Almost four years after the death of first Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla in the Columbia space shuttle disaster, Nasa has sent another women of Indian origin into space.

The familiar observation that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time obscures a more startling fact: the Bible is the best-selling book of the year, every year.

Education officials, from high school to college, are wondering if similar incidents are becoming too frequent. While technology has helped with student learning, they are concerned that the text messaging vernacular is harming the education system.

It’s not a great time to be in the pantyhose business. It wasn’t long ago that they were a staple in a career woman’s wardrobe. Now, sheer hosiery faces an even a bigger snag — more than a decade of declining sales

A device that uses light to send hair follicles to sleep, making skin smooth for weeks at a time, without shaving or waxing, is being patented by Philips.

One of the most intriguing contests ever conceived , the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge for autonomous robotic ground vehicles will take place on November 3, 2007, at an undisclosed location in the western United States.

As long as there has been advertising, marketers have been not only trying to identify their customers and potential customers but also trying to understand what makes them tick and which campaign elements make them buy and which do not.

A national drug survey by the federal government has found that between 2002 and 2005, use of illegal drugs fell 15 percent among teenagers, but increased 63 percent among people in their 50s.

A new Gallup survey says Americans gave Tom Hanks a giant "thumbs down" compared to other top Hollywood stars.

Thousands of men who don’t have access to their children are choosing to start a new life in another country by working with the Planetary Alliance for Fathers in Exile (PAFE).  This is an organization that believes men are persecuted and offers them a way out.

The all-time record for daily US online retail sales was set on November 27, "Cyber Monday", when online sales totaled $608 million.

On Latvia’s Baltic coast, one hotel is offering bed, board and round-the-clock exercise classes for next to nothing. The bad news is, the only bars are those on the windows and it’s your turn to clean the loo - with a toothbrush. Matt Carroll does his time, Soviet style