What could be more mundane than supermarkets? In the world of upgrading everything: many products and services are, actually! After WholeFoods re-defined an entire industry in the US, now MPreis, a chain of supermarkets in western Austria, is taking the trend one step further. Billing itself as "The Seriously Sexy Supermarket", the company’s stores literally [...]

China:  "Ski" in the summer? It might be strange, but it’s this hot season’s new activity. And it doesn’t just include ice skiing but sand and grass skiing as well.

In bleak nursing homes and vibrant college dorms, in crowded cities and spread-out suburbs, Americans confront an ailment with no single cause or cure.  Some call it social isolation or disconnectedness. Often, it’s just plain loneliness.

Two PC games released this summer are proof that "story" and "video game" need not be mutually exclusive terms.

On a cold Canadian night, Janet, a 20-year-old aspiring athlete, rolled her car. Her seat belt slipped up around her neck, adding to a plethora of injuries, including brain damage so severe that she had to be kept permanently anaesthetised, and spinal damage that would likely lead to quadriplegia.

Square-shaped watermelons will soon be available in stores in the UK. Great photo.

What is a seemingly impossible scene today may be the norm in China’s near future: A subway passenger scanning an electronic newspaper in the form of a plastic video screen thin, foldable and wireless with constantly changing text.

Gregory P. Smith:  There are many reasons why good employees quit, most are preventable. From my years of experience as a consultant, I’ve identified a “Top Ten” list of reasons why people leave jobs:

The high personal and monetary cost of a dream is on display this weekend at Seattle’s Bell Harbor Marina at Pier 66.  The dream is of a revolutionary powerboat that runs on fuel from animal fat or soybeans or other biodiesel, and will set a world record for circumnavigating the globe.  Pete Bethune, 41, of [...]

India has proposed that only women judges try rape cases to help sexual assault victims get justice faster and make trials sensitive to their trauma, a law ministry spokesman said.

Scottish scientists have created cellular "sniffer dogs" that are capable of hunting down and destroying disease in patients.

A German scientist has been testing an "anti-stupidity" pill with encouraging results on mice and fruit flies, Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.