the front hub. Perched atop the rear wheel are its 17 amp/hour batteries, which are charged by solar energy.

A brothel has become the first in Berlin to offer special deals for virgins with prostitutes trained in the delicate art of catering for customers who have never had sex, a German newspaper reported Friday.

According to the sixth annual "E-readiness Rankings" of the world’s largest economies, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), using a model developed together with the IBM Institute for Business Value, with over 1 billion Internet users and 2 billion mobile-phone users worldwide, the world is more e-ready than ever. Great stats.

An Australian painter has gained notoriety by using his penis as a brush to paint a portrait of the Prime Minister.

Hungarian builders who drank their way to the bottom of a huge barrel of rum while renovating a house got a nasty surprise when a pickled corpse tumbled out of the empty barrel, a police magazine website reported.