A web-based game designed to provide rice to the developing world has a facelift on its way to integrating with social networks.

Business Secretary Vince Cable says "the bar will have to be raised" on science funding

Psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong.

An American psychiatrist’s program of techniques to reduce stress has helped people in Gaza and Israel deal with the effects of violence.

Todmorden, in West Yorkshire, is striving to become self sufficient by growing fruit and vegetables and keeping livestock.

Mould, flies, and maggots - watch what happens when food is left to rot

Amazon is trying to get manufacturers to make packages easier to open, hoping to reduce consumer “wrap rage.”

Fort Stevens in Washington is an endangered battlefield. Coming to a historical site near you: Wal-Marts and Gen. Robert E. Lee slot machines.

Late last month, the 15 students who comprise Zaytuna College's inaugural class settled in to their first day in a classroom near the University of California, Berkeley. For these students, this is a chance to study with top Islamic scholars. For the school's founders, it's a chance to hone a new image for American Islam.

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Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a settlement that flourished more than 3,500 years ago.

New York has the highest cigarette tax in the nation, but about a third of the cigarettes sold in the state aren't taxed because they're purchased online or at smoke shops run by American Indians. The state now hopes to collect sales tax on cigarettes sold to nonnatives on tribal lands.

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Why people who say 'I don't know' are smarter than we think

Underwater 'flying machine' seeks investors

Scientists carry out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.

Scientists at Northumbria University say they have carried out the first rigorous scientific analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.

The strange and multifarious career of an actor who always seems to be with us.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's visit to Italy last week has stirred controversy. His remarks on Islam angered church officials, while Italian politicians worry about Libya's growing clout in the Italian economy, as well as its human-rights violations.

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Computer maker Hewlett Packard (HP) has filed a lawsuit against its former head Mark Hurd in an attempt to stop him joining database software maker Oracle.

Europe's gravity probe, Goce, is returned to health after being knocked offline because some onboard systems got too cold as the satellite circled the Earth.