In designer-obsessed Hong Kong, keeping up appearances can be hard on the pocketbook. One company has an answer: Cash-strapped shoppers can get money quickly by pawning their Gucci, Chanel, Hermès or Louis Vuitton luxury handbags.

In a major milestone, NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) new black-hole-hunter spacecraft — Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) — has detected its first 10 super massive black holes, lying at the hearts of distant galaxies between 0.3 and 11.4 billion light-years from Earth.

Italian director Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary Holy GRA, which looks into everyday life off a Rome ring road, won the Golden Lion for best movie at the Venice film festival on Saturday.

Dog owners may soon be able to command their pet with a remote control!
Scientists have developed a remote control system for dogs which will allow owners to command their canines wirelessly.

A middle-aged US man has taken his search for love to new heights by shelling out “a few thousand dollars” on a giant billboard, overlooking a busy Chicago expressway, to advertise his quest for a perfect soulmate.

For the first time, scientists have found that the human brain has a “map” for perceiving numbers.
Topographical maps of the human brain are known to exist for the primary senses, such as sight, hearing and touch, but this is the first time such a map has been found for numerosity, or number sense.

In a breakthrough, scientists have created an array of solar cells that can withstand the blazing glare of 70,000 Suns.

Critics have tipped movies from Britain, Japan and the United States to win Venice’s Golden Lion prize this year, due to be announced at the world’s oldest film festival on Saturday.

A US porn actor has tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, the third such case reported in less than three weeks, leading a Los Angeles-based trade group for adult filmmakers to call a fresh nationwide moratorium on Friday on productions.

Australian billionaire James Packer and his second wife Erica Baxter have announced their separation after six years of marriage.