The number of residents in the historic center of Venice has nearly halved over the past 40 years, from 121,000 at the time of the great flood of 1966 to just over 62,000 now, according to the latest data from the city council.

The new bachelor trend among Chinese middle-class, white-collar workers will trigger a "single economy" phenomenon in the country, experts say.

Japanese banks have long had a reputation for poor service but at least one is trying something new — wooing customers with an opportunity to try their hand at Lady Luck.

The subtitle of "The New Digital Divide" study from Universal McCann (UM) says it all: "How the New Generation of Digital Consumers Are Transforming Mass Communication." In other words, things are changing in Adland.

The high school class of 2006 recorded the sharpest drop in SAT scores in 31 years, a decline that the exam’s owner, the College Board, said was partly due to some students taking the newly lengthened test only once instead of twice.

On September 5th, Futurist Thomas Frey will speak in Westminster, Colorado on the topic of  "The Future of Libraries:  Beginning the Great Transformation".  The public is invited.

Terrorism has delayed the launch of a new system for monitoring wild fires in the US, according to NASA engineers.

Over 25 years, the average younger baby boomer someone who was 39 to 48 years old at the conclusion of a national study — had held 10½ jobs.

The average British woman spends an astonishing £36,903.75 – (70,151.04 USD) on her hair in a lifetime.