Katafanga Island in the South Pacific paradise of Fiji is available.

The people at DARPA, the Pentagon’s research arm, are hard at work on a new nasal spray that could make sleep obsolete. It’s called Orexin A, and just a couple snorts of it could allow you to be awake and alert for tens and tens of hours straight with no negative side effects.

President Bush and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton again top Gallup’s annual list of "most admired" men and women, the polling firm said Wednesday.

A North Dakota farmer can forecast a major snowstorms or other intense weather by checking his pig spleens instead of radar or other high-tech equipment.

A special "ugliness" contest has attracted both participants and controversy in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

The Mint today previewed the 2008 coins, which will feature James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

If you are a male and lack the ability to attract females, then simply get a happy-looking woman to accompany you, for a new study has found that men in the company of smiling women are likely to catch the fancy of other females.

This is the overall ranking for each city. A total score was tallied for each city across six different literacy categories: Booksellers; Educational attainment; Internet Resources; Library Resources; Newspaper Circulation; and Periodical publications. All categories were compared against the city’s total population.

The doorknob’s days are numbered. You know this. You find your hand clenching a doorknob and twisting it less often. More often, you just push down on a lever, whether it’s a simple 5-inch bar or a brass handle curved with the elan of a dog’s tail. The compelling argument for door levers is a […]

A formula for the perfect New Year’s resolution has been devised by a leading psychologist. Prof Richard Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire, says his technique can greatly boost people’s chances of succeeding in their pledges. But he claims men and women must follow different rules to stick by their decisions to change their lives. […]

Four of the experts at eMarketer weigh in with their thoughts on marketing trends in 2008.