An Arizona assisted-living home has a quarter of a million fewer residents this week.

BEST known as the ultra-strong material that might one day form the cables of a "space elevator" capable of raising people into Earth orbit, carbon nanotubes also have a springy side.

Grapefruit may help keep heart and gum diseases at bay, but a new study has found that it can be dangerous for women, as it increases the risk of breast cancer by almost a third.

A farm in the Staffordshire Moorlands is offering pet "weddings" for people who want their dog, cat or farmyard animal to get married to its mate.

This one is absolutely amazing.  The elephant is made mostly of wood and operated by over ten puppeteers using a mixture of hydraulics and motors. Weighing as much as 7 elephants, a replica was built in Nantes France in 2007. (w/pics)

University of Zurich researchers have created a spray that can relieve people of shyness, and help them socialise with others.

Alternative engine technologies face several challenges in the battle to be viewed as a serious alternative to the internal combustion engine – and a key hurdle is the perception that they can’t deliver enough power and performance to compete with their fossil-fuel burning counterparts. How better to dispel such fears than to race a hydrogen-powered [...]

The number of middle-aged men undergoing cosmetic surgery in the United Kingdom has doubled in just five years as they struggle to come to terms with ‘menopaunch’, according to a report.

Over three-quarters of people ages 16 to 29 worldwide would rather live without TV than without the Internet, according to New Paradigm’s "Global Net Generation Survey."

Six in 10 employed mothers in the US find part-time work appealing, although only roughly a quarter of them actually have part-time hours, according to the Pew Research Center’s "Fewer Women Prefer Full-Time Work" report, released in July 2007.