Hoping it can boost holiday sales, Dell Inc. has enlisted Burt Reynolds, Ice T and other celebrities to help customers raise money to buy products for themselves or others

Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping areas in the U.S. and Europe use wireless data systems vulnerable to hacking, the company said Thursday.

An anonymous buyer has paid more than $30 million for a collection of rare U.S. prototype coins, some from the 1700s, that never went into circulation, according to the dealer that brokered the deal.

Ever gone on vacation and come across the most ideal spot that you had never previously heard of?

While using cosmetic surgery to get a cuter nose, flatter tummy or bigger breasts may seem like no big deal to some people, patients face medical risks as they do in any surgical procedure, experts in the field say.

For years, doctors have been discouraged by Americans’ disregard for and mismanagement of their sleep. Health professionals and marketers are hopeful that a new seriousness about sleep will continue moving out of a luxury-minded vanguard and into the mainstream. Sleep may finally be claiming its place beside diet and exercise as both a critical health [...]

Two years ago there was considerable discussion about the theory that Korean young people were rejecting email, an article at the Slate site written by Chad Lorenz comes to the same conclusion about the United States.

A remote Chinese village has built a school in a giant mountain cave. (w/pic)

If you are willing to stay young, just add some sizzle, such as dancing, drinking wine and eating chocolate, to your lifestyle, according to John Morley, MD, director of the division of geriatric medicine at Saint Louis University.  He has outlined a 10-step program to improve quality of life as we age in his new book, [...]

If you believe that when you go to sleep your brain takes rest, you are wrong — it actually strengthens the memories of events that took place during the day.

Not all photos are created equal.  This week, rather than having you constantly asking, "What the hell is that?", we decided it would be better to have you ask, "What the hell is that, and what the hell is he talking about?"