An Egyptian woman pretending to suffer from labour pains gave such a poor performance at customs that a quick hand-search revealed her "bundle of joy" to be 48 cellphones, an airport source said.

It’s not terribly easy to parallel park an automobile on a lake. John Giljam knows this to be as true as the highway is long, and for good reason: He’s tried to park his car on a lake — and on rivers, ponds, even the Intracoastal Waterway. (w/pics)

Not that there is anything practical in this, but the ultimate Swiss Army Knife has 85 tools built into its collapsible frame.  (w/pic)

The people who spurred private spaceflight with a $10 million prize are doing the same for personalized medicine. The X Prize Foundation is offering $10 million to the first company that can process the genetic codes of 100 people in just 10 days — an advancement that experts say is still at least five years [...]

A bacterium living in special cells inside an insect has the smallest genome of any known cellular lifeform, a new study finds.

Boeing has begun testing both the flight worthiness of its developmental laser gunship and shooting accuracy of the onboard high-energy chemical laser.  This is the flying machine that video gamers have been training for their entire lives.

China’s egg output will reach nearly 30 million tons this year, accounting for more than 42 percent of the world’s total, said an official with the China Association of Animal Product Processing Research last Friday.

The men each begin with a brief introduction, describing their current plight with women. Some are funny and gregarious, others withdrawn and demure, and they vary in levels of traditional attractiveness and professional success. But each share a general sense of unease with themselves, a deep frustration and loneliness.

Chinese acupuncture can cure 461 diseases, said an expert with Chinese Acupuncture Clinic Research Center in north China’s Tianjin city.