A shocking survey of US college students has revealed that beer drinking has been deposed as the most "in" thing to spend time doing - by mucking about with an iPod.

A glut of meat in the U.S. market cut into pork prices, sending its stock down as much as 6 percent.

According to an new poll taken by Harris Interactive, despite knowing that driving while talking on a cell phone is dangerous, the vast majority of US drivers still do it.

U.S. researchers have demonstrated a nanoparticle-based drug delivery concept.

Germany’s cigarette vending machines are to be payment card-enabled from January 1, 2007 in a bid by health officials to reduce smoking rates in the youth and teenage populations.

If you are familiar with Beijing at all, you probably know about Tian’anmen Square, the Great Wall, and the Forbidden City. Aside from these world famous wonders of the world, where else can you go to really learn about Chinese culture and history? Beijing has many museums that are essentially unknown to most, yet interesting […]

Toyota held onto its dominant position in annual vehicle quality rankings, which were revamped to highlight design and layout problems that can irritate consumers as much as defects.

The oldest surviving condom in the world has gone on display in an Austrian museum.  Great photo.

According to the "Father’s Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey," from the National Retail Federation (NRF), conducted by BIGresearch, spending on Father’s Day in the US this year is expected to reach $9 billion, and that is up from last year’s $8.2 billion.

The client in the case of the Batcave was a retired naturalist who had an interesting house that DCAVS vice president Nick Mark thought would lend itself well to a themed home theater. Before she retired, the client did a lot of work and research that involved visiting caves in upstate New York and even […]

In an analysis of US mass transit users, US consumers who use subways and railway systems, and "power pedestrians" — defined as consumers who walk three or more miles in a city or town over the course of a week — Scarborough Research found that this desirable demographic is plugged-in and more likely to plan […]

Australian researchers say magnetic fields could make ordinary people capable of extraordinary mental feats.