Today, February 14th, is not just Valentine's Day, but also the first day of the Chinese or Lunar New Year - the longest and most important of all traditional Chinese Festivals....

To celebrate this special day, when we take the time to appreciate our family and friends, we bring you some extra-special Valentine Hearts. While some are natural, others man-made - All are brought to you with extra love, from mother Earth!...

If you have ever wondered how a Country or City got its name, this is the Atlas for you. Called Atlas of 'True' Names, it substitutes place names around the world with names based on their etymological (the history of the origin of the name), roots....

Vancouver had a hard act to follow after Beijing's spectacular 2008 opening ceremony which cost $100mm USD. However last night, the Canadian city showed the world that it can put up as good a show, even on the 'shoestring' budget of $40mm USD....

Earlier this week, some lucky San Franciscans got to witness a historic event - The test sail of Plastiki, a 60-ft. Catamaran, built almost entirely out of plastic bottles and other plastic waste....

How often have you spent hours wrapping a gift, only to see all your hard work torn to shreds by an impatient recipient, whose only interest lies in what is inside! Now there is a solution!...

Last week, people all across the world woke up to the horrifying image of this two-year old tied to a lamppost in the city of Beijing, China. However, the reason behind the shackles is not one of cruelty but a desperate attempt by a father to protect his son!...

Just about a month ago, the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, opened amidst much fanfare in Dubai. Last weekend however, the makestic building suffered a major setback, which has forced an indefinte shutdown....

It's time to sharpen your pencils or in this case keyboard skills and get ready for World Math Day, the annual math competition, where kids from all across the globe compete with each other, for the coveted title of World Math Champion....

This week, over 2,000 athletes from over 80 countries will make their way to Vancouver, British Columbia, to participate in the 21st Winter Olympic Games, which will be held from Feb12th thru18th....

Happy Valentines Week to all of you. Right about now, you are probably fretting about how to show your love and appreciation to your family, teachers and friends on this special day....

A 14-year old from California, recently become one of the youngest app developers for Apple, wth his virtual card-sharing application designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch....

Super Bowl Sunday means different things to different people - While a few of us watch it for the love of the game, for a lot of us it is a chance to have a party, watch some fun entertainment and gorge on junk food!...

First he made it possible for us mere mortals to book a flight to space aboard his soon to be launched Virgin Galactic Spaceship - Now, Sir Richard Branson, is getting ready to 'fly' us under the deep seas aboard his newly acquired submersible!...

Massimo Del Din and his daughter Deborah, were trekking in the woods in Belluno in the Italian Alps, when they came across a breathtaking sight - An Albino fawn, hanging out with its tan colored mother!...

All you budding artists - Here is your chance to become famous. This year's Doodle 4 Google contest is on and anybody from grades K-12 can enter the fray and, win the honor of being on the homepage of the world's most frequented search engine!...

Japan's Oriental Company recently unveiled an amazing invention - A machine that recycles used office paper into rolls of toilet paper!...

A 40-year old man is alive today, thanks to a Web Camera and an extremely observant woman, who happened to be looking at it, 350miles away....

As the sky shines right above me, my shadow I see beside me - six more weeks of winter it will be!" - This was the dire prediction that legendary groundhog "Punxsutawney Phil", made yesterday, in front of thousands of people gathered in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania....

If you believe that the only things that matter in sports is your knowledge of material sciences and physics, think again! The laws of mathematics play a significant role too!...

While most of Pandora in this year's blockbuster movie 'Avatar' is a figment of Mr. Cameron's vivid imagination, it seems that the 'hallelujah' or 'floating mountains' were inspired by an actual peak of quartz-sandstone that lies deep in the mountains of South Hunan in China....

Anyone who has ever visited Oxford Street in London, knows that it is famous for just one thing - Shopping! However, from January 29th thru April 30th, the normally staid street is being transformed into a modern-day Jurassic Park - one where pre-historic animals and serious shopaholics will co-exist in harmony....

While we have heard of some bizarre things people do to get into the Guinness Book of Records, this one has to take the cake. A Welsh man spent four days, two hours and two minutes painting his car with . . . . . Nail Polish!...

For the last several years, Apple Inc. has kept us on tenterhooks with their cool and exciting innovations - First there was the iPod, then came the iPod Touch and iPhone, and now finally, something we have all been holding our breath for . . . . the iPad! So is it as cool as we had thought it would be - Read on, and decide for yourself....