One of the many problems of climbing a mountain as tall as Mount Everest, is that once you’re up there, there’s not much help available if things go wrong.

Brazil’s health ministry have vowed to proceed with plans to put condom vending machines in schools and sought to defuse criticism with a new study showing that parents in the world’s largest Roman Catholic nation approve of the idea.

The Ku Klux Klan, which just a few years ago seemed static or even moribund compared to other white supremacist movements such as neo-Nazis, experienced "a surprising and troubling resurgence" during the past year due to the successful exploitation of hot-button issues including immigration, gay marriage and urban crime, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Ireland’s most prolific bull, which is thought to have fathered at least 100,000 daughters and countless sons and boosted the country’s milk output, has died.

Admit it. You’ve always wanted to wax David Hasselhoff’s chest hair.

Researchers estimate that 25-30% of total media time is spent multitasking, and the more media a person consumes, the more likely they will consume several channels at once. Why should marketers care? Because multitasking has a profound impact on consumers’ ability to absorb and remember ad messages.

Sarnoff Labs in New Jersey, US, has been working on a clever homeland security system for the US government. It scans people’s irises as they walk towards a checkpoint, without them even knowing it.

If you’ve ever wanted to have the coolest office in the company, here is a quick way to do it.

Olga Korolyova is a diminutive 5′ 4″ tall. She has shiny blond hair. If you get too close when she’s at work, she’ll immobilize you with two blows.