Oil prices are so high, that oilman Steve Jordan is drilling a well next to his home near Lake Charles, Louisiana, he said on Wednesday. Jordan, 52, said the well will stretch 8,500 feet (2,591 met...

Children who grow up with alcoholic parents bear emotional, behavioural and mental scars, experts say. The Priory study said children of alcoholics were four times more likely to be addicted to dri...

Even before global warming makes an impact, Cornwall's coast is changing. By Mark MacKenzie The chaos at Britain's airports after the recent terror alert has left many feeling that, in future, it mi...

Known for its massive ice sheets, Greenland is feeling the effects of global warming as rising temperatures have expanded the island's growing season and crops are flourishing. For the first time in h...

Deep brain stimulation, a surgical procedure to reduce Parkinson's symptoms, is more effective for patients with advanced disease than medication and may have fewer side effects than drugs do. ...

Divorce can come as a consequence in some truly absurd situations. For instance in Canada it would be enough for a wife to provide a proof that her husband’s snoring volume is equivalent to that of a...

California is embarking on a ground-breaking effort to curb global warming, following an agreement between Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state's movie star Republican Governor, and the Democrat-dominated...

British public broadcaster Channel 4 is courting controversy with what it calls a "shockingly real" drama about the fictional assassination of President George W. Bush. "Death of a President," shot...

Every time you use an internet search engine, your inquiry is stored in a huge database. Would you like such personal information to become public knowledge? Yet for thousands of AOL customers, that n...

Carbon dioxide emissions from new cars sold in the EU-15 dropped in 2004 to an average 12.4% below 1995’s level, according to the European Commission’s annual report on CO2 emissions from new cars, pu...