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A firm based in Vienna, Franz Architekten, redesigned the traditional farmhouse with the ‘Family House in Zellerndorf‘ in Austria. [More]

The human-electric hybrid vehicle, ‘Imagine PS‘ (power station), which can run 100kph on the flat and 50kph uphill, is due to be commercially available next year. [More]

Today’s superheroes send out ‘wrong message’ to boys as they promote violence and revenge as a way fo life, according to psychologists who spoke at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. [More]

Scientists believe that the reason why Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system is because it swallowed up a smaller rival after collision. [More]

People high in trust are more accurate at detecting the liars according to a study in the current Social Psychological and Personality Science. [More]

German and Swiss researchers on a EUREKA project have come up with technology that they think could soon bring 3D experience into our houses at an affordable price. [More]

This image shows two Antennae galaxies slowly crashing into one another. [More]

A new study from the American Cancer Society shows that having a large waist means a higher risk of death whether a person was normal weight, overweight or obese. [More]

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking said that our only chance for long-term survival is to inhabit far planets. [More]

Renown fashion label Marc Jacobs is ready to become the first high-profile house to produce a clothing line for plus-size women. [More]

Virtuoso violinist Vanessa Mae is hoping to represent Thailand as a downhill skier at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. [More]

A building in Japan has been labeled the PS3 Building for its striking resemblance with the famous game console. [More]

The new CD by the young German violinist Julia Fischer finds solutions to Paganini’s devilish violin caprices giving expression and character to music of hair-raising difficulty. [More]

Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, has just unmasked his preliminary designs for Denver International Airport’s South terminal redevelopment program. The redevelopment is said to not only “enhance the airport’s connectivity and functionality, but is also expected to create more than 6,600 jobs.” [More]

Below are just some of the sample art works that could easily be mistaken for oil paintings but the truth is they’ve been created on an iPad. [More]

A study has found that having sisters apparently make us nicer people. [More]

‘Ratatosk’, an old Norse word meaning ‘drill-tooth’, is an art installation by Helen and Hard, a Norwegian design firm. It is currently on display at the V&A museum in London. [More]

New research from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management reveals that ovulating women unconsciously buy sexier clothes not to impress men, but to outdo rival women during the handful of days each month when they are ovulating. [More]

Professor Frank Fenner predicted that the human race will be extinct within the next 100 years.

“It’s an irreversible situation. I think it’s too late. I try not to express that because people are trying to do something, but they keep putting it off,” he said.

He further explained by saying that since we humans entered Anthropocene, the current geological period, wherein human activities have a powerful effect on the global environment, we have had an effect on the planet ‘that rivals any ice age of comet impact’.

“Climate change is just at the very beginning. But we’re seeing remarkable changes in the weather already.

“The Aborigines showed that without science and the production of carbon dioxide and global warming, they could survive for 40,000 or 50,000 years.

“But the world can’t. The human species is likely to go the same way as many of the species that we’ve seen disappear.”

The vice-chairman of the Optimum Population Trust, Simon Ross, said: “Mankind is facing real challenges including climate change, loss of bio-diversity and unprecedented growth in population.”

Drinking two large glasses of milk a day after a weight-lifting training contributes to losing more fat and gaining more muscle according to a McMaster University study. [More]