Technology, for the most part, exists to make life easier. By that definition, we’ve got it pretty good thanks to the hard work of our fellow humans. In weighing the world’s most important technologies, we ruled out the nitty gritty that led to some of the creations below — transistors, electricity...

Dumisani Rebombo and his friend r***d a young girl in their village in South Africa when they were teenagers. Years later, he returned to the same village to find the woman he attacked and begged for her forgiveness. Mr Rebombo, 49, is one of thousands of men in South Africa who admit to having carried...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said the UK is Europe’s largest cocaine market – with more than one million regular users. But its report revealed the quality of the Class A drug has declined dramatically in recent years. A crackdown on traffickers has pushed prices up and led...

KANSAS CITY, Mo.  —  A sleepwalking episode led to a stabbing. The Kansas City Star reported on its Web site Wednesday that the 24-year-old victim suffered a stab wound to his face and shoulder. Police said the victim’s girlfriend awoke around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to find her boyfriend urinating...

Researchers discovered women feel most confident and happy with their love life and body shape shortly before they reach 30. It is also the period in their life when they enjoy the best sex – but the happiness is relatively shortlived. Because by the time they have turned 30 they start worrying about...

THURSDAY, June 25, 2009 (Health.com) — Iconic pop star Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Thursday at the age of 50. Details of his death are still emerging, but friends and relatives say they have been concerned about Jackson’s use of prescription painkillers. Brian Oxman, the...

Cockroaches The thing about cockroaches isn’t just that they’re incredibly gross and/or disease-ridden, but that they insist on living right in our kitchen. Most people would rather see a freaking ticking time bomb in their cabinet than a nest of these bastards. But the reason why roaches...

Sega, known for its game consoles and Sonic the Hedgehog, has gone down the rather unusual route of creating a battery powered miniature robot girlfriend for lonely adult males. Called EMA (which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualization) Sega hopes this mini-fembot, which it describes as petite, friendly...

Las Vegas might be the city where “What Happens Here, Stays Here” reigns, but despite the scandalous catchphrase, Sin City actually has a bonafide legal system comprised of real-life laws and a police squad to enforce them. You don’t say! But do tourists know about this? Not really....

I surround myself with technology the same way that some people surround themselves with friends. And just as we might have that one friend who, without even trying, can be somewhat irritating, certain technology I encounter every day can have that very same effect. In some cases, I can even grow to...