What would Buddha do? Every spring and fall, enlightenment-seekers from all over come here to find out, converging for arduous weeklong retreats at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center

In his professional career the actor famously played the American Gigolo. But in his humanitarian career Gere, 59, is the American bodhisattva, Sanskrit for the compassionate soul who helps others.

WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- Even infants can tell the difference between naughty and nice playmates, and know which to choose, a new study finds.

Had Toni Vernelli gone ahead with her pregnancy ten years ago, she would know at first hand what it is like to cradle her own baby, to have a pair of innocent eyes gazing up at her with unconditional love, to feel a little hand slipping into hers

The startling claim is made by a pair of American cosmologists investigating the consequences for the cosmos of quantum theory, the most successful theory we have. Over the past few years, cosmologists have taken this powerful theory of what happens at

At the age of six months, most babies have barely learnt to sit up, let alone crawl, walk or talk. But, according to new research, they can already assess someone's intentions towards them, deciding who is a likely friend or enemy.

Austria's most famous cakes, the Sachertorte, is marking its 175th birthday this year. The chocolate cake brought fame and fortune to its creator, a 16-year-old apprentice chef, and once sparked a long and bitter legal battle

American presidents have come close to apologizing to African-Americans for slavery, and several have spoken of the evil of what some historians call the peculiar institution. Soon, in a measure introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., the United States

RAPEXTM is a new product that was developed to empower women to defend themselves against rapists. RAPEXTM is a device used by women to prevent rape and to identify the rapist. The RAPEXTM prototype was launched on 31 August 2005, at Kleinmond, Cape Provi

The AR movement's mistakes have failed nonhuman animals. What we are witnessing now, for the first time since the movement started in the sixties and seventies, is that the movement isn't advancing, but going backwards. Find out how you can change that...