Sometimes the way to beat the odds in Vegas is simply to have the right set of dice.

Heavy snorers have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, scientists have found. Researchers discovered that a reduced flow of oxygen to the brain can cause Alzheimer’s – and that people who snore heavily are among those most at risk.

The C-string consists of the front part of a thong-style pair of knickers, held up with a little bit of wire at the back. The idea is that you pop it on, and it stays put. Think of an unevenly shaped wired headband, and you’re half-way there – the name derives from the C shape.

"No, you may not use the bathroom." That’s a message children don’t want to hear when they really have to go. But it’s one that some schoolchildren get — sometimes with dire consequences — especially in schools in which students have used "bathroom breaks" to disrupt classes, cheat on tests or otherwise wreak havoc outside [...]

Trapping is cruel, shooting is tricky and poison is dangerous. If only there was a way to stop the grey squirrels advancing through Britain from breeding in the first place. That was the thinking behind a government project aimed at protecting red squirrels from their foreign cousins by giving the grey invaders contraception.

TV ads are the best way to reach and engage online consumers with new product information, according to the American Marketing Association’s "Mplanet" survey, conducted with Opinion Research Corporation prior to the 2006 holiday season.

It’s a sight not often seen in rural central Indiana — a 6-foot-tall kangaroo bounding around on the loose.

If you live somewhere littering laws are actually enforced— England’s authorities now levy a staggering $160 fine to people caught chucking cigarette butts on the street — Tesco’s "Ashcan" personal ashtray will help you be a good citizen.

The North Sea between Norway and the United Kingdom is cold, windswept and unforgiving. But half a mile beneath its waves lie some of the planet’s richest reserves of natural gas.

The United States and the European Union agree that the next 15 years will be decisive in averting a global warming disaster but disagree on a strategy, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday.

Britons lose an amazing 885,000 mobile phone handsets each year – by accidentally dropping them into the toilet and flushing them away, according to new research.

Doctors should urge children involved in competitive sports to take plenty of time off to avoid physical injuries and mental strain, the American Academy of Pediatrics said on Monday.

Forget the ‘brightest stellar explosion’ of supernova SN 2006gy captured by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory last month. Here’s the mother of all spatial explosions in the making – a hypernova called Eta Carinae.