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 -> Are you a cunning linguist?
Some common words such as Hello and Thanks in hundreds of languages!
204,661 views | 24 Nov 2003
 -> Would it be a disease? Being plagued by 200 orgasms a day?
Dozens of women are suffering from a condition that makes them have hundreds of orgasms every day. Researchers have identified the condition as persistent sexual arousal syndrome.
772 views | 23 Nov 2003
 -> Cult Finds 'Eternal Youth' Formula
The "Raelian" cult (which claims to have cloned five babies) says it has discovered a way of reversing the ageing process by using stem cells.
781 views | 23 Nov 2003
 -> Hepatitis cases linked to onion
Green onions were the likely source of a deadly "Hepatitis A" outbreak at a Mexican restaurant in Pennsylvania, USA.
762 views | 22 Nov 2003
 -> Top 10 Internet Fads!
Kuro5shin lists an assortment of dotcom era fads that couldn't outlast their own novelty value.
1,086 views | 22 Nov 2003
 -> Odd Date..
Bet you didn't think about this: when was the last date composed of ONLY odd numbers, and when's the next?
966 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> A 'brain charger': The ultimate PDA accessory?
South Korean start-up DreamFree showcases the "Peeg" -- a peripheral for PDAs that is said to stimulate brain activity.
521 views | 19 Nov 2003
 -> Mariah Carey gets a "foothold" in China
Pictures of Mariah's mountains of luggage were plastered all over Shanghai papers, including the 350 pairs of shoes she brought with her entourage.
157,557 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> Best sci/tech gifts this season
Who says there's no science to gift giving?
18,016 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> Face transplants not fiction anymore
An issue surely not free from pithy moral, ethical and psychological questions.
9,847 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> A new crown: Miss Digital World
Sophia Loren may have been the icon of 20th-century Italian beauty, but times have changed and now she's being challenged for her crown by virtual divas in the first "Miss Digital World" competition.
12,228 views | 21 Nov 2003
 -> World's tiniest helicopter: from Epson!
Weighing only 8.9 grams, the four-legged mini-copter is equipped with four micro actuators to drive two rotors and stabilising units that make it fly and balance in the air.
1,667 views | 20 Nov 2003
 -> I love this company!
VIDEO: Steve Ballmer gets all excited about Microsoft in a presentation.
19,166 views | 20 Nov 2003
 -> "We are prepared to use any means" China says to Taiwan
China has warned Taiwan that it risks triggering war if the island's leaders pushed ahead with their drive for independence.
733 views | 18 Nov 2003
 -> EVD: China's answer to DVD
In an attempt to avoid paying DVD patent royalties to firms from US, Japan and Germany, China developed (and now released) its own format -- the EVD -- which apparentl competes very well against emerging DVD formats.
836 views | 20 Nov 2003
 -> PayPal worms rampant
Beware: Mimail.J is an email worm which disguises itself as an email from Paypal on-line payment service and tries to steal credit card information. It arrives with the subject "IMPORTANT" and attachment named www.paypal.com.pif
615 views | 19 Nov 2003
 -> Take this McJob!
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary includes the definition of a McJob: "low-paying and dead-end work". Of course McDonald's isn't too happy about it.
10,454 views | 18 Nov 2003
 -> The Congo Trek
A journey through the heart of Central Africa.
10,018 views | 18 Nov 2003
 -> New range of curry translates as "arse"
Sharwoods promised the "deliciously rich" sauces based on a traditional northern Indian method of cooking would "change the way consumers make curry". Unfortunately, £6m TV campaign was spent on a name that means..er...a human behind.
752 views | 18 Nov 2003
 -> Does God answer e-mail?
Nope, but he does answer...
258 views | 16 Nov 2003
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