He falls down stairs, is blown up and gets hit by cars for money — and now stuntman Teel James Glenn will pass on his skills to would-be daredevils at what is being touted as New York City’s first stunt school.

Wills of the rich and vengeful.

Contrary to the assumption that ancient cities always grew outwards from a central point, the urban site of Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria appears to have emerged as several nearby settlements melded together, according to researchers’ analysis of archaeological evidence.

A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders is to return to the wild after being weaned off his addiction.

An artificial arm that uses rocket propellant to power motorized muscles is being touted by its developers as the closest thing yet to a bionic limb.

The $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source facility, though still powering up, has established a new mark as the world’s most powerful accelerator-based source of neutrons for scientific research.

At 107 she is probably the world’s older blogger and cyber granny Olive Riley may also lay claim to being the oldest YouTube user.

A German man said Thursday he feared he may have built his own tomb after a vehicle ploughed into his house for the 10th time.

Entomologists are debating the origin and rarity of a sprawling spider web that blankets several trees, shrubs and the ground along a 200-yard stretch of trail in a North Texas park.

Auburn University researchers analyzed a slew of carbonated soft drink brands to measure the actual caffeine content. They report their data on more than 100 beverages in the current issue of the Journal of Food Science.

The new Butt Butt has been designed for Straight plc by Gerardine & Wayne Hemingway. Keen to develop something new and contemporary the Butt Butt was conceived, which has the unique feature of being in the shape of a human bottom.

Web-based e-mail users will soon be sending text messages to mobile phones. Yahoo! has already announced the feature for Yahoo! Mail users.

An Austrian scientist says a sample of composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair taken after his death indicates medical treatment hastened his death.

Researchers attached with the UK Met Office and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have warned that Asia, Europe and North America could experience worse flooding in the future because of carbon dioxide sensitive plants consuming less water.

An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.

Triumph with SmartGuide as it is called, is latest gizmo for the hi-tech generation - a toothbrush with a built-in "satnav". As you clean your teeth, it transmits information by radio to a separate miniature display screen, telling you where you should clean, for how long, and if you’re brushing too hard or not hard […]

Google’s blogger site is being hijacked by malicious hackers who are posting fake entries into some blogs.

Nearly 40% of men and 53% of women who play online games said their virtual friends were equal to or better than their real-life friends, according to a survey of 30,000 gamers conducted by Nick Yee, a recent Ph.D. graduate from Stanford University.

Scientists say they have carried out the first study that confirms that the drive to have more children is what causes the typical age gap among couples.

U.S. consumers choose relatively high-calorie beverages, side dishes and desserts to go with restaurant main dishes positioned as “healthy,” a study found.

The following luxury boats are too fancy for mountain roads, probably too fancy for any road (you don’t want to scratch this thing).

Some 40,000 Spaniards gathered in this eastern town today to hurl 115,000 kilograms of tomatoes at each other in the annual Tomatina festival.

If you hate creepy-crawlies, you might want to avoid Lake Tawakoni State Park.

A "Spiderman suit" that allows the wearer to scale walls just like the comic and film superhero could one day be a reality. Scientists have worked out how real spiders’ natural skill could be adapted to allow humans to defy gravity.

Forget mammals - flower power may have ruled after the dinosaurs died out. So say researchers who have discovered the first fossil orchid, a 15 to 20-million-year-old pollen specimen encased in amber, in the Dominican Republic.