SCIENCE

Archaeopteryx, the legendary winged creature which was long considered the Earth's oldest and most primitive bird, might not have been a bird at all, according to Chinese scientists.

A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated close to 5,946 emergency department (ED) visits by patients suffering from heat illness, caused as a result of either sports or other outdoor recreational activities. The study, is a first time attempt to provide national estimates of heat illnesses among all sports participants.

"Higgs Boson," "Large Hadron Collider (LHC)" and CERN seem to have more or less become household words, even though it will take many patient sessions with a physicist to fully understand what is going on at CERN and what are the implications of a research of this large a scale.

The Russian space agency's deputy head Vitaly Davydov?s comments forced Russia?s space agency to back off from an international outcry on Thursday.

Astronomers discovered a twisted ring of gas that looks like an "infinity symbol", stretching past 600 light-years across the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Melting ice sheets of Greenland have been a cause of concern for researchers and climate change proponents, as previous studies on the ice sheet behaviors projected Greenland's ice less stable when compared to Antarctica's ice. But a recent study by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggests that we may have got it all wrong.

Given that visitations of asteroids are always viewed with an element of fear and anxiety down here, how unsettling is the revelation that multiple asteroids of various sizes could be sharing our planet's orbital path?

A recent study published by the American Heart Association (AHA) said that the rate of pregnancy related stroke in women upped by 54 percent. The inferences noted that the increase was because women fell in high risk categories with conditions such as high blood pressure and obesity.

Two Arizona State University research teams have partnered with NASA's Johnson Space Center to strengthen the realms of space microbiology.

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Scientists in Alaska have discovered the most complete leftovers of rare dinosaur fossil ever found in North American excavation history, known to be a thalattosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile which went extinct 200 million years ago in the Triassic Period.

A new method using brain scans has been discovered by researchers to objectively measure the intensity of pain felt by those who suffer from chronic lower back pain in hopes to effectively provide individual treatment.

Now that NASA is done with its Space Shuttle Program, the $100 billion International Space Station it worked so hard to build will stay afloat in space until at least 2020, according to comments by Russia's space agency.

The amount of soil-bound carbon released to atmosphere in the 2007 Anaktuvuk River fire was enough to impact the global climate, according to UF ecologist Michelle Mack and other scientists.

The first known Earth Trojan asteroid, called 2010 TK7, has been discovered rotating the sun in Earth's orbit.

The makers of Tylenol have announced plans to lower the maximum daily dosage, from 8 pills to 6, in hopes to reduce the risk of Acetaminophen overdose.

A flood of prehistoric humans pouring into Europe inundated our ancient rivals the Neanderthals and overwhelmed them with sheer force of numbers, according to a new study.

Scientists have taken a step closer to identifying the power source for the extremely hot corona of the sun and the high speed of the solar wind.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare will reduce the maximum recommended dose of its painkiller Tylenol to reduce the risk of accidental overdose and liver damage caused by acetaminophen, according to a press release.

NASA's Juno probe is heading to Jupiter to study how much water the planet holds, what triggers its vast magnetic fields, and whether a solid core lies beneath its dense, hot atmosphere. In the process NASA hopes to uncover clues to the origins of planet earth.

Lawyers, psychiatrists and police were discussing the mental health of Anders Behring Breivik after the anti-Islam radical admitted to a bombing and shooting spree that killed 76 people. More than 100,000 Norwegians attended a rally in Oslo on Monday, many carrying white and red roses in mourning.

A new study shows that certain plants have the ability to "talk" to bats for pollination.

Theories for how humans outlasted Neanderthals, our ancient rivals, have ranged from brain capacity to climate conditions, but a new theory posits something more simple: there were more of us.

The federal government can continue to fund embryonic stem cell research, a U.S. district judge ruled Wednesday.

The family of Amy Winehouse claims that alcohol withdrawal syndrome may be to blame for their 27-year-old daughter's untimely death. But, what is alcohol withdrawal syndrome and its severe form delirium tremens?

One of pharma-giant Johnson & Johnson's units are lowering the maximum daily dosage it recommends for Extra-Strength Tylenol pills to a level that was called for by medical experts about two years ago.

The International Space Station may sink into the Pacific ocean in 2020.

A single gene mutation believed to be responsible for the disfiguration of the "Elephant Man," who toured Europe in the 19th century and was the subject of a 1980 film, is believed to have been found by scientists.

A new study suggests that it might simply be because there were more of us.