A gene that helps control muscle development makes all the difference between an elite racing dog and a freak that is put down at birth, scientists reported on Tuesday.

Having rejected Nicholas Negroponte’s offer of $100 laptops for schoolchildren, India HRD ministry’s idea to make laptops at $10 is firmly taking shape with two designs already in and public sector undertaking Semiconductor Complex evincing interest to be a part of the project.

The next generation of the internet is a step closer thanks to a major breakthrough in "semantic web" research in Ireland. The semantic web, or data web, is a machine readable version of the internet that makes it more efficient to conduct searches, using RDF (Resource Description Framework) statements, which are used to represent information [...]

Female baby boomers spend over 15 hours a week on the Internet, according to a ThirdAge and JWT BOOM survey. Over 83% of all female boomers spend some of that time researching or reading about health and wellness, both for themselves and their families.

They include the Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio, the Queen of England, and Tyra Banks, a model who made headlines for showing that women with curves did belong on the covers of magazines. Also featured are Maher Arar, who was abducted by US authorities because of flawed intelligence, and Peter Akinola, an archbishop who strongly opposes [...]

Looking for a way to get a lot of attention on the highway? Try out these helium-filled missile balloons – guaranteed to get people looking and pointing!

This cool watch made by Seiko Instruments has a small rotating Earth that makes a full rotation once every 24 hours.

The pace at which city dwellers walk has increased by 10 per cent in the last decade, a new study has shown.