Two students at Central Kings Rural High School fought back against bullying recently, unleashing a sea of pink after a new student was harassed and threatened when he showed up wearing a pink shirt.

THE picnic gatecrashers are back with a vengeance. Drunk, irritable and ready to cause trouble, they are amassing in greater numbers and heading for a jam sandwich near you.

The mummification process was crucial to the Egyptians, who believed in life after death.

THE formation of an ‘Achilles’ heel’ could, ironically, have been the defining moment in the development of mankind, researchers believe.

South Korea on Friday began operating a nuclear fusion test reactor using an advanced superconducting magnetic system, as part of an international search for a limitless clean energy source.

Japan launched its first lunar probe on Friday, nicknamed Kaguya after a fairy-tale princess, in the latest move in a new race with China, India and the United States to explore the moon.

Lonely people are more likely to get sick and die young, and researchers said on Thursday they may have found out why — their immune systems are haywire.

The X PRIZE Foundation and Google Inc.  announced on September 13 the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a robotic race to the Moon to win a $30 million prize purse.

PERHAPS Winnie the Pooh knows something we don’t. Honey could soon be marketed as a way to combat the effects of ageing.

Models should be required to provide medical certificates from doctors who specialise in the recognition of eating disorders to prove they are fit to work, an inquiry has concluded.

Looking to get away for a weekend fling without getting caught? A new French company provides would-be adulterers with custom-made excuses that help take the danger of discovery out of cheating.

Gum splattered streets could soon be no more thanks to a virtually non-stick chewing gum that has been invented by UK scientists.