Crowds have gathered across the US to protest against Monday's decision not to charge a policeman over the killing of black teen Michael Brown.

This Oregon woman is paying her bills by cuddling with people all day. It might not sound like much of a career choice, but believe it or not, Samantha Hess is making a decent living out of hugging. Within a week of opening her store – ‘Cuddle Up To Me’ – she has already gotten requests from a whopping 10,000 customers!

This weekend, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoferetti will travel to the International Space Station with precious cargo in tow -- a specially designed espresso machine that will produce the authentic Italian brew in zero gravity. In addition to being Italy's first female astronaut to go into space, she'll be the first astronaut in history to sip real espresso while orbiting the Earth.

A single 10-second kiss can transfer as many as 80 million bacteria, according to Dutch scientists.