The head of Britain’s largest trade union said on Tuesday that he did not expect British Airways cabin crew to take strike action during the week of the royal wedding at the end of April.

The Hubble space telescope has zoomed into the Hanny’s Voorwerp (Hanny’s object), an unexplained space oddity, to unveil a pocket of young star clusters within it and solve other mysteries.

The sight of flying saucers could drive people into panic on the streets, sci-fi would have us believe.
But people have become so used to the idea of alien life that they would be “unfazed” if little green men appeared in their presence, argues psychologist Albert Harrison, reports the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

After his much publicised separation from British actress Liz Hurley, Indian businessman Arun Nayar is reportedly dating a 25-year-old model who is a lookalike of his estranged wife.

A FRENZY of betting has started in the UK after British footballer David Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former pop singer, announced they are expecting their fourth child this summer.

An Italian art historian claims to have solved the mystery of the exact location of the landscape which provides the background to Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Mona Lisa.

In a remarkable research discovery, clues about how the human gut helps regulate our appetite have come from a most unusual source — fruit fly faeces.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge are using the fruit fly to help understand aspects of human metabolism, including why pregnant women suffer from bloating and constipation, and even the link between a low calorie diet and longevity.

Princess-to-be Kate Middleton, who turned 29 today, celebrated her last birthday as a commoner privately with some close friends and her husband-to-be Prince William in southern England.

Hollywood’s “It” couple Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise have reportedly decided to boycott next month’s Oscars because they are miffed with actress Anne Hathaway, who will be hosting the ceremony.

Fed up with traffic jams and lack of parking spaces? Just cheer up, for scientists claim to have designed an electric car which can beat traffic congestion and even capable of parking itself.