Heather Mills' false leg fell off in a supermarket. The model and charity campaigner - who lost part of her left limb when she was hit by a police motorcycle in 1993 - had to be rescued by two youths after taking a tumble while out shopping.

She wrote on her Twitter page: "Slipped on spilled milk while being followed down supermarket aisle by two teenage boys, ended up on my a*s but they rescued my leg and me."

Have you hear the one about the scientist who set out to alleviate diseases associated with menopause and found a solution for world hunger? No, really.

Scientist Loretta Mayer, a researcher at Northern Arizona University, along with colleagues there and at the University of Arizona, discovered a a nontoxic chemical technology causes infertility in rats.

Gisele Bundchen is the highest-earning model in the world. The Brazilian beauty has topped the list compiled by Forbes.com for the third year running after making an impressive $25 million from June 2008 to June 2009.

Despite raking in a fortune, Gisele - who married American football star Tom Brady in February - has been hit by the global economic crisis, making $10 million less than in the previous financial year.

Japanese scientists have created the world's first transgenic monkeys that can pass to their offspring genes that make their skin glow a fluorescent green, according to the journal Nature.

The scientists successfully integrated the GFP gene of a jellyfish into the DNA of the common marmoset, said the research published in this week's issue of the science magazine. Monkeys born to the genetically-engineered marmoset inherited the GFP genes so the skin on the soles of their feet also glows green when exposed to ultraviolet light.

Beyonce Knowles buys clothes which are too small for her as a motivation to lose weight. The singer-and-actress, who is famed for her curvy figure, admits it takes a lot of hard work for her to stay in shape so she needs to have a goal.

She said: "I buy something too small and then say, 'I have a reason.' I need to wear these jeans or this hot dress."