The last U.S. space shuttle departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, ending a 12-year program to build and service the orbital outpost, the primary legacy of NASA's shuttle fleet.

Forget the bellhop. Meet the luggage robot.

In the Confederate circles he navigated, John Scobell was considered just another Mississippi slave: singing, shuffling, illiterate and completely ignorant of the Civil War going on around him.

A dream comes true for Susan Boyle, the Scottish housewife-turned-superstar, whose life story is to be turned into a stage musical, it was announced recently.

What child has never dreamed of walking through Willy Wonka's chocolate factory? Even though there is no smell or taste in the cinema, there are movies that stimulate the senses and make viewers lick their lips.

Rap star Missy Elliott says she has Graves disease, a thyroid problem that caused her hair to fall out and shut down her nervous system.

Canterbury University in the earthquake-stricken New Zealand city of Christchurch is turning the traumatic experience into a new course, The Press newspaper reported Saturday.

Massive swings at Cedar Point, Kings Island, Dollywood and a Six Flags in California, plus coasters at Six Flags themed on the Green Lantern and a new Little Mermaid attraction at Disneyland are among the new attractions awaiting visitors this season at theme parks across the United States.

The prophecy of the end of the world ended with a whimper, not a bang, Saturday as life went on as usual despite warnings of Judgment Day by a U.S. preacher which provoked panic in some quarters and parties in others.

Pope Benedict XVI had a direct line to the heavens Saturday, with NASA's help.