China has slipped six places to 54th in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) global competitiveness rankings, a report said yesterday.

Forget hybrids and hydrogen-powered vehicles. EEStor, a stealth company in Cedar Park, Texas, is working on an "energy storage" device that could finally give the internal combustion engine a run for its money — and begin saving us from our oil addiction.

How many of us haven’t fingerprinted or written words on the back of a friends dusty jalopy? Imagine lifting your finger to find you’ve created a Mona Lisa on the rear glass. Scott Wade of San Marcos, TX is perhaps the only person who could say he’s done this.

Too much testosterone can kill brain cells, researchers said on Tuesday in a finding that may help explain why steroid abuse can cause behavior changes like aggressiveness and suicidal tendencies.

A new report projects that US online ad spending will grow by 26.8% in 2006, reaching a total of just under $16 billion.

Less than half of the nation’s communities have begun preparing to deal with the needs of the elderly, whose ranks will swell dramatically with the aging of the baby boomers, according to a study to be released Wednesday.

The launch of the free Google Earth service in mid-2005 spawned a cottage industry of spotters who now trawl the satellite images looking for oddities.

China will stop the circulation of the 1, 2, 5-cent paper money of the second version of the Renminbi from next April 1, the People’s Bank of China announced on Monday.

On Monday MySpace announced an Internet safety program, aimed at protecting teens from online predators and helping parents and schools learn how to keep kids safe on the Web site.