Trevor Stokes

A new study links the diabetes drug metformin to fewer cases of pancreatic cancer -- at least in women -- but finds other diabetes medications are associated with a higher risk of the disease.

A scene from stop-motion trailer for The Pirates: Band of Misfits caused such a furor with a leprosy advocacy group, the film animators yanked the bit before the movie's release.

A tankless toilet so inspired Japan's Panasonic Corp. that the company will end their production of water-logged toilets and focus on the design alternative.

An unexplained and sometimes debilitating disease that causes oozing sores and fibers to grow from patients' skin doesn't come from a mysterious bug or virus, federal researchers reported Wednesday. The disease is all in the mind.

Six new dog breeds became eligible to compete in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, America's oldest competition dedicated to purebred dogs. Listed are 5 breeds that viewers won't see at the 2012 dog show.

Cloud computing, a way to store information and access software programs from far-away data farms is transforming computers from a product-based to a service-based industry.

Sun flares that Tuesday will bombard the Earth with solar radiation will be the strongest storm since May 2005 and has apocalyptic enthusiasts buzzing for signs of the end of the world.

The Chevy Volt got a regulatory boost Friday after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded that Chevy Volts - and electric vehicles in general - did not pose additional fire safety risks, thereby saving the emerging auto market from becoming roiled in red tape.

Electric vehicles got a regulatory boost Friday after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded that Chevy Volts - and electric vehicles in general - did not pose additional fire safety risks.

Moon colonies may exist for the next generation if officials with international space agencies have their way, according to reports.

Babies who gain weight rapidly during the first three months of life are more likely to get asthma, researchers announced Friday. Dutch researchers found an increase in shortness of breath, dry cough and persistent phlegm -- all symptoms of asthma -- in infants in the top third of weight gain in the first three months.

Here's how can reduce your chances of getting Type 2 diabetes: Drink four cups of joe a day. Epidemiologists noticed that people wired on coffee had a 50 percent reduction in adult-onset diabetes, but it wasn't until a Chinese group released a new study that suggested a molecular mechanism.

Shark attacks - the stuff of horror films - have been on the rise in Australia after a tiger shark attacked a snorkeler along the western shores Thursday, making the third attack in 2012.

Antidepressants tripled the likelihood that a nursing home resident would fall and injure themselves, according to a study published Wednesday in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

eBay users have a history of offering popular items such as iPads, Coach handbags and Hello Kitty, but the shutdown of Dublin Dr Pepper created offers on themed merchandise that included the ridiculous: Four six-packs of glass bottles of the beverage for $9,999.

Next time you sit at a movie theater snacking on a tub of popcorn, remember this: The ancient Peruvians snacked on the fluffy buffed corn thousands of years ago, according to research.

Reality TV star Nicole Snooki Polizzi showed her Twitter fans Wednesday what she looks like without her trademark bronzer, smoky eyes and fake eyelashes. Fans loved the look, but psychological studies suggest makeup still can give women an emotional edge.

Wikipedia shut down Wednesday to protest two Internet-regulation bills Congress is considering. That didn't stop high school students writing term papers from freaking out and wondering whether the protest was closer to Wiki-mageddon.

The parents of 3-year-old Amelia Mia Rivera say a hospital denied a necessary kidney transplant for their daughter because she is already too sick, according to a report from ABC World News.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia written by its users, will go dark all day Wednesday to protest two U.S. bills meant to stop illegal sharing of movies and music, but Internet users who want to search for collective articles on everything from ballet to science fiction, there are still ways.

Every January, John Brockman, the impresario and literary agent who presides over the online salon Edge.org, asks his circle of scientists, digerati and humanities scholars to tackle one question. This year, he posed the open-ended question what is your favorite deep, elegant or beautiful explanation? Scientists around the world explained their favorite theories.

Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, peered at scores of fossils 165 years ago that British researchers found, in an announcement Tuesday. Below is a list of online fossil collections, including Darwin's, that allows computer users to become armchair paleontologists.

Dwarf tossing, a barroom attraction where revelers throw padded-down dwarfs, got notoriety during the Golden Globes Sunday after actor Peter Dinklage mentioned British little person Martin Henderson who in October was picked up, dropped and severely injured in an attack outside a pub.

Email is one of the Catch-22's of an Internet-connected age: communication becomes easy enough to fill an inbox with hundreds of time-consuming messages that beg responses.

Arfa Karim Randhawa, a 16-year-old child prodigy who was the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional and the pride of Pakistan, died Saturday in a Lahore hospital after an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest left her in a coma in Dec. 28.

The 2012 Golden Globe awards show Sunday gave plenty of gorgeous gowns, quippy quotes and even a wardrobe malfunction, but for many in the industry, the Hollywood evening out begs the question: Do the Golden Globes predict forthcoming Oscar winners? The answer is: Sort of.

Researchers found for the first time brain that changes in Internet-addicted people are similar to addicts of alcohol, marijuana and even cocaine.

A new study concluded that eating a single serving of processed meats such as sausage increases your risk for cancer by a small amount.

Antidepressant use in expecting mothers can cause their babies to develop pulmonary hypertension, a condition that increases blood pressure in the lungs, according to a study published Thursday in the British Medical Journal.