When you stand 7′ 9" tall, you are going to stand out. For a shy person like Bao Xishun, the world’s tallest man, this can be a problem.

According to Tang Can, a researcher of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the family size in Chinese cities and towns has become miniaturized in the last 30 years. Meanwhile, family structure tends to be diversified.

This week has been just another potentially deadly couple of days at the office for Sgt. Dave Thompson of the Massachusetts State Police. He has spent the last 48 hours running to emergency calls around Boston’s Logan Airport—examining suspicious bags, checking out machines that are claiming to find explosives (but so far are actually false […]

When it comes to style, most of the 535 members of Congress wear conservative suits that reflect the power on Capitol Hill. For some of their fresh-faced interns, however, skimpy tank tops, jeans, short skirts and flip-flops are the "underdressed" norm.

Organizers of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo on Friday announced that 56 countries and six international organizations had so far confirmed their participation in the event.  Great photos.

Heightened security in the United States and Britain will undoubtedly boost demand for executive jets, a sector expanding with more models, greater range, and cheaper seats on planes that were at one time only available to the super-rich.

Syafitri is a beautiful 7 pound Indonesian baby.  But the only problem is that she has two heads. (w/pics)

 
Sex products always attract an interesting crowd
It would seem a fair bet that the world’s most populous nation would also be the most sexually active. But despite prolific reproduction, recent history has given China the image of a country where sex is taboo.  However, sex is no longer a taboo in China and Shanghai’s third ADCEXPO […]

Michelle Jorgenson thought it was odd that her 8-year-old daughter Cheyenne - conceived with sperm from a mystery man known to Jorgenson only as Donor 3066 - was extremely sensitive to sound and walked on her toes.