No winners in U.S. Powerball, jackpot grows to $478 million

(Reuters) - No one won the multi-state Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, pushing the grand prize to $478 million, the fifth largest in the game's history and the eighth-biggest lottery prize ever in...

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Lack of exercise costs world $67.5 billion and 5 million lives a year

LONDON (Reuters) - A study of one million people has found that physical inactivity costs the global economy $67.5 billion a year in healthcare and productivity losses, but an hour a day of exercise...

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Taiwan firm's concrete temples save worshippers time and money

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Some companies in Taiwan spend months building temples with bricks and cement, but Lin Fu-Chun's firm simply pours concrete into a giant mold and waits for it to dry.

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Venezuela food shortages leave zoo animals hungry

CARACAS (Reuters) - Some 50 animals have starved to death in the last six months at one of Venezuela's main zoos, according to a union leader, due to chronic food shortages that have plagued the...

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Scientist Brian Cox holds summer master class in London for kids

(Reuters) - British physics professor Brian Cox taught students at St. Paul's Way Trust School in London on Tuesday how to create fire with methane gas.

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British 'donkey whisperer' translates 'ee-aws' using technology

(Reuters) - A self-proclaimed "donkey whisperer" is encouraging people in London to use technology to help them understand donkeys' emotions and mannerisms.

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Armani chooses Paris over Milan for Emporio line September show

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani said on Wednesday his younger and more accessible Emporio Armani line would go on show in Paris in September instead of Milan but also said...

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