A U.S. study suggests minerals subjected to intense pressure near the Earth’s core lose much of their ability to conduct infrared light.

A U.S. study shows youths with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions as hostile and show heightened neural reactions when focusing on neutral faces.

It is a familiar and unnerving sensation: the false belief that you can hear your mobile phone ringing or vibrating.

Drinking red wine can stop you going deaf in later life, according to American research.

Have you ever lost track of something you have cooking on the grill?  Well, for all you lame backyard chefs (me included), here are three new technologies that can literally save your marriage.

Do you know what software is running on your computer? More importantly, do you know whose software is running on your computer?  Here are some great stats.

Nuclear power could become significantly cheaper thanks to world-leading laser technology being developed in Sydney.

Australian brothel owners want an exemption to anti-smoking laws for sex workers and their clients because, they say, one thing leads to another.

China’s longest river is "cancerous" with pollution and rapidly dying, threatening drinking water supplies in 186 cities along its banks, state media said on Tuesday.

The ultimate cocktail which can only be mixed by a bartender freefalling from 10,000 feet is being sold in Croatia.

The University of California and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are pushing for approval of two California research centers to study virulent diseases.