SCIENCE

Researchers deciphered the human genome, the book of life 10 years ago, a landmark that ushered in the era of personalized medicine, not yet a hoped-for wide-sweeping reality.

Women taking multivitamins may not necessarily live longer than those who get their nutrients from food alone, according to a U.S. study that found the group appears to have slightly higher death rates.

NASA handed over ownership of the defunct Endeavour spacecraft to the California Science Center in Los Angeles during a ceremony Tuesday.

Scientists have hypothesized that black holes, super dense masses with gravity so strong not even light escapes, can vacuum up stars and shred them to pieces and squash them to smithereens. Trouble is, proof of the ripped-up stars eluded astronomers - until now.

A new study found that vitamin supplements were associated with a slightly higher risk of death among older women, even though those women tended to be healthier than others while they were living.

The first source of water on Earth has long been debated. But now astronomers, using the Herschel Space Telescope, believe the water in the Earth's oceans could have from comets.

Study suggests that chocolate consumption may lower a woman’s stroke risk.

An ancient lake, hidden beneath 1.8 miles of ice in the western Antarctic area, could contain clues about climate change and future changes in sea level, as well as potentially uncovering new forms of life, according to a team of UK-based researchers and scientists.

It was thought that in the world of pre-historic oceans, the sniggle-toothed ichthyosaur, an air-breathing sea monster larger than school busses, was the king, ruling at the top of the Triassic Period ocean food chain. But it was not. A paleontologist believes that there was an even larger leviathan, similar to the fabled Kraken, which used to feed on ichthyosaurs.

A new Swedish study has reaffirmed the super fruit status of chocolate that could reduce incidence of stroke in women. But it warns that because Swedish chocolate contains higher concentrations of cocoa compared to U.S. chocolate, the study results might not translate the healthy benefits of chocolate in women in the U.S.

Women who eat at least two chocolate bars weekly appear to have a 20 per cent lower risk of stroke, compared to females of the same age and weight who rarely or never eat chocolate, according to a new study.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has pegged a per capita investment of US $3 to $ 4 for managing mental health as part of its initiative on World Mental Health day. 2011 commemorates the 20th year of World Mental Health day and this year’s campaign focuses on, Investing in mental health”, noting that financial and human resources allocated for mental health are inadequate especially in low resource countries.

A link between the use of multivitamins and higher death rates among older women have been reported by a new study.

A giant sea monster, possibly a Kraken, might have preyed on 45-foot-long Ichthyosaurs - drowning them or breaking their necks - before purposefully arranging the beasts' bones in its lair, a paleontologist said.

Obese and overweight Americans combined for more than 60 percent of the population, said a recent Gallup poll, measuring overweight Americans with normal-weight Americans.

YouTube announced on Monday plans to launch YouTube Space Lab, a challenge for students worldwide to create an experiment which will be conducted in space and the chance to receive out of this world space-oriented grand prizes.

More than a hundred people from 24 states have been confirmed as infected with the deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacteria linked to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

Researchers found the first genetic cause of melanoma - the most dangerous form of skin cancer -unrelated to hair, skin or eye color, typically associated with the disease.

Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index finds there are more normal weight Americans than overweight.

In a new study, scientists have demonstrated a link between a recurring drop in solar radiation and the cold climate of the UK, northern Europe and parts of America.

Chalk it up to science by press conference, but an international team announced Monday they are convinced of finding Bigfoot, the mythical creature that has eluded capture by adventurers for generations.

Users of Google's Android-based phones and tablets can now make use of a free new app that allows the user to see protons collide, in real time and in 3D, within the particle accelerator located on the French-Swiss border.

A link between decadal solar variability and winter climate in the UK, northern Europe and parts of America has been demonstrated by scientists according to a new study.

After weeks of speculation of its intensity as predicted the Draconid meteor shower happened on Saturday, lasting for several hours and splashing the darkening sky with trails of light.

A total of 21 people nationwide have now died in the listeriosis outbreak linked to cantaloupes from a Colorado farm, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said

Califiornia children and youths under the age of 18 will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds under a bill Gov. Jerry Brown signed Sunday prohibiting minors from using ultraviolet tanning devices.

Dr. Michael Joyner, associate dean for research at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. pays his tribute to John T. Shepherd, cardiovascular physician who also headed the American Heart Association, served as a NASA adviser and led U.S. scientific exchanges with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, died last Tuesday. He was 92.

The discovery that the Crab Pulsar is emitting the highest-energy gamma rays ever detected has prompted researchers to consider new theories about gamma-ray production and probe deeper into the mystery surrounding cosmic ray.

Researchers have stumbled upon fossil remains of the 120-million-year-old ancient silky lacewings insect from Mesozoic origins of China.