It's Valentine's Day! The special day of the year when we show our appreciation for people we care about by exchanging cards, chocolates and even exorbitant gifts. So how did th...

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano has been a feast for the eyes ever since it started to actively erupt last year in November.  However, in the last couple of days the lava spew has been...

Most of us are content to watch the Kilauea volcano eruption from the safety of our homes, or if we happen to be in Hawaii, from a safe distance, with at least a few miles betwe...

How much is the American penny really worth? To some people a lot - to others it's a worthless piece of coin that should be abolished, especially given that it costs the U.S. Mi...

The normally blue skies of Northern California are hazy these days, engulfed by smoke from the hundreds of fires that are still burning in the water-parched hills and valleys of...

While a lot of you may not know who Bill Gates is, most of you have probably heard about Microsoft - the world's biggest software company he founded in 1975 at the tender age of...

While the rules may be similar, the terrain is not - no well-manicured field for these soccer players - they like to get down and dirty as they battle it out for the World Cup C...

For nearly two years now, scientists in the Western Hemisphere have been racking their brains over the mystery of the vanishing honeybees. Now German Professor Juergen Tautz and...

Pixar's much-awaited movie about WALL-E, a robot who gets left behind on an abandoned Earth, opened to rave reviews this weekend, despite the fact that there is almost no dialog...

They came in all shapes, sizes and colors, donned in their best surf shorts - all ready to take on the next big wave. Yup, surfing has definitely gone to the dogs, at least in S...