The latest measurements from three independent satellites analyzed by NASA for several days in July show that Greenland's surface ice cover has melted over an area larger than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations.
Russell's viper is the scourge of Southeast Asia, responsible for more bites in that region than any other kind of snake. A somewhat unsettling video illustrates how the viper's venom solidifies the blood of its victims.
American Indians have a much higher risk for diabetes than Caucasians -- and a new study suggests their ancestors' diet may be one of the reasons they're more susceptible to the disease.
Previous studies have pegged polar bear origin at around 600,000 years ago, but they've actually existed as a distinct species as early as 5 million years ago, according to a new paper.
New research found that people having joint surgery had up to 31 times higher risk of a heart attack shortly afterward.
FDA staff are reviewing the eye drug Lucentis ahead of an advisory panel of outside experts, which meets on Thursday to vote on whether to recommend approval of expanded use of the drug, which is administered monthly by injection.
As news of America's first woman on space Sally Ride's death spread like wildfire, many expressed their support to her grieving family members including Tam O'Shaughnessy her partner of 27 years.
Tam O'Shaughnessy was Sally Ride's partner for 27 years, but their love was cut short Monday when Ride -- the first American woman in space -- died of pancreatic cancer at just 61 years old.
Researchers found that cancer patients deemed to have high social attachment - meaning they had relationships that made them feel emotionally secure and closely connected to at least one other person - are more likely to survive than patients with lesser emotional bonds.
New recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say doctors should ask women a series of questions to see if they might be at risk for high lead exposure before conducting a blood test for the heavy metal.
Sally Ride died at the age of 61 Monday, 29 years after inspiring a nation by becoming the first American woman in space.
American astronaut Sally Ride passed away peacefully after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from the company she founded.
A new study from the medical journal Lancet dispels the common misconception of India as a physically unfit country amid rising rates of diabetes and heart disease, providing evidence that the majority of Indians are, in fact, physically active.
Flocking together for self-protection isn't an altruistic move for sheep -- they're just playing the odds, researchers say.
Flies that were normally invisible to bats had a higher risk of death thanks to noisy, predator-attracting lovemaking.
Researchers found that over the past ten years, the number of patients resistant to antiretroviral therapy increased by 29 percent in East and Southern Africa.
When new planets are discovered, inevitably, excitement causes folks to wonder if it’s inhabitable. Unfortunately, such is not the case with the (as of now) designated UCF-1.01. The planet is covered in “oceans” of magma and is most definitely not inhabitable to humans. Perhaps most interesting is that, while most new planetary discoveries are of supersized planets larger than Jupiter, UCF-1.01 is about two-thirds the size of Earth.
NASA's Spitzer space telescope accidentally discovered a new planet while conducting other studies. This planet -- almost the size of Mars and covered with an ocean of molten rock -- was described by one of the space agency's scientists as being just around the corner from Earth, cosmically speaking.
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden conducted a study that led them to find a correlation between heavy use of technological devices and mental disorders.
NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) telescope recently captured, what the agency claimed, the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun's million-degree atmosphere called the corona.
Nerve cell networks in the lab are still being refined, but could eventually be an efficient way to test drugs and better understand our brains.
A team of Rutgers University researchers thinks some poor women might be getting misdiagnosed as mentally ill when their anxiety stems from the stress of poverty.
A spike in whooping cough cases among 10-year-olds and adolescents who are 13 and 14 was a concern, perhaps an indicator that the pertussis vaccine may be wearing off earlier than anticipated, Washington Health Secretary Mary Selecky said.
The CDC found that about 14 percent of pregnant women ages 35 to 44 reported having at least one drink in the previous 30 days, compared to 7.6 percent for all pregnant women and just 4.5 percent for those ages 18 to 24.
Only months after Republicans attempted to defund Planned Parenthood, they are trying to do it again. The measure has no hope of passing, but it speaks to the GOP's unending radicalism on reproductive issues
Narcolepsy drug Provigil has gained popular use among many who lack the sleep disorder needed to be prescribed the drug. The medication for adults has been referred to as “Viagra for the mind” by users who have fallen in love with its grey matter-boosting properties.
A New York-based advocacy group found that nearly 40 laws enacted across 15 states this year have the potential to restrict women's access to reproductive health care, nearly 40 years after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade made the controversial procedure legal.
Scientists were able to reduce and in some cases eliminate egg allergies in a small study of children -- but don't try this at home!
Galaxies formed in the early universe are generally irregular and clumpy, but astronomers have stumbled upon one very old galaxy that was spiral-shaped nearly 11 billion years ago -- much earlier than previously thought possible.
While there's increasing hopes for an end to the AIDS epidemic, African-American gay men are still the most disproportionately affected subsection of the population.
