An Israeli lifeguard taking his regular morning swim off the Mediterranean coast in southern Israel discovered a 2,500-year-old marble talisman to ward off the evil eye, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.Experts say the relic, discovered off the coast

A 14,500-year-old woolly mammoth skeleton dug up in 1994 has been unveiled at the Milwaukee Public Museum, giving locals a glimpse of perhaps the most intact specimen discovered in North America. Standing more than twice the height of a person, the woolly

Adam Moran chained himself to a tree because he says "dogs deserve better." He's part of the Dogs Deserve Better non-profit group. He's doing it in protest and two raise awareness of the inhumanity of keeping dogs chained up.Moran also said many dogs beco

HAVING eczema as a child nearly doubles the risk of becoming an asthmatic later in life, according to research which lends strength to the aggressive treatment of childhood skin conditions.The incidence of asthma in people from the ages of eight to 44 who

A two-year-old boy has driven his parents to despair by refusing to eat any food apart from yoghurtLittle Bobby Glarvey eats his way through 14 pots of his favourite dairy food every day and refuses to eat anything else that his parents put in front of h

What was before this universe is currently anybody's guess, but it is highly likely that it was preceded by a similar universe and therefore time existed before the Big Bang. The evidence to back this theory is said to be found in the Cosmic Microwave Bac

Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home.He leaves his full-time executive

Rare and startling film has been captured of a human egg emerging from the ovary.Fertile women release one or more eggs every month, but until now, only fuzzy images had been recorded.The new images were taken by accident by gynaecologist Jacques Donnez w

A POLISH mother who was intoxicated during labour has given birth to a baby girl who was almost 15 times over the adult drink-driving limit.Doctors at a hospital in Otwock, on the outskirts of Warsaw, called in the police after the clearly drunk expectant

A rich 80-year-old Indian widow has spent thousands of dollars on a feast for 100,000 people in the hope it would please the gods and open the doors of heaven for her.Kunwar spent $37,500 on the feast. Local officials said she spent lavishly on the meal b