SCIENCE

Researchers have identified a new gene that increases the risk of asthma amongst the African-American population, the first gene variant found specific to asthma risk in blacks.

NASA, which has sent men to the moon and space for decades, may have to shelve its ambitious plans of sending astronauts to further reaches of space beyond the moon - it faces nearly $1 billion in cleanup costs for the deep chemical messes it has left behind at Kennedy Space Center and other launch centers.

Acclaimed climate change scientist Charles Monnett has been suspended over "integrity issues" in regards to a 2006 paper on polar bear drownings in the Arctic.

Marcgravia evenia, a vine in the rain forests of southeastern Cuba, uses a unique method to pollinate - instead of using striking colors or beautiful scent as most pollinating plants do, it uses its dish-shaped leaves to bounce back sound made by pollinating bats, helping the nocturnal creatures find them easily.

A universal flu vaccine, with the ability to potentially protect from all influenza strains that have circulated over the years, will be available within the next five years, according to researchers.

Today's generation are opting for "stayover relationships" that let them enjoy relationships without living together, a trend that appears to be slowing down the road to marriage.

Russian cosmonauts will undertake a spacewalk leaving the International Space Station on Wednesday to move a cargo boom from one airlock to another, install a prototype laser communications system and deploy Ham Radio's amateur micro-satellite.

Fighting diabetes means not just keeping down body fat, but even building more muscle mass, according to a new study

To begin with, Cai, the father was born a girl. And Emily the mother was born a boy.

Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke said, "The space elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing." Now that laughing has come to a halt, people can count on the years before Space Elevator becomes a reality.

Privately owned Space Exploration Technologies, or Space X, is planning to fill the void left by the retiring U.S. space shuttle program with its own space taxi as it ramps up for a test later this year.

A controversial billboard near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway displays a cigarette pack with a hot dog sticking out of the package indicating "Warning: Hot dogs can wreck your health."

AptiQuant, an online psychometric testing company, recently released a study claiming that Internet Explorer users are the dumbest. Now, it's threatened with a lawsuit against that study.

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid close to Earth and moving in the same orbit around the Sun. The rock is 200-300 m wide and sits in front of our planet and is non-threatening.

To fight diabetes, a new study is suggesting that more muscle mass, not just less body fat, is crucial for fighting type 2 diabetes.

AptiQuant, an online psychometric testing company, released a study claiming that Internet Explorer users are the dumbest.

If you are short, you might envy a tall person but a study published in the Lancet Oncology shows that tall people are more prone to cancers.

Hot Dogs are as dangerous as cigarettes, says a non-profit cancer Project president Neil Barnard.

Plants employ various techniques to improve pollination. Bright colors and alluring aromas are but old tricks. A new plant has been found to have a have a built-in-the-home echolocation system which they use to gain higher rate of pollination.

Kaylee Halko who was diagnosed with Progeria, a genetic condition that makes children grow old ten times faster, is raising money along with her family to support a fundraiser for the Progeria Research Foundation at the Maumee Festival.

Juno was carefully designed to meet the tough challenges of flying a mission to Jupiter: weak sunlight, extreme temperatures and deadly radiation.

Johnson & Johnson will lower the maximum daily dosage in order to lessen acetaminophen overdoses, McNeil Consumer Healthcare said Thursday. Acetaminophen overdoses have been found to be the leading cause of liver damage.

An Internet search on 'Diabetes' keyed by 25-year-old Will Nevin only grew the recent University of Alabama graduate's suspicions on his heart pains. Nevin told CNN International that he suffered from symptoms, such as a tingling in his feet, which he assumed was probably a symptom of pre-diabetes, but fear kept him from a confirmed diagnosis.

Alaska scientists have discovered the fossil of a rare, prehistoric marine reptile that is likely the most complete remnant of the creature ever found in North America.

There has been a significant increase in women's rate of stroke during their pregnancy, according to a new study published on Thursday in Journal of the American Heart Association.

A rain forest vine in Cuba attracts nectar-feeding bats with its sound, a new study said. Marcgravia evenia has leaves that bounce back echoes which are easy for bats to notice through echolocation.

In the last century, aliens and life on other planets have been a major part of science fiction pop culture. But a report by astrophysicist David Piegel from Princeton University and physicist Edwin Turner from the University of Tokyo could mean that ETs and such just might remain that way: sheer fiction.

Yearly flu shots could be a relic in less than a decade, as scientists say they are on the verge of developing a universal vaccine capable of treating all strains of seasonal influenza.

One scientist is disputing the United Nations' numbers on global warming, arguing the numbers aren't as bad as people are saying.