The government should consider banning smoking in cars where children are present, as it could damage the youngsters’ lungs, medical researchers say.

Quirky products make for for quirky news, and they don’t come much quirkier than the products of Swiss company DeLafee International which creates the most expensive chocolate in the world.

Birmingham, a city where all guns are illegal, is Brittain’s "gun capital", according to the findings of a comprehensive survey of firearms offences by The Independent.

UK researchers are employing tiny gold "nanoparticles", 1/5000th the thickness of a human hair, to deliver the chemical compound directly into cancer cells, tearing them apart instantly. The common dye found in blue jeans and ballpoint pens is called phthalocyanine and is a light-activated, or photosensitive, agent with cell-destroying properties.

In a tracking study conducted across five European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) and the US, comScore Networks found that while 29% of European Internet users regularly access the Internet from their mobile phones, only 19% of US users say the same.

Condom sales and bookings at several of South Korea’s pay-by-the-hour "love motels" surged in the aftermath of North Korea’s nuclear test, according to statistics released Thursday.

A recent poll claims that nearly half of Americans support a federal law that would make cigarettes illegal in the next five to 10 years. The poll, conducted by Zogby International with the Drug Policy Alliance, says that 57 percent of 18-29 year olds were in favor of the idea.

Social-networking Web sites like MySpace.com and Facebook.com have helped link millions of friends. But now they have a new enemy: 20-year-old Jenny Thompson.