Highly respected Forbes magazine has published its annual “Most powerful women” list. For the third year running, Germany chancellor ranks first on the list. Angela Merkel is the world's most powerful woman. Forbes says that Merkel contributed greatly to the German economy and her political achievements are hard to overestimate. Full story

British doctors successfully performed the surgery to save the baby who was growing not in the womb, but in the abdomen. Jayne Jones, 38, had repeating abdominal pains during her pregnancy. At a routine ultra-sound scan, doctors surprisingly saw a well growing baby outside the womb. Full story

Italian sociologists have conducted a poll to reveal top 10 sexiest male professions. The poll involved over 1000 women (age 22-55 years). It is interesting that the absolute majority of women named the men in uniform. The hottest favorites were law enforcement officers. Full story

If you think working the night shift is safe to your health, you make a mistake. In fact, experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) classify night work as carcinogen. WHO is officially announcing their findings as early as in December of this year. The organization is also going to insist on putting night shift jobs on the list of perceived carcinogens. Full story

It turns out even the faintest smell of a substance in male sweat is enough to increase the cortisol hormone level in women. In its turn, the cortisol is responsible for stress and sexual desire of the fair sex and even influences the ovulation in female body. Full story

A baby's first words are often "mama" and "papa", and it seems so natural for us that we hardly think why babies actually utter these words first. But the experts at the University of British Columbia have made brain scans of babies to successfully crack that mystery. The secret lies in repeating the same syllables. Full story

American scientists discovered that living in a megalopolis is far more harmful than smoking. The negative health impact of urban air is equal to smoking of 300 cigarettes per day. Experts at the Louisiana State University found free radicals in polluted air. These radicals are harmful to the lungs and can cause cancer of different organs in healthy people without their having other disease risk factors. Full story

Beauty is just about physical symmetry, British scientists say. By means of modern devises, they measured 24 parts of the body in a large group of people. Among these parts were breast and hip diameter, elbow and shoulder joints and the other spots. Full story

Do you often experience a job-related stress? You come back home exhausted and you wished it were Sunday again? Do you think nothing could be harder than your job? American Physiological Association decided to make a list of the most stressful jobs. Top jobs on the list are those many people just dream of getting. Full story

Despite the fact that condoms are publicly available, people very often disregard this contraception method. According to a research done by Durex in 2003, the Chinese have the highest tendency to have sex with a new partner without the use of condoms (70%), the next are the Czechs (58%) and the British (34%). The French take the greatest care of their sexual safety - only 9% are ready to risk their sexual health. Here are some interesting facts about condoms you didn’t know. Full story

Contraceptive pills can ruin a relationship, scientists at the University of Liverpool (Britain) report. According to the study, taking hormone contraceptives regularly can disrupt an instinctive mechanism by which women judge the genetic compatibility of men. Full story

In Great Britain one of the largest pharmacological companies is preparing the release of a new, extra strong drug against cold. Specialists state, that this drug not only can help you forget about running nose for a couple of hours but can also prevent the development of various infections which can become dangerous for asthmatics. Full story

Butt bra has been developed in the States. American psychologist Karin Hart registered the patent for her invention called Biniki. Hart says her extraordinary bra is going to make a saggy butt look real good. Narrow straps of a new bra go around your waist and fasten under your buttocks, lifting them to create the image of athletic and neat figure. Full story

Every woman in her life probably comes across a situation when she has to go for a date right after work. According to the results of a questionnaire, 42% of women do not wish to go on a date wearing office clothes. Over half of the questioned ladies admitted doing some shopping during the lunch so that they can look good in the evening on the date. Designers created dresses which can easily change your look depending on the situation and even transform from a strict office variant into a sexy date outfit. Full story

A new way of making sex as pleasurable as possible has been created in the form of gel. The gel is said to prolong and intensify woman’s orgasm. After applying it, the orgasm may last 3 times more. As scientists claim, the orgasm of an average woman lasts 25-30 seconds. The orgasm gel developers claim, that the female sexual peak is going to last up to 107 seconds with it. Full story

Now genetics know how to explain why some people are good and efficient workers, while others would rather sit around the house and watch TV all day long. Laziness gene has been found by scientists at University of North Carolina. They have discovered 20 genome parts responsible for laziness in mice and also selected a new, lazy, mouse breed. Full story

Flip-flops are very popular in summer. Although walking in flip-flops may endanger healthy legs. The scientists at Auburn University, Alabama, reported the health risks associated with flip-flops after they had videoed and examined in details the motions of 39 volunteers wearing flip-flops. Full story

Medics are currently testing a new method of excess weight loss, which lets the patient live their normal life without changing their nutritional habits or dieting. The reduction of the calorie intake is provided by electronic implant VBLOC made by EnteroMedics. The new invention is said to have little or no side effects. Full story

Viagra helps not only men, but women as well; this sensational statement was made by scientists from New Mexico University, USA. 98 women, who were taking antidepressants, participated in the study. This group of medicaments reduced depression symptoms and are euphorigenic, but the side effects include lowered libido and inability to have orgasm. Full story

Lipstick produced by many leading makeup manufacturers contain too much leads - these data were obtained by a large-scale makeup testing in the US and Canada. The study involved samples of such well-known brands as Dior, L’Oreal and Covergirl. Two-thirds of the examined samples contained twice as much lead, as it is permitted by the sanitary standards. Full story