Who is Al Gore? Is he Woody Allen, cinema auteur and self-deprecating comic? Is he Richard Feynman, science lecturer extraordinaire? Or is he the Bogeyman, scaring credulous audiences into a rapture o...

They're trainers that leave adults slack-jawed as children shoot past on the pavement. Heelys - shoes with built-in wheels - were a summer holiday hit and look set to be a Christmas must-have....

If you hope to have a long, healthy life, you'd better have a habit to drink a cup of green tea every day. A study of more than 40,000 men and women in Japan showed that those who drank a lot...

Weightlifters may have a greater risk of developing a potentially devastating eye disease, according to a study. Eye specialists discovered that specific exercises can trigger a surge in pressure w...

Steve Jobs, the man who brought the world the iPod, revolutionising the music industry and changing the consumer habits of tens of millions of people worldwide, took to a stage in San Francisco this w...

Rich nations must do far more to help poor countries cope with the consequences of climate change, an influential report is expected to say. The review will also say emissions need to be cut now, t...

Stephanie King had to tell her music teacher that a raccoon was to blame for her missing homework. "I explained that the raccoon fell from the ceiling in my bathroom and it ran into my bedroom," the 1...

A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again. Valerie Wilson, who works at a Long Island deli, said she won another $1 million on a lotte...

A US woman who won $1m (£536,000) in the New York state lottery four years ago has beaten the odds by winning another $1m lottery jackpot. Valerie Wilson scooped her second $1m prize on a lottery s...

A woman who spent 29 years as a teacher and counselor at the city high school has left $1.3 million to the school district. Edna Diehl left the money when she died at age 88 in July. The Davison Ed...