When Universal McCann announced its latest 2006 ad spending projections at the end of June, two revisions from the firm’s December 2005 estimates stood out. While US total media spending in 2005 increased by only 2.8% (in contrast to the earlier 4.6% figure), Internet ad spending in 2006 is now expected to soar by 25% […]

Ten years ago today, in a humble shed in Midlothian, a lamb was born at 4pm. Its birth was to create worldwide furore and wonder in equal measure, on the one hand offering hope to millions of sick and disabled people but also horrifying those who feared it might usher in the stuff of science-fiction […]

The old wives’ tale that heat relieves stomach pain has now been scientifically proven. Researchers found that heat, such as that from a hot-water bottle, did not just provide comfort and have a placebo effect.

Canadian researchers say they’ve shown lower mammals have the capacity for empathy, which was previously unproven even among higher primates.

Tissue engineering can effectively fix damaged knee cartilage, researchers have shown for the first time. Cartilage cells donated by patients were grown on scaffolds in the lab before being implanted back into their knees. More than a year later analysis showed the cartilage had matured successfully, even in patients with osteoarthritis.

Debit cards tied to reward programs are a growth area for banks, especially since fewer than one in ten debit card users today participate in rewards programs.

Cars that think for us! Cars that change shape at will! Cars that scream along underground at twice the speed of sound! It’s a cinch to predict the future of the automobile. But how do we get there?

Need to lose some flab? Sit your big butt down with a math book—and feel the burn. The human brain is a 24-hour workhorse. While you’re thinking, millions of neurons fire messages back and forth to each other and to the various tissues in the body. These neurons need fuel, consuming a full 75 percent […]

China has begun building the nation’s biggest wind power plant that will generate enough electricity for 400,000 homes, state press reported.

China is drifting away from overreliance on cheap, low-end goods to more value-added products, reported the Financial Times Monday.

There was some high-speed Fourth of July action on the Bonneville Salt Flats, and when the dust settled, it was a lawnmower with a new world record.

A Dutch design student bored with conventional advertisements has set up a fake online agency offering advertising space for beer, cars and TV stations on prostitutes’ thighs and cleavage.

Healthy adults taking maximum doses of Tylenol for two weeks had abnormal liver test results in a small study, researchers found, raising concerns that even recommended amounts of the popular painkiller might lead to liver damage.

Two years ago, inmates at the Bent County Correctional Facility in Las Animas started playing video games to help while away long hours of lengthy prison sentences.

British researchers have found an association between common infections in children and the later development of Type 1 diabetes.