Provincetown, New England’s summer gay capital, is facing a rise in harassment and discrimination. But this time it’s straight people who say they are being ridiculed as "breeders" and "baby makers."

The Chinese mainland exported 1.1 billion U.S. dollars worth of washing machines and dryers in 2005, up 74 percent year-on-year, according to Global Sources’ China Sourcing Report released on Friday.

Acupuncture is effective in helping people suffering neck pain, a review of evidence has concluded.

A professor of mathematics has worked out an equation to calculate how long into a car journey it takes a child to ask: "Are we there yet?"

The online food and grocery business has had a turbulent past with a variety of high profile firms such as Webvan, Kozmo and others failing as a result of their impossibly ambitious logistic requirements. Since then, however, companies such as Peapod and FreshDirect have built seemingly sustainable online businesses and online grocery shopping is once […]

Researchers in England say for young people caffeine is probably better than sugar if you want to stay alert.

The field scabious is a multipetaled blue–sometimes purple–ball of a flower. It provides sustenance to a host of pollinators, but one bee–the scabious bee, or Andrena hattorfiana–relies exclusively on the plant’s bounty to feed her young.

Plasma televisions cost a fraction of what they did six years ago and prices may drop further, after a boom during the soccer World Cup.

From simple everyday parts you can make this glove which has two modes. Mode 1 is a constant output of slightly over 300 v. while Mode 2 takes a few seconds to charge, but gives off a much more painful shock. All that voltage from a simple AA battery.