SCIENCE

A new study says the swine flu pandemic of 2009 might have killed as many as 579,000 people. The original count, compiled by the World Health Organization, put the number at 18,500.

A new study concludes that a paddle-like freestyle stroke, rather than a sculling method where the arm moves in an S-curve, is more effective.

Blazing wildfires have the tourist-dependent communities of northern and central Colorado on edge as dramatic images of flaming vacation homes permeate the evening news.

More math equations in biology research papers translated into fewer citations of that paper by other researchers, a new study found.

There are snowflakes on Mars. Although they're not the type you can stick out your tongue and lick, as Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have found that the carbon dioxide snow particles are roughly the size of a human red blood cell.

Lightning is striking all over the East Coast -- don't be caught in the storm!

A new survey suggests that Republicans are convincing voters to reject Obama's reform even when they like much of what is in it, such as allowing children to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26.

Doctors say most of the 20 girls that suffered a mysterious ailment shed their Tourette-like symptoms and returned to a normal life in time for high school graduation on Sunday.

A Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts successfully completed a manual docking, or link-up between two separate spacecraft on Sunday the first- ever for the country.

Most Americans are concerned about the public-health consequences of antibiotic overuse, even as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration drags its heels in developing regulations for the meat industry.

Regardless of whether you give credence to doomsday prophecies, there are some slightly credible scenarios in which the world will end -- either with a bang or with a whimper.

The lone star tick is what insiders are saying is responsible for the wave of meat allergies spreading up the East Coast. Named for the white spot on its back, the lone star tick makes its mark by biting its victim and releasing saliva into the wound, which triggers an allergic reaction to meat.

A powerful anti-smoking ad from Thailand where children with cigarettes in their hands ask smokers for a light and the smokers chide them on the harmful effects of puffing tobacco has gone viral.

In interviews with 700 adults with a drunk-driving conviction, researchers found that nearly half had either been drinking heavily for the long haul, or had fallen back into heavy drinking after trying to cut down for a time.

Popularly promoted remedies for jellyfish stings range from vinegar to meat tenderizer to urine. But less outlandish methods are more broadly effective, researchers found.

Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory have raised the aviation alert level around a remote volcano after a small eruption produced an ash cloud several miles high.

Drones can save lives! Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or Conservation Drones will soon be used to save nature and protect endangered species in Nepal, after the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) successfully tested drones for monitoring activities in protected zones.

Anne Hathaway stuck to an intense diet and exercise regimen while slimming down for the filming of The Dark Knight Rises and Les Miserables surviving on radishes and hummus at one point. But she's not the only celeb who has undertaken an extreme diet.

Just what they would want to replace it with, though, is not clear.

Engineers have developed a camera that can potentially capture up to 50 gigapixels of data - or 50,000 megapixels. That's a huge leap ahead of most digital cameras on the general market that take photographs between 8 and 40 megapixels in size.

Scientists have found the earliest evidence of dairy farming in Africa in the form of traces of animal fats on pottery shards.

Body Exchange, a Canadian gym located in the heart of Vancouver, prides itself on being plus-size friendly as a work out sanctuary for those who are considered overweight. But the owner of the gym went as far as instating a ban on skinny people at the gym to preserve that environment.

Serious flooding is taking place in Duluth, Minn. on Wednesday, June 20 as torrential rainfall is bombarding the North Shore of the city. According to weather reports, a series of training thunderstorms, that all passed over the same region, has dumped 4 - 5 inches of rain over the large area of Northern Minnesota. Evacuations are under way in the Fond du Lac neighborhood of Duluth and in Thomson Township, while Duluth fire and police crews are trying to take control of the situation.

As a massive heatwave rolls through the northeast, electricity companies recommend turning off unused appliances and lights to make sure the power keeps flowing.

People with severe psoriasis were 46 percent more likely to get a diabetes diagnosis than people without the condition, after weight and other health measures were taken into account, according to a new study.

A report found that in 2008, the pregnancy rate for the 20 to 24 age group was 163 per 1,000 women. By comparison, in 1990 that demographic had a pregnancy rate of 198.5 per 1,000, which was nearly 18 percent higher than in 2008.

Editors of the journal PLoS Medicine said their publication and other medical journals have failed to shine a strong enough light on the influence of food companies on national and global health, and are aiming to correct that with a new series.

Imagine achieving that clean just-stepped-out-of-the shower feeling without ever setting foot in a bathtub or soaping up. That's exactly what one South African college student, Ludwick Marishane, achieved with his product invention called DryBath, a new way to take a bath sans water through a clear topical gel applied to the skin.

New York City residents added 10 years to their life expectancy between 1987 and 2009, according to a new report.