In the supercomputer universe, bragging rights go to the machine packed with the most number-crunching speed. And a spirited competition has raged for several years now between the U.S. and Japan for leadership in high-performance computing.

The age-old argument over the best way to cook the perfect boiled egg could be a thing of the past thanks to a new hi-tech ink logo being printed on shells.

Skywalker jets has set the bar for future jet pack designs. With a weight of around 90 pounds, and the size of your average back pack, this unit can be carried in cars or vans.

Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they’re breaking down in record numbers.

The recently concluded World Cup proved to be a catalyst for the mobile TV efforts of 3 Italia, the Italian mobile media company that is part of Hutchison Whampoa’s global collection of 3G carriers. According to 3 Italia’s CEO, the company signed up over 111,000 subscribers in six weeks after the June 5th launch, which […]

Men who are hungry find larger women more attractive, a study has found.

Inside a sprawling warehouse on the outskirts of Vicksburg, Mississippi, a 15,000-square-foot model of New Orleans is getting very, very wet. Since February, researchers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been re-creating Hurricane Katrina’s wrath in miniature. Their goal has been to emulate the size and speed of the storm’s waves to understand […]

The car industry in China kept a very fast growth in the first six months of 2006. Both the output and sale were over 3.5 million, and car prices have been going down steadily.

Authorities and experts in Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, are calling for more attention to the sexual needs of migrant workers due to an increase in the number of rape cases.

U.S. researchers say they’ve identified a protein in nerve cells that acts as a kind of gatekeeper for chronic pain.

Japanese technician Hiroshi Ichigaya has invented what he calls the world’s first air-conditioned shirt.

These breast-shaped shampoo dispensers are a teenage boy’s best friend.

You may not have room in your garage (or budget) for a dirt bike and a snowmobile and a four-wheeler. But what if one vehicle could take the place of all three? That’s the idea behind the Hyanide, a wild concept vehicle created by German designers Oliver Keller and Tillman Schlootz for the 2006 Michelin […]

Social networks are now an integral part of the cultural fabric of the Internet, and their rapidly growing and demographically appealing audience has attracted the attention of advertisers. According to eMarketer’s latest forecasts, marketers will pony up an estimated $280 million in the US to advertise on MySpace and its competitors in 2006. By 2010, […]

The property prices are still on the increase whether of high-end apartments, ordinary residential houses, newly-built or second-hand houses. Beijing still witnesses relatively large-margin increase in housing prices although the government has issued several policies to cool down the property market.

No one who sells online has to be told how important the holiday shopping season is. For retailers, online or off, the fourth quarter is a crucial sales period. November and December alone can account for as much as 50% of a store’s annual revenues — and even more of its profits. And now it […]

A new camera invented by British Dr. Andy McNaughts could help adults who suffer from glaucoma or diabetes save their vision, it was reported.

Japanese engineers claim to have developed a robotic wine taster that is capable of distinguishing between 30 different varieties of blends of grape.

The number of women dying from causes related to drinking and smoking rose to record levels in Scotland last year.

Last summer, while tracking some of the world’s most notorious cyberterrorists through Southeast Asia, Adam Warner noticed something peculiar: the soft neon glow of a Coca-Cola machine. In everyday life, Warner wouldn’t have given the vending machine much thought. But this wasn’t everyday life. He was a secret agent on a reconnaissance mission—in the videogame […]

When YouTube was sued on July 14 for copyright infringement, the shock wasn’t that the video-sharing service was being yanked into court. Questions had been swirling for months about whether the upstart, which now dishes up 100 million daily videos, was crossing copyright boundaries by letting its members upload videos with little oversight.

Doctors seeking treatments for malignant brain tumors have found promise in the venom of scorpions, according to a study released on Friday.

Papa might not just come home and kick back with his pipe and slippers anymore, but a new government report shows that American women are still doing more of the work around the house.

If you’re looking for happiness, go and live in Denmark.  It is the happiest country in the world while Burundi in Africa is the most unhappy, according to a report by a British scientist.

More than 80 percent of those enrolled in Medicare drug plans are satisfied with their choice, although fewer than half of the beneficiaries report saving any money, a survey says.