York Heiden is one unlucky crime victim — his car was stolen twice in one day.

A Brazilian court has ordered local brewer Ambev to pay 100,000 reals (US$49,400; euro36,400) to an alcoholic beer taster who drank about a liter and a half (3.2 pints) of beer each day.

A team of explorers and scholars says it has found a cave in remote northern Nepal with a spectacular Buddhist mural unseen for centuries and discovered only because a shepherd took shelter there.

Fathers who play less of a role in child rearing are more likely to have overweight or obese offspring, Australian researchers said.

For those of you who think that toilets shouldn’t even be seen, let alone heard, Californian remodelling firm Julien asked Troy Adams Design to come up with a secret loo that doubles as a "Powder Room Bench".

Most people think in terms of a refrigerator in the kitchen.  However, here are two refrigerator drawers with nearly infinite possibilities. Combined, they give you over five cubic feet of storage that you can integrate into any room in your home. (w/pic)

Apparently cops get hot while driving around … REAL hot. At least that’s what the makers of CoolCop claim. To solve the problem, they’ve invented a device to keep police officers cool:

Soon it will be illegal to deny US citizens jobs or insurance simply because they have an inherited illness, or a genetic predisposition to a particular disease.

New calculations show how to make an electromagnetic "wormhole"—a tube that is invisible from the sides, allowing light to shine down the center unseen. The concept is a twist on a spherical cloak of invisibility proposed last year.

A 52-year-old Greek mother has given birth to her two grandsons, after getting legal permission to be a surrogate mother for her daughter and son-in-law.

Online retailers could improve sales by using segmented e-mail lists, according to an Internet Retailer survey analyzed by Vovici. Approximately 40% of respondents said that their e-mail campaigns yielded conversion rates of 2% or less.