Green thumb or not, most of us have at least one houseplant because even the most pathetic mini-shrub offers our citified selves a slender link back to nature, according to new research.

LEIDEN, the Netherlands  – For businessman Michel Kappen, whisky is more than just a drink with a couple of friends to celebrate a deal or to savor in front of a fireplace on a cold night.

A supposed asteroid, which it was feared was going to have a near-miss with Earth next week, has been identified as a spacecraft.

If the figurines found in an ancient European settlement are any guide, women have been dressing to impress for at least 7,500 years.

More than 85 million US households will have high-definition-capable television sets by 2012, according to Leichtman Research Group’s "HDTV 2007: Consumer Awareness, Interest and Ownership" report.

The world is at war with a concept, a concept called Terror. This has given birth to everthing from the fear of suicide bombers and being kidnapped to nuclear weapons. We know there are dangers out there lurking, but it is the extent to which some take those fears. The Nanboku subway in Sapporo, Japan, recently [...]

Young men are to be offered chlamydia test kits at football matches and sports clubs to encourage them to check for the sexually-transmitted infection, the Health Protection Agency have said.

Residents of a German village are celebrating victory over an unwelcome invader: thousands of millipedes which have turned their streets, gardens and homes into something from a horror film.

This dress worth £50,000 ($100,000) was made from sterling pound notes.