Girls' generation (This photo is not directly related to the article)The government said Tuesday that it will impose an R-rating on concerts, films and music videos that expose a particular part of the bodies of young idol group members.The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced a plan to impose an age limit on all sorts of visual programs that depict idol groups with teenaged members as

(123rf)The moon is covered with soil containing a water substructure created by the constant stream of charged particles coming from the sun, U.S. researchers say.The substructure, known as a hydroxyl, consists of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen, or OH, rather than two of hydrogen and one of oxygen, or H2O, the researchers from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Michiga

 In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier while making the highest jump ever -- a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert.Felix Baumgartner hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph (1,342 kph) on Sunday, according to preliminary data, and became the first man to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet

Korean singer Psy is doing the famous "horse-riding dance" with Mark Webber of Australia (left) and Red Bull-Renault driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany (right). (AFP)South Korean pop sensation Psy admitted that he was staggered by his new-found global fame as he brought his world-famous signature horse dance to his home grand prix on Sunday.The 34-year-old, whose real name is Park Jae-Sang, rocket

(AP)British scientists say they have identified a repeating underground trigger for the largest explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth.Researchers from the University of Southampton have been studying the Las Canadas volcanic caldera on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which has generated at least eight major eruptions during the last 700,000 years.These catastrophic events have created eruption col

(123rf)An undergraduate residence hall at Massachusetts' Harvard University is drawing criticism for an in-house social event dubbed "IncestFest."Organizers said the idea behind "IncestFest" is to encourage students in the Kirkland House residence hall to hook up with other residents in the same building, the New York Daily News reported Friday."House life is incredibly close-knit, bordering on do

(FWCC- UPI)A giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach this week is probably that of a large squid, wildlife experts said of the softball-size peeper.The mysterious eye washed up on Pompano Beach where it was found by a beachcomber who gave it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday, National Geographic reported.FWCC scientists put the impressive eye on ice and

Lotte Giants celebrate after eliminating Doosan bears in the first round of the playoffs on Friday. (Yonhap News)The two teams that clashed in the second round of the South Korean baseball playoffs last year will square off in a rematch starting this week.On Tuesday, the SK Wyverns will host the Lotte Giants at their home Munhak Stadium in Incheon, just west of Seoul, to open the second round seri