To rise off the ground wearing a jetpack is to feel the force of dreams. Very, very noisy dreams. On Tuesday, an inventor from New Zealand plans to unveil what he calls “the world’s first practical jetpack” at the EAA AirVenture, the gigantic...

Of the 19 blasts that were used to blow up most of east Ahmedabad on Saturday, two were the most brutal - the ones in the government-run Civil Hospital which are said to have claimed nearly 20 lives and the municipal corporation-run LG hospital where...

We’ve known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we’ve seen a lot of big numbers about how much...

Iran is planning a mass execution of 30 people convicted of murder and drug trafficking, a press report said today. “Thirty people convicted of murder, drug trafficking, illegal relationships... will be executed on Sunday at dawn,” the...

Has the video game industry dug up its very own blood diamond? According to a report by activist site Toward Freedom, for the past decade the search for a rare metal necessary in the manufacturing of Sony’s Playstation 2 game console has fueled a...

A painter and decorator from Ceredigion says he is “dumbfounded” after being slapped with a £30 fine for smoking a cigarette in his own van.

A painting inspired by the film An American Werewolf in London is contending with one that draws on Apocalypse Now for the UK’s largest contemporary painting prize. As well as popular culture, works wrought from childhood memories, the animal...

Matthew noted earlier the connections between a high meat, high processed food-based diet and climate change; It has also been noted that obesity is an environmental issue as well as a health issue, a big deal in countries with national health systems...

Two cups of McDonald’s iced coffee (BUY!) sit on the Fox 5 TV news desk, a punch-you-in-the-face product placement (BUY!) to chase down your morning news. They’ve been on the Las Vegas station set for about two weeks, following the lead of a few TV...

Feeding a kitten a proper, balanced diet begins with the mother’s nutritional health while she is pregnant. Professional cat breeders want to do everything possible to optimize their cats’ reproductive processes and are excellent role for...