Scientists have created stem cells from two endangered species, which could help ensure their survival.
The adult film industry in Los Angeles looks set to resume after a porn actor who tested positive for HIV was retested with negative results.
The Food and Drug Administration ruled on Thursday that silicone Breast Implants will stay in the market, after two days of discussions and hearings on the implant's safety and aftereffects.
An unemployed Cincinnati man died after a tooth infection spread to his brain. Kyle Willis, a nephew of musician Bootsy Collins, was suffering from a painful toothache for the past two weeks.
It can appear that it is too early to take the flu-shot but experts have announced that it should be taken as soon as possible. The bulk of the immunizations should be arriving in most area doctors' offices in the next couple weeks.
For all those diet and calorie conscious people out there, this is good news. From this week onwards, Mc Donald's menu will include calorie information along with its food items throughout all its 1,200 UK restaurants, the Department of Health (DH) said.
Scientists have made a significant advancement in the development of a new vaccine against tuberculosis, which is responsible for approximately 1.7 million deaths worldwide, annually.
Paleontologists have unearthed the fossil of a 3.7-million-year-old shaggy rhinoceros in Tibet's Zanda Basin, they believe could be an ancestor of the woolly mammals that dominated the cold climate during the Ice Age.
The editor-in-chief of a climate science journal has resigned in response to an academic controversy triggered by his publication of a paper co-authored by a leading climate sceptic.
The northern white rhino, which is one of the most endangered animals on Earth is almost extinct. The drill, a west African primate, is threatened by habitat loss and hunting. Scientists believe stem cells could be used to preserve - or even revive - these endangered species and others like them.
New research has revealed alarming statistics of the increasing rates of strokes in children, teens, and young adults in the United States.
Federal and state health officials have said that a new swine flu strain recently sickened two pre-school children in Pennsylvania and Indiana, but they cautioned that the cases appeared to be isolated.
A 24-year-old man believed to be the nephew of musician Bootsy Collins died on Wednesday after an untreated tooth infection spread to his brain, doctors at University Hospital in Cincinnati said.
U.S. researchers on Sunday say they have developed a vaccine for tuberculosis that offers great protection in mice against the deadly disease, which kills 1.7 million people each year.
NASA has released a new interactive and free web-based application that allows users to explore the solar system. The Eyes on the Solar System provides a 3D environment full of NASA's mission data that allows users to see the solar system in real time.
Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute say they have produced the first stem cells from endangered species, which could be the breakthrough that could save many animals that are on the brink of extinction.
There has always been a big puzzle about the emergence of life on Earth billions of years ago. A new research has provided a fresh argument in this regard, saying that floating rafts of glassy, porous, and gas-rich pumice could have a significant contribution to the origin of life on Earth.
Scientists have produced the first stemcells from endangered species, marking the initial steps towards ensuring the survival of endangered species and perhaps even reviving extinct ones through stem cell technology.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos can launch an e-commerce giant, he can launch the world's most popular e-reader, the Kindle, and he is likely to soon launch a new tablet to compete with Apple's iPad. But he hasn't yet been able to launch a rocket that successfully leads to space tourism.It's not for a lack of trying, though.
In less than one year the second case of HIV has been detected in the porn industry. The first one being in December of the male porn star Derrick Burts, who tested positive for HIV.
Paleontologists have unearthed a fossil of a woolly rhinoceros in the Tibetan highlands, which, they believe, could be an ancestor of giant Ice Age mammals that adapted a chilled climate before the Ice Age.
Paleontologists discovered the fossil of a woolly rhino on the Tibetan Plateau, the oldest specimen of its kind yet to be found.
This could be an outbreak of a new Swine Flu strain, with the health officials announcing second case of swine-flu striking in Pennsylvania followed by Indiana case.
Undaunted by the loss of a Blue Origin space ship making a test flight, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said the ambitious private space program goes ahead step-by-Step, ferociously.
An unmanned spacecraft privately financed by the Internet billionaire Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, lost control and crashed during its third month of test flight in West Texas.
After seven years of roaming the Red Planet, the indestructible Mars Rover Opportunity has begun exploring the rim of a huge Martian crater and found rocks that hint of ancient hot water and chemicals that haven't been seen in such quantity.
It is generally believed that older people are more vulnerable to strokes, but a new study has revealed that even young people, including children and adolescents in the U.S., are increasingly vulnerable to it.
A 3.7 million-year-old fossil of a species of woolly rhinoceros -a complete 3-foot-long skull and lower jaw, along with a neck vertibra - was uncovered in Tibet's Zanda Basin, in the southwest.
The Ice Age, which arrived 2.6 million years ago, was dominated by large, woolly mammals adapted to the cold climate.
Mars Rover Opportunity got a second wind and has discovered a rock that is different from any rock ever seen on Mars, said Steve Squyres, principal investigator for Opportunity at Cornell University.