At the restaurant Zauo you can help yourself, no really, you HAVE to help yourself. “If you want it you first have to catch it.” The middle of the restaurant is shaped like a boat and there are plenty of rooms alongside where catching can be a satisfying if unnerving experience for those will little […]

China’s first facial transplant patient was discharged Friday after undergoing successful surgery in Xijing Hospital in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.

On Monday Amazon.com, the largest US online retailer, reported financial results for the second quarter of 2006. The results included a 58% drop in profit,despite a 22% rise in revenue. Net sales also increased to $2.14 billion, up from $1.75 billion a year earlier.

As an African-American, Dr. Rick Kittles wanted to know who his ancestors were and their countries of origin. So the geneticist decided to create a database of African lineages.

U.S. scientists say they’ve determined how multiple species of rats and mice coexist in North America deserts despite limited food reserves.

U.S. scientists have transformed adult stem cells from fat tissue into smooth muscle cells that help the function of organs such as the bladder.

Online travel markets in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region are at various stages of development, which means they each have things that are working — valuable lessons to teach one another.

Soldiers and spies of the future could be given special "Spider-Man" suits, enabling them to climb up sheer surfaces and even stick to the ceiling, according to a leading British engineering firm.

Geared toward the paranoid or voyeuristic home and small business owner, the HNC290G WiFi camera lets you view wirelessly exactly what’s going on on your property anytime, anywhere. Well, there’s a wire for the AC adapter, but other than that, totally wireless.

Learning professionals often talk about the need to teach adult learners only what they need to know. Well, Knowledge Factor’s Confidence-Based Learning suite and its tool, Confidence-Based Assessment *, do exactly that.

There always seems to be at least one person around the office who just annoys the hell out of you.  Here is a list of some of the most offensive traits.

It may only be the end of July, but it is back to school as far as the retail sector is concerned. Already, parents armed with lists of their kids’ necessary school supplies are trolling the aisles of Target, Wal-Mart and other stores.

According to the latest "Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey," from BIGresearch, when asked "Do you think your children and/or grandchildren have a better economic future than you did?," almost two thirds (62%) of the 7,500 consumers polled answered with a resounding, "No!"

Researchers say they have come closer to unlocking the secrets of earthquake prediction by uncovering a link between tiny, almost imperceptible, tremors deep inside the earth and devastating quakes capable of wiping out cities.

Planning a plane trip? Depending on when and where you’re flying, you may want to consider hailing a taxi instead. An air taxi, that is. Thanks to a fleet of “microjets” set to hit the market, hopping a jet could someday be as easy as hailing a cab.

Einstein’s theory of general relativity was supposed to help mankind understand the nature of the universe. But in what scientists have described as a "beautiful coincidence", the complex geometry used to describe relativity can also be used for a more mundane problem: getting passengers on board a plane.

A man was beaten by workers of an electric company after they, together with the police and passers-by, persuaded him off a power tower as he planned to commit suicide, Beijing Times reported today.

While it has been rumored for some time, Microsoft has now officially confirmed that it is developing a digital media player, code-named Zune, that will compete with Apple’s iPod. According to media reports, Microsoft officials are looking at the portable digital media player as an important piece of the puzzle that links all Microsoft-enabled devices. […]

University of Oregon researchers say helium atoms could be central in creating a new imaging approach using an atom camera.

U.S. scientists estimate the human retina can transmit visual input at roughly 10 million bits per second, similar to an Ethernet connection.

Where do you go to find a beautiful piece of Mother Nature without having to contend with all the crowds?  Here is a list of great places that the rest of the world has somehow forgotten about.

Federal Reserve Bank:  Electronic point-of-sale initiated small payments of $5.00 or less are near a tipping point, according to a recent paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Honda Motor Co. will enter the aircraft production and sales business, published reports said Tuesday, amid expectations the automaker will soon sell small jets its CEO has previously called the “Honda Civic of the sky.”

Just as most consumers have finished moving from VHS to DVD, two new formats are being positioned as DVD successors. Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs promise even richer video and sound, and still more features, bonuses and (of course) ads.

Minority women are just as dissatisfied with their bodies as white women, an analysis of 98 studies published in a psychological journal finds.