Hundreds of thousands of people across Europe will today commemorate the 20th anniversary of the world's worst human-made disaster - when Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power complex exploded duri...

A rare rodent that should, by rights, be extinct has given scientists an insight into the role of social behaviour in the survival of species, writes Roger Highfield. A toothy rodent that lives in...

Rose Lee was standing outside the New Orleans Charity Hospital, mouth agape, eyes wide with astonishment. She had recently returned to her native city from Texas and had come to see an emergency docto...

Oil is seven times more expensive today than it was in 1998 and, according to the doomsters, the rise is far from over. As the price hit $75 a barrel last Friday, there were plenty of experts willing...

You may not want to order in hot wings for your couch viewing next month: ABC has announced a May Sweeps' bird-flu thriller! "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" is set to air May 9, reports Mich...

Food critic Egon Ronay has slammed Government proposals to put health warnings on alcohol. Ronay, whose food guides have sold more than two million copies worldwide, said the proposed changes would...

The NYPD has quietly launched one of the nation's most ambitious plans to combat street crime and terrorism. Along a stretch of Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn, three wireless video recorders have be...

An employment tribunal has ruled against a British teacher who claimed a noisy chair made classroom life a misery. Bristol City Council confirmed Monday that the tribunal last week dismissed the co...

A 300-year-old book that appears to be bound in human skin has been found in northern England, police said Saturday. The macabre discovery was made on a central street in Leeds, and officers said t...

A California principal is trying a slippery tactic to keep kids from cutting school - greasing the fence. Principal Sergio Garcia ordered heavy wheel-bearing grease applied to the fence around Arte...