Hours before leaving to attend the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, President Bush gave a speech in which he criticized China’s human rights policies. Some think his words will make little difference during his lame-duck phase.
VelaShape, one of the latest alternatives to liposuction, uses heat, light and massage to reduce fat cells and flatten the skin, but it’s not really for those looking to drop pounds. What if you have more to lose than just a few trouble areas?
The Olympic torch made one of its final relays yesterday -- the evening before the 2008 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony. Torchbearers carried the flame during a 15-minute run along the ancient bricks of the Great Wall of China.
Tremayne Durham pled guilty to murdering a man in Oregon -- but only in exchange for food. Instead of jail food, Durham will enjoy KFC and Popeye's chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and ice cream in conjunction with his life sentence.
A Mexican woman claims she warded off a 500-pound lion with a machete. According to Celsa Aleman, she and her 7-year-old niece were riding a donkey near the resort town of Acapulco when the big cat went after the donkey’s legs.
A man from Jacksonville, Fla., dialed 911 to complain that the spicy Italian sandwich he ordered from Subway was missing its sauce. Shortly after police officers arrived, the man was arrested and charged with making false 911 calls. How else can you vent?
Entomologists estimate that there are between 5 and 10 million species of insects on Earth. But if asked which insect they hate the most, many people would have no trouble choosing just one -- the cockroach.
Roller coasters are getting bigger and bigger, and scarier and scarier. What would happen to you if your safety harness broke on one of these giant, speedy rides? Maybe nothing.
Obsessively checking e-mail. Playing online games for 12 hours or more at a time. Placing more value on chat-room friends than real ones. Just what is computer addiction, and why do some doctors disagree over whether it exists at all?
The Wall Street Journal reported that there were 7.5 million millionaires in the world in 2004 -- a record number. Want to be one, too? Researchers have found quite a few common traits that most millionaires possess.
Have you ever seen a baby with a tail? How about a whale with legs? Believe it or not, these things happen. They're called atavisms, and they might help us figure out evolution.
If you believe what you see on TV, women are conniving, hysterical and indecisive. So is gender clouded by perception, and does biology support or disprove stereotypes?
Hummingbirds almost never stop moving, and their legs are small and weak. So do hummingbirds do everything in midair -- even mate?
It happens more often than you may think. Sometimes a baby is born with organs outside of his or her body and has a slim chance of survival. What causes this?
When an anthrax attack just after Sept. 11 killed five people and infected 18 more, U.S. residents were sent into a bioterrorism panic. Bioterrorism has actually been around for many centuries, but we keep finding new ways to combat it.
Despite some stigma affecting those who have it, albinism isn't a disease. It's a genetic condition marked by the body's inability to produce melanin.
There's a reason a natural gas leak has a rotten egg odor. That stink is meant to signal danger. Any spark -- a match or even a light switch -- could cause a serious explosion.
Since prehistoric times, people have wanted to take to the skies. Trouble is, humans weren't meant to fly. Of course, that didn't stop some determined souls from trying.
Lame Duck
Smart Liposuction
Great Wall
Prisons
Man-eating Lion
Anger
Cockroach
Roller Coaster
Computer Addiction
Million Dollars
Atavism
Women
Humming- bird Sex
External Organs
Bioterrorism
Albinism
Gas Leak
Flight Attempts
