A mother lived in a house filled with rubbish with the skeletal remains of her son

They wanted to rob the pizza guy. They did not expect a 250-pound, ex-NFL linebacker to deliver it.

It may be housed in a retired passenger jet, but China's latest fine-dining restaurant has more on the menu than the typical mile-high cuisine.

And his complaint on Facebook has the internet in hysterics.

A young man who made a giant heart from hundreds of fruits for a public love confession was left humiliated when his advances were rejected by the girl of his dreams.

On her first day with a new class, this teacher decided to rap through the lesson, tweaking the likes of Drake's Hotline Bling to help educate her kids.

Scientists have discovered something strange deep in the jungle of Madagascar: the "ghost snake".

If you're a night owl, and you can handle subzero temperatures, you may be eligible to apply for the world's coolest job.

One woman got a surprise when looking through her holiday snaps.

Father-of-three Mark Tromp, who went missing in bizarre circumstances five days ago, has been found near a Victorian airport.

Could meditating in your lounge be just as good for you as that break in Fiji? Scientists have the answers.

After her farmyard-mad son insisted on a birthday cake depicting a cow giving birth, this mum decided she had no choice but to come to the party.

This feline resident of a Swiss hostel has an important job to do.

Scientists have created an entirely soft robot, an edible battery, and a potential way to "jump-start" patients in comas using ultrasound.

There must be something in the water in this area of Scotland, as new school enrollments bring the total to 80 sets of twins in one region's primary schools.

A store is refusing to serve Harry Potter fans because it sells 'spiritual tools' not toys for young Muggles

If you worry that people today are using social media as a crutch for a real social life, a new study will set you at ease.

There's a judicial no-man's land in a beautiful part of the USA, where a murderer could get off scot-free, says a law professor.

Attendees at a charity event in the UK were delighted by a Winnie the Pooh-like cloud drifting across the sky.

US researchers have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3D printed components to build "biohybrid" robots that crawl like sea turtles on beach.

Inside the magical world of "Bronies".

Chocolate ice cream may be so calorific it can produce enough energy to heat homes, scientists have discovered.

New Zealanders think micro-brewed beer isn't just any old beer but a deep and meaningful experience to be treasured.

Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere have provided new clues about its history.

When it comes to product recalls - at least in terms of creepiness - Sony probably takes the cake.

Can you tell the difference between a slice of ham and the moon?

A Texan zoo has found a creative way to keep a llama cool in temperatures of more than 40C.

A German tech fair has seen the debut of a home helper robot which comes with facial expressions that signal happiness, worry, interest, or anger.

In a bizarre coincidence, a photo was uncovered that included both a groom and his future mother in law, 15 years before they met.

The first study to measure the number of neurons in the brains of birds has found that they have more in their small brains than mammalian and primate brains of the same mass.