Barack Obama and David Cameron are both worried that they'll have no time to think if they get into power. The Magazine offers some tips for them - and the rest of us - to ruminate on.

Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, wonders how the world can be weaned off its oil habit.

Politicians are always being told they should speak to more real people - but look what happens when they do.

Plans to erect a bronze statue of a Cornish miner are being threatened by rising copper prices.

Stars of The Golden Compass talk about one of the year's most talked-about Hollywood film.

The case of a man caught simulating sex with his bicycle prompts online comment about privacy.

Michio Kaku explores what life will be like in the 'Age of Mastery'.

Tim Henman wins an epic match against Carlos Moya at Wimbledon, triumphing 13-11 in the fifth and deciding set.

A new mobile phone has been launched amid much fanfare and hype. But, as a survey reveals half of adults feel overwhelmed by technology, not everyone's jumping up and down.

BBC News website readers have been sending in their stories and pictures of how the weather has affected them.

A look at what's making the headlines in Tuesday's morning newspapers.

A psychologist looks for the origins of mystical belief with a murderer's cardigan and Einstein's pen.

The global videogame industry is in Edinburgh for a conference to discuss the future of the business.

Swearing in the office is acceptable to UK managers, a survey suggests.

A company specialising in making and restoring rocking horses adds Hollywood to its customers.

It is estimated that there is one gun for every 20 Africans. Does easy access to guns equal more violent crime?

King Kong's co-creators were men who brought their daredevil pasts to the screen in the 1930s classic.

Wallace and Gromit film The Curse of the Were-Rabbit goes to the top of the US box office on its release.

Scientists have shown that Western and Eastern people look at the world in different ways.

An Australian couple are told they can sue director James Cameron over Terminator 2's shape-shifting villain.