More than 10% of China’s farm land is polluted, posing a "severe threat" to the nation’s food production, state media reports.

Women who drink the equivalent of roughly two bottles of wine over a weekend more than double their risk of breast cancer, say Danish researchers.

One in 30 fetuses aborted for medical reasons is born alive, a 10-year study at 20 UK hospitals has found.

U.S. scientists have found the dissimilar hepatitis A and C viruses attack the same protein to block the body’s immune defenses.

China is to create the world’s first ‘Woman Town’ where women make all the decisions and disobedient men face punishments.

It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but doctors have made a remarkable medical breakthrough by using magnets outside the body to control surgical instruments inside it.

The Codex Gigas, also known as the Devil’s Bible, is the biggest book in the world.

Inventors have created a soap infused with caffeine which helps users wake up in the morning.

We’re not sure what to call this set of images - both random and strange, but highly provocative.  But without a doubt, some truly amazing photos.

Retirees are getting wealthier, according to a survey by The Media Audit. From 2003 to 2006 the number of retirees with annual household incomes of $50,000 or more increased from 23% to 28%.

Germans will have to dig deeper to indulge in their beloved beer in the next few months as barley is increasingly displaced in the country’s fields by heavily subsidized crops used for biofuels.

Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed, lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands. So, he decided to offer his ear, to anyone who wants to call. After posting a video with his cell phone number on YouTube on Friday, the 20-year-old told The Boston Globe he has received more than […]

More than half of media and entertainment executives surveyed in Accenture’s "Global Content Survey 2007" cite user-generated content as a leading threat to their bottom line.