Nobel Prize went to an idea whose time has not come

‘To give the Nobel Prize to a group, which led the effort to produce a still born baby is either the height of optimism or the depth of despair. 'To imagine that no one contributed to global......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

This week’s collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world. 1) This ain’t no super glue commercial A woman has been left with hair extensions stuck to her head......

The world's most eligible royals

"Is This The One?," a British headline blared on a clear September morning 17 years ago above a picture of a diffident kindergarten teacher named Lady Diana Spencer. The blue-blooded 19-year-old......

World's most expensive cruises

Bill Gates and Paul Allen did it together. So did Queen Beatrice of Holland and Enrique Iglesias. And in 2004, almost 11 million people worldwide did the same thing. Many did it two or three--or......

Review: Divergent is engaging but lacks intensity

Divergent is clearly made for its already existent fan base, with the best loved bits and pieces of the book shoved on to screen with hardly any adhesive to keep them together, feels Paloma......

The book that Barack Obama enjoyed reading

Spanish-born Canadian author Yann Martel first shot to fame with the Life of Pi, which won him the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Almost a decade later, the 300-some page fantasy adventure......

Diamond League PIX: The Best of The Best-2

Images from Day 2 of the Diamond League Finals at the King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels, on Saturday. IMAGE: Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates winning the women's 1500 metres, her fifth Diamond......

PICS: The best of the Zurich Diamond League meet

IMAGE: Yared Nuguse of the United States celebrates winning the men's 1500 metres run in the Diamond League meeting at Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich, on Thursday. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters......

PIX: Canada win men's sprint relay as US blow it; Chebet double

IMAGE: Canada's Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake, Andre de Grasse and Aaron Brown celebrate after winning gold in the Olympics men's 4x100m Relay final at Stade de France, Paris, on Friday.......

PIX: Duplantis breaks own pole vault World record

Images from the Track and Field action at the Paris Olympics on Monday. IMAGE: Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates winning gold and establishing a World record in the Olympics men's Pole Vault......

World Athletics PIX: Duplantis vaults to pole position; Kipyegon triumphs

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday. IMAGE: Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault final. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Sweden's......