A photonic nano device created by U.S. scientists has a wide range of potential uses and provides substantially more optical data storage.

U.S. research into the differences between male and female brains suggests women perform better than men on timed tests because they think faster.

U.S. cancer organizations report the risk of dying from cancer continues to drop and the rate of new cancers remains stable.

It looks like an experiment gone wrong but the owner of a four-legged chicken denies fowl play. (w/pic)

Russians are Europe’s worst drivers with 25% admitting to having had sex behind the wheel, according to a new survey.

A total of one trillion yuan (125 billion U.S. dollars) has been spent building infrastructure in western China in the past six years, a senior economic official has said.

China:  Shenzhen, home to 200,000 single women aged 28 years and above, is seeing a new trend of married women hiding their marital status to help their careers, a phenomenon experts warn could harm the marriage and the integrity of society.

Suze Orman:  My new list of money missteps comes with a bit of a twist: They’re moves that men are more inclined to make than women.

There are about 1.9 million workers who earn the federal $5.15-an-hour minimum wage or less, according to 2005 data from the Department of Labor. These employees make up 2.5% of all hourly paid workers — a sharp drop from 13.9% in 1979.

There are fried Twinkies and even fried candy bars. Now, vendor Abel Gonzales Jr. has come up with a new artery-clogging concoction for the State Fair of Texas. It’s fried Coke.

Free weekly newspapers have been around for years, but the launch of London’s third free daily on Monday is further evidence that the public seems less inclined to pay for their news fix.

Many teenagers and young adults fail to use condoms consistently, regardless of whether they have sex with a serious or a "casual" partner, a new study suggests.

Norway’s national art museum has turned to the public for inspiration for a proposed addition, by dumping several tons of Lego blocks into a lot next door.