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People suffering from diabetes are more vulnerable to dementia, said scientists at a Japanese university.

If the pardon board shows no mercy to his plea for polygraph test on Wednesday, Troy Davis will be executed on Wednesday for a murder that he claims he did not commit.

A recent footage from remote-controlled submersibles reveals rare deep-sea male squid of Pacific Ocean are bisexual and prefer to mate in the dark.

Miss Angola may end up being dethroned by the Miss Universe organizers. But she will not be the first beauty to win and then give up her title. The Miss Universe pageant has a scandalous past where many beauty queens were forced to resign from their reign for some known or unknown reasons.

A woman with a rare medical condition known as uterus didelphys, or double uterus, gave birth to twins at a Florida hospital last week.

The study conducted by West Virginia University researchers revealed teenagers – especially boys - when followed a regular regimen of exercise and counseling, were very likely to quit smoking.

NASA astronauts will soon get their own space taxi to shuttle between the International Space Station and the Earth, the space agency said on Monday.

Roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices, killer of many U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, can now be detected before they explode from a safe distance by a laser beam, researchers from Michigan State University say.

Scientists at a Japanese university say people suffering from diabetes have a greater chance of developing dementia.

Global warming is temporarily on hold as the deep ocean currents and circulations absorb the sun's heat before releasing it finally, scientists said on Sunday.

The charity biker festival at Tennessee turned out to be tragedy as three men and two women died inside a recreational vehicle in the campground, after they apparently inhaled fumes from a generator.

The 63rd Primetime Emmy's ceremony this year was dominated with beauties in sizzling red hot gowns.

A new study reveals that from 2004 to 2009, a total of 422 children, under the age of five, were admitted in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington hospitals, diagnosed with abusive head injuries. Majority of them had to be admitted to the intensive care unit and 16 percent died of the injuries.

New investigations reveal that the World War II-era plane that crashed at the Reno Air Race show Friday, killing nine people, had undergone a radical makeover to increase its speed at the cost of stability.

A team of scientists from Delhi University, Bombay Natural History, Zoological Survey of India, and Brussels' Vrije University discovered frog species that belong to the night frog group and rediscovered three frog species which were thought to be extinct.

The Forbes 2011 list of Hollywood’s top 5 richest teenage celebrities and their photos.

Pat Robertson’s latest comment on condoning divorce when spouse has Alzheimer’s is outrageous and violates the sanctity of marriage, feel many offended Christians.

A vintage World War II plane crashed into a crowd and killed at least 12 people in Nevada on Friday.

NASA along with the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, will launch the first manned Soyuz rocket on Nov. 14 this year. Their last initiative of a similar booster carrying a robotic cargo ship last month was a failure.

Colorful feathers which scientists believe belonged to the late Cretaceous period dinosaurs have been unearthed.

A team of Florida scientists have discovered fossil of a giant crocodile from a Colombian coal mine.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said all 115 flu deaths that took place between Sept. 1, 2010 and Aug. 31, 2011 could effectively be prevented with influenza vaccine.

Brad Pitt in a recent interview given to the U.S. magazine, Parade, admits his marriage with Jennifer Aniston was miserable and that he is now leading quite an “interesting life” with Angelina!

Breast and cervical cancers kill 625,000 women worldwide every year, reported researchers in the first global review of breast and cervical cancer.

A Canadian researcher, Ryan McKellar, discovered samples of colorful feathers that possibly belonged to an unknown dinosaur species of the late Cretaceous period. The journal Science described the discovery as the richest amber feather find from the late Cretaceous period, which was about 80 million years ago.

A new form of yeast that includes synthetic DNA has been created by a team of John Hopkins researchers. This new yeast will help scientists understand how genomes work and will help them rearrange its genetic material as they wish.

NASA is all set to come up with a $30 billion rocket that will eventually carry astronauts to the Mars, said the agency on Wednesday.

Beyonce’s 41-year-old rapper husband Jay-Z has a 9-year-old lovechild.

Spraying insulin twice daily in the nose can control early Alzheimer's disease, a study published online in the Archives of Neurology suggests.