They’re an odd couple in every sense but a monkey and a pigeon have become inseparable at an animal sanctuary in China.  The 12-week-old macaque – who was abandoned by his mother – was close to death when it was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province.  After being taken to an animal hospital his [...]

The U.S. Postal Service’s choice yesterday of James and Maxine Moore, of Northeast, to present its new 41-cent stamp hailing jury duty was a "lovely" idea.

Nigerian banks must stop using attractive women to persuade customers to open accounts, Senate President David Mark was quoted as saying in Thursday’s newspapers.

David Hanson has two little Zenos to care for these days. There’s his 18-month-old son Zeno, who prattles and smiles as he bounds through his father’s cramped office. Then there’s the robotic Zeno. It can’t speak or walk yet, but has blinking eyes that can track people and a face that captivates with a range [...]

While US imports from China are rising, its exports to China are rising even faster, and one of the biggest exports is junk, a report in Newsweek  said on Monday.

Saudi Arabia has called off a camel beauty contest scheduled for later this month in the face of the mystery deaths of thousands of the animals that are a national icon in the desert kingdom.

Louisiana agricultural officials said more Africanized honeybees, also known as killer bees have been found in traps east of New Orleans.

Nearly 30 years after Nobel laureate Linus Pauling famously and controversially suggested that vitamin C supplements can prevent cancer, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists have shown that in mice at least, vitamin C – and potentially other antioxidants – can indeed inhibit the growth of some tumors ¯ just not in the manner suggested [...]

E-jet printing of precise structures out of various materials could prove to be a valuable tool in nano manufacturing.

Not one to be outdone by American arsenal, the Russian had successfully tested a new non-nuclear "vacuum" bomb!

After months of excavation, a 1,300-year-old giant stone statue of Buddha revealed its perfectly preserved face yesterday in a mountainous area of Gyeongju, the capital city of Korea’s ancient Silla Kingdom.

The way fresh water is supplied to disaster-hit regions could be revolutionised after an Ipswich-based businessman invented a £190 bottle that makes foul-smelling water drinkable in seconds.
Michael Pritchard hopes that the bottle could be a life-saver for refugees in disaster regions where access to clean drinking water is vital.

People often say they are addicted to chocolate, but few studies have ever shown any evidence for true addiction to this widely craved sweet.

Eighties television icon MacGyver has beaten Indiana Jones, James Bond and Jack Bauer as the fictional hero most Americans would want by their side in the event of a disaster.

The red frame and twiddly white knobs are strangely familiar but the astonishing images on the screen are not.  Rather than abandon his Etch-A-Sketch to childhood, Jeff Gagliardi decided the simple toy had huge potential – and turned it into an art form.