A new obesity pill that helps to control blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes could provide a novel way to treat the illness, a team of international researchers said on Friday.

China’s migrant population has reached 150 million, 11.5 percent of the total, according to the State Population and Family Planning Commission.

Hours of chatting on a mobile phone are suspected to be slashing male fertility around the world, new research shows.

The next big blog trend is about what you and your friends see and others don’t. The online medium built for loudmouths is taking an inward turn to focus on private conversations among friends and family, instead of requiring bloggers to write for a public stage as most current publishing tools do.

NASA has launched twin spacecraft that will send back the first three-dimensional views of the sun and study violent solar storms over its two-year mission.

Just when you thought all cell phones were starting to look alike, Bang & Olufsen has designed something quite different - the ‘Upside Down’ Cellphone.

If you think we know all there is to know about water, think again. Scientists claim they have created a totally new alloy of hydrogen and oxygen molecules by splitting water.

It could be Baroness Thatcher, or Kate Moss. However, a search to find Britain’s greatest living icon suggests that we are still living in a man’s world. Nominations close on Monday for a BBC Two The Culture Show poll to uncover the individual who has played the most significant part in shaping modern British life. […]

College grads often flock to New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago to start their careers. But they’d be far better off in Washington D.C., Phoenix and Las Vegas.