Bride’s joke backfires causing authorities to call the wedding off.

Developers have turned a house into an island in China after the owner refused to move out.

The speed at which Chinese have taken to coffee is demonstrated by the 90 percent increase in total volume sales in China between 1998 and 2003, when it reached 6,504.5 tons. Demand for coffee more than doubled between 2001 and 2006 and is currently estimated to be growing by 10 percent a year, …

Doctors have long advised that a good night’s sleep is important for memory – but researchers now say a familiar scent wafting in the bedroom might help sometimes, too. The caveat:…

Patients, overwhelmingly male and aged 14 to 19, wake up in common dormitories at 6.15 am to do morning calisthenics and march on the cracked concrete grounds wearing khaki fatigues.  Drill sergeants bark orders at them when they are not attending group and one-on-one counselling sessions. Therapy includes patients simulating war games with laser guns.

Getting hit by somebody wearing a knuckle duster is going to hurt at the best of times, so I dread to think what one that packs a 950,000 volt punch will feel like.

Is there anything more we need say about this? Really?

Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology created the credit card-size battery as a disposable power source for medical test kits.

The good people at Malgusto have really set out to mess with our minds this week.  Here are some amazing images.

Men’s college basketball brings in more ad money than the Super Bowl, and the games are moving to the PC.

If regular science experiments just aren’t “cool” enough for you, then check out what you can do with a Tesla Coil.