Some say she looks like a ghost from the Pac-Man video game, but she's anything but spooky. In fact, the fist-sized pink octopus is so cute scientists may call her "Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis."

Researchers in California are looking for an appropriate Latin species designation for the mysterious cephalopod and, while little is yet known about it, few would deny that the specimens found so far are adorable.

Japan is holding its first ever toilet design contest, with organizers looking for "most comfortable", "cheapest for the developing world" and "safest for women", officials have said.

In a bid to find the nation's loveliest lavatories, a government panel is seeking applications that prove designers are thinking big about the littlest room.

Finland's health ministry on Wednesday urged Finns to occasionally eat their meals standing up in a bid to combat health problems linked to a sedentary lifestyle.

"Many things can be done in a standing position or walking around instead of sitting down. Standing up also works for reading a newspaper, eating, taking a coffee break and watching television," the ministry recommended in a new publication entitled "Sit Less, Feel Better".

London's Natural History Museum is trialing a quirky system using female moth pheromones to confuse males into homosexual activity in its battle to stop the damaging cloth-eating insects from breeding.

British agricultural technology company Exosect impregnates wax tablets with minute levels of the pheromones, which rub off on amorous male moths, who in turn go on to attract other males.

Dancing after midnight in Tokyo will no longer be illegal -- as long as it's not too dark -- after Japan's parliament Wednesday voted to relax laws that banned boogying in one of the world's clubbing capitals.

Under current rules dance clubs across the country are supposed to stop people from shaking their stuff once the clock ticks over to 12 am.

Donald Trump has landed himself in hot water with Neil Young after the singer-songwriter accused the White House hopeful of not having permission to use his hit "Rockin' In The Free World."

Earlier Tuesday, the property tycoon threw his hat into the ring for the 2016 U.S. presidential race, striding onto stage after sailing down an escalator to the strains of Young's 1989 hit.

On social media and red carpets, from New York to China, hairy underarms are having a mainstream moment.

Women are proudly showing off their growth on Instagram and YouTube, and it's not just Miley Cyrus anymore. Jemima Kirke of "Girls" flashed her fair-colored au naturel look — earning some cringes — at the June 1 CFDA awards, one of the top fashion events of the year.

A tribal court in southern Pakistan has convicted a 10-year-old boy of having an affair with a married woman in her late 30s and ordered him to pay a fine of $7,000, police said Tuesday.

The incident occurred Monday in the remote village of Bakhrani in Sindh province, 510 kilometers (320 miles) north of Karachi.

A group of Russian football lovers has started a fund-rising campaign aimed at collecting the sum of 21.4 million euros ($24.2 million) needed to buy the national squad manager Fabio Capello out of his contract.

"Dear friends! We believe that everyone who is not indifferent to the fate of Russia's football has been bitterly disappointed with our national side's recent performances," said the statement at the main page of the www.fabiogohome.betfoot.ru site.

The mayor of a central New Jersey town is barring nonresidents from entering the community via a major highway — but it's just a temporary prohibition.

Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty announced the decision in a twitter posted around 3 p.m. Sunday. He says traffic into the town from Route 35 is "shut down immediately" because the Monmouth County community of about 6,000 people has "reached its capacity." Doherty says the decision was made for public safety reasons.