A 25-year-old Australian woman has admitted to undergoing plastic surgery so she can look like Jessica Rabbit, the cartoon character from the 1988 movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” Penny Brown, who has a 26-inch waist, always had a naturally curvy figure. But the military wife is on a mission to morph her body to look like the ultra-curvaceous, red-headed cartoon, …

Two teenagers have died after falling from a balcony while “kissing” and “frolicking” on the sixth floor of a block of flats Police, who were called just after midnight to Knights Tower, in Deptford, south London, have described the deaths of the 18-year-old man and 19-year-old woman as as “tragic accident”.

New data from the 2013 Canadian Community Health Survey show that roughly one in five youths aged 12 to 17 reported height and weight that classified them as overweight or obese. The survey results also show important shifts in the health and behaviour of the Canadian population. For example, 55.2% of Canadians aged 12 and older in 2013 (16.1 million) …

The RCMP is leading a major operation operation across the province against what it is calling two Italian-based organized crime cells. The operation involves 200 officers and is being executed in some 30 locations, including in Montreal, Quebec City, Laval and Gatineau. They have warrants for 32 people who are all considered violent and dangerous.

Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered trackways formed on an ancient seabed, which could solve the mystery of how ancient marine reptiles such as nothosaurs, which lived during the age of the dinosaurs, used to swim and survive in the deep waters of pre-historic seas.

Death isn’t stopping Sigourney Weaver – or even slowing her down – as James Cameron confirms today that the Oscar-nominated actress will be part of the next three Avatar films.

A rare and spectacular butterfly may be attempting to colonise the UK after adults recently emerged on the south coast, Butterfly Conservation has revealed. A dozen adult Continental Swallowtail butterflies Papilio machaon gorganus have been seen across Sussex in the last few weeks after successfully overwintering in the UK.

A major fossil discovery in Canada sheds new light on the development of the earliest vertebrates, including the origin of jaws, the first time this feature has been seen so early in the fossil record. A key piece in the puzzle of the evolution of vertebrates has been identified, after the discovery of fossilised fish specimens, dating from the Cambrian …

A new study suggests that people with diets higher in protein, especially from fish, may be less likely to have a stroke than those with diets lower in protein. “The amount of protein that led to the reduced risk was moderate-equal to 20 grams per day,” study author Xinfeng Liu, MD, PhD, of Nanjing University School of Medicine in Nanjing, …

Dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies defy the accepted model of galaxy formation, and recent attempts to wedge them into the model are flawed, reports an international team of astrophysicists.

Even though red meat might be delicious, new research has found even more evidence that this source of protein can be bad for one’s health. Previous studies have found that red meat consumption increases one’s risk of cardiovascular disease and obesity. Now, according to a new study, red meat might increase women’s risk of breast cancer.