The distinctive swimming technique of a bony fish is being used to develop agile, propellerless submarines.

The damp summer may have made us all miserable, but research suggests it is hot weather that poses a far more serious problem for vulnerable people.

Nearly three-quarters of children ages 7 to 12 wanted a gaming system as part of their back-to-school supplies; 70% wanted a new computer and 69% wanted a new mobile phone, according to a survey conducted by the comparison shopping Web site ShopLocal.com in July 2007.

The worldwide online population will grow to 1.5 billion in 2011, from 1.1 billion in 2006, according to JupiterResearch’s "Worldwide Online Population Forecast, 2006 to 2011: Emerging Economies Catalyze Future Growth" report. The growth will put 22% of the world’s population online in 2011.

The European Space Agency announced Wednesday its Mars Express spacecraft will monitor NASA’s Phoenix lander as it makes its way to Mars.

An international research team, led by scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN), has found a way to switch a material’s magnetic properties from ‘hard’ to ‘soft’ and back again – something which could lead to new ways of controlling electromagnetic devices.

First complete analysis of genes active in the anthrax microbe as it invades the lungs should pave the way for better drugs in the event of an attack.

An Ohio man is turning a practical joke into a creative safety campaign, and he’s even making a few bucks doing it.

Animal Friends Insurance has announced it will offer a 6 per cent discount on its life insurance premiums to vegetarians and fish-eaters.

A new phenomenon in New Zealand is taking the idea of you are what you eat to the extreme.

In the hills of northeastern India, it’s called the "bhut jolokia" – the "ghost chile." Anyone who has tried it, they say, could end up an apparition. "It is so hot you can’t even imagine," said the farmer, Digonta Saikia. "When you eat it, it’s like dying."

The Hubble Space Telescope has caught just-released snapshots of the 1500-light-year-distant Veil Nebula, the remnants of a supernova, or star explosion, that happened a recently as five thousand years ago.

The new Benz – Very different….really different!… (w/pics)