A remote-control, baseball-hitting robot made from a mishmash of junked parts steps up to the plate.

A solar shield that reflects some of the Sun’s radiation back into space would cool the climate within a decade and could be a quick-fix solution to climate change, researchers say.

June 5, 2007 We’ve seen iPod DJ solutions like the Numark iDJ before, but now the next logical step has arrived. The Pacemaker is a 120 GB portable music player that doubles as a fully functional DJ setup, giving it the somewhat bizarre title of the world’s first pocket-sized DJ rig.

Later this year, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee hope to take a big step toward solving America’s nuclear-waste woes. Pending clearance from the Department of Energy, they will demonstrate a new toxic-waste recycling process.

Researchers at the University of Illinois, US, are developing thin, lightweight panels of microcavity plasma lamps that can be used for residential and commercial lighting, and for certain types of biomedical applications.

Astrophysicists have found a star-like object with a surface temperature just one tenth that of the Sun.

South African workers striking over pay and benefits have a new complaint — they no longer have the energy for sex.

Most women would rather eat chocolate than have sex – because chocolate "never disappoints", it has been claimed. A poll by Cadbury revealed that while nearly nine in ten men would shun the sweet stuff in favour of something more saucy between the sheets, 52% of women would prefer to tuck into the sugary treat.

A man in southeast China says 40 years of swallowing tree frogs and rats live has helped him avoid intestinal complaints and made him strong.

The record world record for hot dog eating returns to the United States (USA! USA!) when Joey Chestnut, 22, of San Jose, ate 59 and a half hot dogs: