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It would seem that more and more of us are opting for a bit of help to slow the appearance of ageing.

The idea of growing old gracefully - wrinkles and all - seems anathema to a growing number of Britons.

The cosmetic procedures industry is booming. It has undergone an....
A broadband bill sent to a deceased man, which included a fine for late payment, has been shared more than 53,000 times by Facebook users.

Social media experts say it is a reminder of the importance of responding quickly and publicly to complaints made on social networks.
Drinking one or more cans of sugary soft drinks a day is linked to an increased risk of diabetes in later life, a study suggests.

A can a day raises the relative risk of diabetes by about a fifth, compared with one can a month or under, say European scientists.

The....
Facebook’s gotten into trouble over the years for auto-sharing e-commerce activity. Determined to avoid another Beacon fiasco or scare people away from Offers they don’t want to tell friends about, Facebook now lets you choose to privately claim an offer rather than automatically share the....
Carmaker Hyundai has apologised and pulled an online advert that depicted a man attempting to kill himself with exhaust fumes in its new model.

Hyundai said it "sincerely apologises for the offensive viral video".

The advert, highlighting the car's "100% water....
Audiences around the world flocked to see Iron Man 3 over the weekend, enabling the latest title from Marvel to beat the debut of Avengers Assemble.

The film, starring Robert Downey Jr as a metal-clad crime-fighter, made $195.3 million (£125.7m) in 42 markets ahead of its US release....
The prevailing image of North Korea in Western minds is a closed society where the people have little sense of life beyond its borders. How, then, does one explain the mobile phones, DVDs and - most bizarrely of all - South Korean chocolate snacks.

Not a week goes by without the....
op Brazilian football club Fluminense has asked its supporters and players to abandon an internet campaign encouraging them to pose as Taliban fighters and post the photos online.

The campaign began after the club was defeated in a match for the South American Copa Libertadores.
With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Officer Richard Donahue has been recovering alongside victims injured in the....
The amount of time asthma patients spend soaking up the sun may have an impact on the illness, researchers have suggested.

A team at King's College London said low levels of vitamin D, which is made by the body in sunlight, was linked to a worsening of symptoms.

Its....
It is a familiar part of flying. As you taxi towards the runway, a crackly voice is heard over the intercom. The pilot’s brief summary of the route, flight time, and weather conditions are designed to inform but also to reassure. The familiar refrain tells passengers the plane is in safe, human....
The risk of developing bunions - bony growths on the big toe - is linked to your family, not your shoes, a US study has shown.

The Framingham Foot Study looked at 1,370 adults and found strong family histories of the condition.

They say this suggests people have a....
The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry makes a headlong rush into social....
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The spy satellite that was donated to NASA in 2012 might be one of the next objects in line to be sent to Mars.

The satellite was one of two that were built for a National Reconnaissance Office program called Future Imagery Architecture. Unfortunately, the program was terminated in....
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