A study of the "miraculous" recovery of a man who spent 19 years in a minimally conscious state has revealed the likely cause of his regained consciousness.

A Japanese man, Kozo Samizo has come up with solution to stop sleep-deprived people from dozing off at inappropriate times.

Researchers at the University of Utah have published a study that claims drivers on cell phones are prone to more crashes than drunk drivers. Two psychology professors, David Strayer and Frank Drews, along with toxicology professor Dennis Crouch, conducted the study. 40 test subjects drove a simulated highway while undistracted, drunk and talking on a [...]

Approximately 1,000 families in Seoul will use remote-controlled robots to perform household chores this fall, the Korea Times reports.

China has squeaked by Britain by the tiniest of margins to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, according to the World Bank’s latest calculations.

Biodiesel fuel, a renewable energy source, is beginning to integrate into the U.S. farming and trucking industries, the San Francisco Chronicle says.

China says its scientists make enough rain to fill the Yellow River; Moscow claims credit for sunshine for Red Square parades — but confidence in other nations that humans can alter the weather has almost dried up.