The number of bloggers in China reached 17.5 million in August, and growing rapidly, according to the latest report from the Internet Society of China.

High school teacher Phil Lyons has become a heretic: He refuses to assign homework. At Palo Alto’s Gunn High School, where he teaches world history and advanced-placement economics, his no-homework policy leaves many new students anxious and their parents aghast, at least initially.

For prostitutes working the streets of New Orleans, the post-flood era has sparked a boom in business, largely owing to the influx of an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 out-of-town workers away from their families with money to blow, police said.

Here’s a list of the top 12 toys you’ll be beating other parents senseless for in a mall this Christmas.

Bike Furniture Design is a design and manufacturing studio specializing in contemporary, modern furniture made primarily from recycled steel and aluminum bicycle rims, handlebars, and frames. The product line includes chairs, tables and barstools.

When the water enters the recirculating system of this recycling shower head, it gets filtered and refreshed so it can be used again. It is not only environmentally friendly, but it can also save up to 20 percent on your water bill.

Every weeknight millions of Colombians tune in to watch a smash television series about the indignities suffered by a teen-age girl willing to do anything to get her breasts enlarged.

A 200-year-old pair of French false teeth have gone on display for the first time to mark World Smile Day. (w/pic)

Simply increasing physical activity levels alone is unlikely to reduce body weight in young children, and therefore will probably not prevent obesity, although it may set the stage for a healthier lifestyle, the results of a study conducted in Scotland suggest.

Over a million motorists think about sex rather than the road ahead and millions more who don’t indulge in intimate thoughts are worrying about work or thinking about their families, a survey said on Thursday.

Cameras and the LCDs that love them have been in cars for a while now, but Mitsubishi has managed to eliminate enough of the LCD’s excess weight to make it entirely replace the rearview mirror.

So far the Swiss Army people haven’t figured out how to put this feature into one of their knives. The Mitsubishi D702iF cellphone designed for NTT DoCoMo is a pretty average clamshell phone, but it does include one unique feature – a menstrual cycle monitor.

Taking tips from both land and sea animals, researchers have crafted arrays of robotic whiskers that can create accurate, 3D images of objects.

Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.