Yes, it is amazingly cold, and yes, it is a very lonely place.  But Antartica is a place of solomn beauty, at times looking like the surface of the moon or smoking volcanoes and at times a frozen wonderland.  But either way, these are some fascinating photos.

Scientists in Italy claim to have developed a pill that controls hunger for a few hours and may help overweight people in their battle against the bulge.

EFY News Network in India:  Thomas Frey’s revolutionary vision has inspired people in the higher levels of government as well as the top executives in Fortune 500 companies, including NASA, IBM, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, Boeing, Bell Canada, Visa, Ford Motor Company and many more.

China plans to sack all officials found to have secretly "kept and supported" mistresses, in a move aimed at raising social morals, Chinese media reported on Friday.

Lamps, birthday candles, mouse traps and flip-flops. Such is the stuff that binds the modern American family to the global economy, author Sara Bongiorni discovers during a year of boycotting anything made in China.

A new inflatable, unmanned test module for a proposed private space station was launched into orbit Thursday aboard a Russian rocket, the U.S. company developing the technology said.

Our visual world is exploding around us.  Images are springing to life in some of the oddest places, and these are some particularily odd pictures.  But amazing photos none the less.

Researchers have designed a millimeter-sized sensor that has many of the tactile abilities of a human finger: it can sense the magnitude and the position of an applied force, slippage of a grasping tool, and the softness of an object, such as a cancerous tumor.

If you know anything about guitars, you can see that this is a truly amazing instrument.  And it also doubles as a handy device for slicing off the head of your enemy.

For those of you who enjoy the adrenaline rush of extreme sports, here are some of the more unusual up and coming competitions that are simply not for the faint at heart.

A study, conducted in the first quarter of 2007, found that US consumers were more likely to make a purchase after viewing ads on multiple Web sites, suggesting that conversions should be attributed to a full set of impressions and/or clicks, rather than just the single one that preceded the conversion.

More than three-quarters of US and Canadian consumers polled said they were more likely to trade with organizations that offer self-service, according to a study conducted by BuzzBack Market Research for NCR Corporation. Over nine in 10 also said it would be valuable to combine mobile devices with the Internet and self-service kiosks or ATMs. [...]

Just when you thought you knew what paintball was all about, they invented Extreme Paintball. (w/pic)

Engaging in mentally stimulating activities like reading newspapers or playing chess could protect the elderly from developing Alzheimer’s disease, says a new study.

Imagine a mechanical Pelé or David Beckham six times smaller than an amoeba playing with a “soccer ball” no wider than a human hair on a field that can fit on a grain of rice. Purely science fiction? Not anymore.

Mysterious fleeting changes in the appearance of parts of the Moon have been reported by many observers watching with both the naked eye and through telescopes.

Two years ago, Eben Bayer was given a college assignment to create a sustainable insulation. Since he grew up on a mushroom farm in Vermont, he immediately gravitating to growing mushrooms as eco-friendly insulation.

India, struggling to promote greater condom use among its population, is looking to hire its own "condom man" to follow the example of a former Thai cabinet minister who successfully pushed for safer sex, the Times of India reported.

Authorities in Cambodia warned men on Tuesday against do-it-yourself penis enlargement treatments, in the aftermath of a case in which a man killed himself because of the side-effects of a botched enlargement attempt.

Jessica weighs almost a ton and enjoys sweet coffee and a massage before she goes to bed.  She’s a hippo with a big identity crisis – she thinks she’s a family pet.

A growing number of people with common medical conditions are being refused life cover, as soaring obesity levels hit insurers.

A huge swathe of South Africa is still battling the aftermath of one of the heaviest snowfalls in decades, which trapped hundreds of motorists, isolated towns and caused flight delays.

Are you ready for some more Girl Power? Or will it be the end of life as we know it? All five Spice Girls appeared in public together for the first time in six years today as they announced an 11-date, eight-country world tour. But don’t you think it’s time they drop the "girl" thing? These [...]

Private Facebook profiles aren’t quite as hidden as many users might think they are. Pages that are supposedly restricted are visible to anyone using searches based on religion, sexual orientation or relationship status.

A bio-friendly nano-sized light source capable of emitting coherent light across the visible spectrum, has been invented by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of California at Berkeley.