Got road rage? The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of "Ten Commandments" for drivers, telling motorists to be charitable to others on the highways, to refrain from drinking and driving, and to pray you make it before you even buckle up.

Chinese police have caught the boss accused of starving and beating workers to keep them enslaved in brick kilns, Chinese press reported Sunday.

Here’s an eclectic Star home theater with a touch of realism, and for very good reason: Its owner actually bought props from Paramount Pictures used in a variety of the Star Trek series.

This rolling luggage cart converts into a stable work platform, providing a sturdy place to use your laptop while traveling when there are no convenient tables, and eliminating the need to perilously perch a portable computer upon your lap.

A robot will be master of ceremonies for a South Korean wedding this weekend in what its creators Friday claimed as a world first.

Japanese guys looking to fight fat are getting into belly dancing, according to Shukan Bunshun.

Staff at a sea life centre have come up with a new way to keep their eight-armed octopus stimulated.

"If the publishing world thinks times are tough, they can’t imagine what it’s like for the art world," said Manhattan Museum of Classic Art curator Dianne Fleming. "Thanks to distractions such as TV, computers and videogames, attendance has been way down. Kids have zero patience for the old masters. Only the cognoscenti are interested in [...]

You name the disaster and there’s generally one thing you can count on — monstrous traffic jams of evacuees trying to follow official advice to flee.

U.S. researchers, inspired by a question posed on syndicated TV’s "The Oprah Winfrey Show," found gastric bypass patients get drunk faster.

Ever wondered exactly why eating at night makes you put on weight, why some people are "night owls" or what controls your metabolic energy levels through the day? Instead of only 15% of our genes being regulated by circadian rhythms, as previously thought, researchers have discovered that ALL mammalian genes are affected by nature’s daily [...]

A major scientific breakthrough in stem cell research was today revealed by Lothian experts in a move that could lead to huge advances in medical treatment. For the first time, scientists from Roslin have managed to create new stem cells from a clinically unusable human egg.

Why do elephants hate walking up hills and why are women rubbish at reading maps? If you think these sound like humorous posers from a Christmas cracker, prepare to stand corrected.  The answers to the questions are just two genuine examples of the bizarre and off-the-wall facts produced by scientists over the past 12 months. [...]