After the recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti, it is not surprising to see countries are updating their disaster contingency plans. As part of these plans, a range of different ideas and technologies are being considered to reduce the destruction caused by earthquakes.
Recently on an eight hour flight from London to New York, Lady Gaga's legs began to swell, probably due some ridiculous, restrictive clothing she wore on board. According to The Sun, when she began developing early signs of deep vein thrombosis, the cabin crew asked Lady Gaga to change out of her clothes.
Less really can be more when it comes to exercise, scientists have discovered.
A pair of penguins appear to have posed for their picture to be taken by photographer Adam Foster.
For more than a week, a mysterious pulsating light has been appearing each night over Lake Erie east of downtown Cleveland. The unidentified flying object, which shows up at approximately 7:30 pm and zips around in the darkness for about two hours before disappearing, has been captured on film from various angles.
Sloganeering only obscures the debate over the proper role of government.
Poll results show that men are less trusting than women of Tiger Woods.
She comes from the future!
Religious people say the Lord works in mysterious ways. Example: A British man accidentally fell asleep while making a pan of bacon. He was awoken by all of the smoke and, upon lifting up the pan, saw the image of Jesus Christ burned into it. Behold the awesome power of Bacon.
Some infants headed for a diagnosis of autism, or autism spectrum disorder as it's officially known, can be reliably identified at 14 months old based on the presence of five key behavior problems, according to an ongoing long-term study.
I stumbled across this picture in some photo dump gallery that featured a bunch of random stuff and I thought it was a perfect “one way” representation of the Oscars.
The first woman in Britain to direct adult films revealed yesterday, however, that her political colours are of a different hue. Anna Arrowsmith, hailed in some quarters as a champion of 'female-friendly porn', has been chosen as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the General Election.
One person is murdered every two hours in Venezuela. Chavez blames the high crime rates on wealth inequality created under former leaders, but that doesn't explain why the murder rate has exploded during his decade-plus in power.
This is the latest case of salt hysteria. In 1976, the president of Tufts University said salt was "the most dangerous food additive of all." According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), salt is "perhaps the deadliest ingredient in the food supply." Bloomberg recently compared salt to asbestos.
An innovative new toilet system that helps to reduce pollution and save water has gotten widespread support in seven European countries, according to a new study.
China warned Google, the world's largest search engine, against flouting the country's laws on Friday, as expectations grow for a resolution to a public battle over censorship and cyber-security.||The chief executive of Google,...