Inception in real life

The idea of the surreal Hollywood blockbuster Inception, where people travel through someone's dreams to 'plant' an idea in ...

Imagine jeans

Imagine jeans, sweats or socks that clean and de-odorize themselves when hung on a clothesline in the sun or draped o...

life-saving heart treatment - Viagra

Viagra helps ailing hearts to recover in a surprising way - by making them less stiff, scientists have learned. The drug was first develop...

Persian Bhagawad Gita

A Siberian court is to decide on banning the Bhagawad Gita, based on complaints that the text, distrib uted locally by the Iskcon sect, a...

Music thearpy

Residents will now be able to recover from various ailments through soothing sounds as the city's first music therapy centre  . Doctors...

Goa unique music parties

"It's another world here where hundreds of people dance but there is no audible music," says a shack owner at the famous A...

Palawan Golden pearl

The clean waters of Palawan have attracted investors to engage in pearl farming, particularly in the island municipalities. Palawan C...

Genetically modified insects

Millions of genetically modified insects designed to destroy food crop pests could be released into the countryside. The Government ...

New species psychedelic gecko

A psychedelic gecko and a monkey with an "Elvis" hairdo are among 208 new species described last year by scientists in the Mekong...

Stories that inspired words and phrases

Ever wondered how Mt Everest, America, Neanderthal , bikini, hooker or bluetooth got their names? Well, a new book has now revealed the peo...

super vaccine cancer

A vaccine that could deal a serious blow to seven in ten lethal cancers has been developed by scientists.

Neurotrophic factor - slimmer

Keeping a busy social life amongst lots of friends may keep people slimmer than spending hours on a treadmill, according to scientists. ...

withholding sex from her !

A court in France has ordered a man to pay 10,000 euros ($13,300) in damages to his long-frustrated ex-wife after he failed in his marriage...

Work all day get bigger bottom

  Sitting down for too long may give you a big bottom, scientists say. it is not just couch potatoes at risk – sitting all day in the offi...

West Virginia natural gas

Royal Dutch Shell is spending really big bucks—$4.7 billion—buying most of closely held East Resources Inc., the company operating in the ...

Motor fuels from Algae

  Energy suppliers — including the world's largest, ExxonMobil — are working to produce motor fuels from algae, the stuff that resi...