SCIENCE

Millions of years ago, the ice-covered Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than it is today, claimed a recent study. The climate along the edges of the frozen continent was even suitable to support substantial vegetation including stunted trees.

U.S. food wholesalers, food retailers, and food-service operators have been advised by the Food and Drug Administration to remove from their distribution chains all clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops -- collectively known as molluscan shellfish -- that have come to the U.S. from South Korea.

The Black Death, a strain of bubonic plague that destroyed nearly a third of Europe's entire population between 1347 and 1369, has been found in the state of Oregon. Health officials in Portland have confirmed that a man contracted the plague after getting bitten by a cat. The unidentified man, who is currently in his 50s, had tried to pry a dead mouse from a stray cat's mouth on June 2 when the cat attacked him.

Based on latest findings and data released by NASA, researchers now anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past, without impacting Earth in 2040.

A 63-year-old South Korean woman was shocked to learn she became pregnant with 12 baby squid after eating a portion of calamari. The story -- definitely giving new meaning to the term Octomom -- was detailed in a scientific paper authored by researchers at the Kwandong University College of Medicine.

On Tuesday, Burger King announced its newest treat for the summer: A cup full of vanilla ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauce, and yes, that salty porky goodness known as bacon. Now that the bacon sundae is finally available, the IBTimes sent out three of its most valued reporters and asked them to taste Burger King's new sweet-and-smoky dessert.

Two women legislators in Michigan were banned from speaking on the state House floor this week in opposition to an anti-abortion legislation. One believes it was because she is Jewish and said the word vagina; the other believes it was because she used the word vasectomy.

A federal jury in New Orleans rejected Thursday claims that Kevin Costner and his business partner swindled Stephen Baldwin and a friend out of millions of dollars from a BP contract for oil cleanup devices after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.

The number cancer survivors in America will increase to almost 18 million by 2022, a new report by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute said.

The black plague may be a rare disease in the U.S associated with low-income regions, but in the last three decades it has started to surface in more affluent areas, a new study has found.

Researchers in the United States believe they have discovered a possible lake on Saturn's moon Titan composed mostly of liquid methane in its tropic region. Scientists also believe that the moon might be filled with underground wells of hydrocarbons.

A new report from two international aid organizations says that Israel's five-year blockade of the Gaza Strip has led to severe contamination of the region's drinking water, resulting in numerous health issues that particularly affect Palestinian children.

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), NASA's new high energy X-ray detecting telescope was launched over the central Pacific Ocean Wednesday, marking the its mission to unearth secrets of the buried black holes and other alien objects.

Of more than 2,500 U.S. veterans with an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, men who were obese at diagnosis had only about two-thirds the risk of dying during the study period that normal-weight men had, after considering other factors like age and overall health.

Researchers found there was no difference in changes on learning and memory tests among 4,000 people who took either omega-3 fish oil supplements or sunflower or olive oil as a comparison.

University of Hertfordshire researchers describe how a robot named DeeChee, equipped with both speech-generation and speech-recognition capabilities, went from spouting random syllables to forming words such as red, green and cross.

For a variety of reasons, it's pretty much impossible that you would have to worry about getting AIDS from a mosquito bite.

The first results are in from the Human Microbiome Project, which is investigating the bacteria and viruses that outnumber human cells in our bodies 10 to 1. Some of these microbes, it turns out, might be key to our survival.

Some members of the New York City Board of Health are considering limiting the size of movie theater popcorn and milk beverages to help curb obesity.

Doctors from Jackson Memorial Hospital released photos of Ronald Poppo, the 65-year-old homeless victim in the Miami attack over Memorial Day Weekend, on Tuesday showing the aftermath after Rudy Eugene allegedly chewed his face off.

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson has taken a leave of absence after being involved in two bizarre, back-to-back traffic accidents in California over the weekend.

A new study outlines a way for researchers to use objective measures to ascertain an anti-cocaine vaccine's effectiveness, building a much more conclusive foundation for human tests.

Researchers found one in 12 of the third-, sixth- and ninth-graders they interviewed had self-injured at least once without the intention of killing themselves.

Veterinary medicine researchers from University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University have produced the first set of evidence-based guidelines for reviving dogs and cats with stopped hearts.

China is preparing to launch a manned space flight to an orbiting space laboratory in the middle of this month, according to state media reports and China's human spaceflight agency.

Studies show insect foggers don't work on bedbugs, but regulators do not scrutinize efficacy claims for bedbug products with the same rigor that they apply to other insecticides.

A scientist aboard the International Space Station took extraordinary photos of the starscape from aboard the vessel, using a special technique that highlights their movement.

The Commonwealth Fund, a private health care reform advocacy group, surveyed more than 1,800 young adults between ages 19 to 29 and estimated that about 13.7 million young adults across the US joined or stayed on their parents' plans in 2011.

Scientists describe finding an unprecedented phytoplankton bloom in the Arctic -- akin to stumbling across a rainforest in the middle of the Sahara.