A Japanese men's clothing company has started selling a special suits designed to protect the wearer from getting infected with swine flu. The woolen business suit is coated with the chemical titanium dioxide which breaks down the virus when getting into contact with sunlight Full story

A store assistant, who normally sings while going about her duties, could have become a victim of hardline advocates of intellectual rights. The heroine of this story, Sandra Burt, 56, who lives in Clackmannanshire, Ireland, works at A&T Food store. Full story

People, who have over-indebtedness, are more likely to suffer from obesity, according to German scientists. Researchers from the University of Mainz studied the questionnaires of 949 people who were on the list of persistent defaulters. Full story

Psychotherapeutic effect of music heightens if you listen to it with your eyes closed, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The experiment showed that listening to music with one’s eyes closed caused more active response from the brain. Full story

British men suddenly got very concerned with the appearance of their… chest. Over the past five years, the number of men seeking breast reduction surgery has increased by 1000%. Full story

Harvard University hosted the 2009 Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony. Ig Nobel awards are presented for the stupidest scientific achievements as a parody of the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony which will take place next week. Full story

A prominent feminist Germaine Greer called women for sending their nude photos to British cultural critic Stephen Bayley to protest against his new book dedicated to a female body. Full story

Surprised by the number of unwanted pregnancies, British scientists set out to find how well women are aware about existing contraceptive methods. A poll showed that myths about contraception are still preserved despite widespread availability of various contraceptives Full story

Drinking a glass of wine or a few beers at a friend’s party could be much more dangerous than we think. A new study showed that having just one or two drinks within six hours before driving increases the risk of a car accident. Dr. Stefano Di Bartolomeo and his colleagues studied effects of alcohol and meal ... Full story

Researchers at the Stanford University claim that fat removed during liposuction surgery can be used as a valuable source of stem cells. Fat cells are ready to be reprogrammed into stem cells right away without preliminary growing in the lab for several weeks. Skin cells that are often used to produce stem cells must be grown from three to four weeks before they can be ... Full story

A woman, who was using a face cream to sustain her youth and beauty, nearly died instead. The Hong Kong Health Department issued a warning against using one of the face creams after the 58-year-old woman was sent to the hospital suffering from mercury intoxication as she used the cream. The woman got sick in ... Full story

According to the results of a recent study, the more symmetric face a person has, the lower his/her chances of developing psychological problems. Scientists discovered that people with high level of face symmetry, when the left side of the face is very similar to the right side, have the lower chances of having psychological problems when they are 79-83 years old. Full story

We all know that dogs exceed most animals in intelligence, but how far can their abilities reach? Humans are interested enough in that to conduct research, and some of us may get a surprise at the facts that come to light. Full story

Frequent hair combing, especially at the beauty salons, can lead to hair loss. Such conclusion was made by an Israeli dermatologist Alexander Kidman. He conducted a study for one month and determined that the more we comb our hair, the more hair we lose. Full story

If you want to be happy – get old, psychologists from California State University, US, have deduced a very debatable equation for happiness. Full story

Scientists are concerned about the safety of mosquito repellents containing DEET (Diethyl-meta-toluamide) that are widely used in summer to get rid of annoying insects. The famous repellent DEET blocks the action of the enzyme which regulates the transmission of nerve impulse. Full story

Last week US officials declared that the amount of swine flu vaccine is hardly sufficient for the whole nation, and 160 million people were designated as the priority group to receive the shots. It comes to about half of the total population of the country. Children and pregnant women are heading the lists. Full story

Every day most women spend at least a couple of minutes on deciding what to wear for work, dinner, gym, walk, etc. How much time do we spend on choosing clothes through their lives? Full story

Scientists discovered a remarkable feature of human evolution. They found out that women become more beautiful through evolution, while men don't. Sunday Times reported this study, which was conducted by a group of scientists from the Helsinki University. Full story

Bad habits, for instance smoking, drugs, and alcohol abuse, develop quite easily because they have a very strong backbone – excitement of pleasure centers in the brain. On the other hand, it takes time do feel pleasure from jogging or taking a walk. Full story