All cities take a toll and at times all city dwellers have to take their leave. When life in Istanbul gets too stressful, people can head to the baths. In Rio, there’s the beach. In Tokyo, people take a break by checking themselves into media immersion pods: warrens jammed with computers, TVs, video games and […]

Scottish scientists have discovered a "poverty gene" which causes people from deprived areas to age rapidly, pass on health problems to the next generation and might even explain negative attitudes to employment.

Here are just a few rather stange photos to help put your world into perspective.

Dave Taylor: In the beginning was HTML, and while it was rather ugly, it was good overall. It allowed anyone with a modicum of skill to create Web sites, producing both good content and attractive presentation of that content. Toss in a few <A HREF> links and you could even weave pages together into a comprehensive […]

A quick photo journey through the Ferrari factory.

As the nation hotly debates whether or not the NSA has the right to monitor US citizens’ phone calls and Internet browsing, US employees seem unconcerned by the notion that corporations are playing "Big Brother" in the workplace.

Amazing images of a seagull disaster at a racetrack.

Differing theories about the 18,000-year-old Hobbits or little people found on an Indonesian island 1 1/2 years ago were published in Science magazine.

An Indian American doctor and his American colleague have invented a device that will help detect gentleness in the course of a surgical procedure.

After years of debating if consumers would ever feel confident enough in online security to entrust their everyday financial transactions to the new channel, it seems online payments are finally replacing check writing as the preferred way to pay bills. Great stats.