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A massive surge of anti-mafia police activity in Germany and Italy resulted in hundreds of arrests.

Defections from North Korea were at a low last year, but 2018 has seen them increase.

Melatonin could be important for people as they get older because of the hormone’s role in sleep and circadian rhythm.

Two Reuters reporters arrested in Myanmar could be charged under the British colonial-era law known as the "Official Secrets Act.'

To raise awareness about cyberbullying, Amy's father invited everyone who trolled his daughter online to attend her funeral.

The announcement comes amid the much anticipated high-level talks between the Koreas on Tuesday.

Research data revealed that women showed less interest in career areas that were linked to "brilliance" because the trait was culturally stereotyped that of a man's.

Males of some species of birds of paradise have feathers that absorb as much light as the lining of space telescopes, and that blackness helps them find mating partners.

Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai said Monday he had become 3 inches taller after spending only three weeks aboard the International Space Station.

According to Channel News Asia, the Malaysian government was scheduled to sign a deal Wednesday, detailing the terms of payment for Ocean Infinity if the missing jet is found.

State of nature: Ants will poison their own teenagers to stop them from spreading fatal infections to the rest of the colony.

Women might be biologically stronger than men and that would explain why they tend to live longer.

NOAA data shows that 2017 was the third warmest year after 2016 and 2015 compared to 20th century climate averages.

The news comes ahead of a renewed search for the missing plane spearheaded by a private United States-based company.

Whales are seen to purposefully travel to the shore when they are about to die. The phenomenon has perplexed marine biologists for ages as they couldn't detect a reason behind this behavior.

Halil Dag jumped over a barbed fence wire in order to take a picture on top of the Urfa Castle in southern Turkey.

A new method has been developed using Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance' effect that can gauge if a system is being hacked or not even outside a lab environment.

Australia became the 26th nation to have legalized same-sex marriages after the law went into effect on Dec.7, 2017.

John Promell, from Lincolnshire, was last seen on the Paquis chairlift in the resort of Tignes at a time when the weather was “severe and getting worse." 

More than 600 suspects, associated with 21 Chinese companies, were arrested by the police after then startling discovery and at least 12 dating apps were shut down.

A study has found that repeated influenza vaccinations in older adults dramatically reduces severity of the flu cases, viral infections and number of hospital visits. This information could prove pivotal as U.S. sees a surge in number of influenza cases and deaths.

Har Gobind Khorana was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for "interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis."

A new study found women who were exposed to their partner’s scent even when highly stressed showed a significant drop in cortisol levels.

The video, which was published Monday on YouTube, shows the moment the whale pushed the snorkeler through the water as a large tiger shark was seen lurking close.

The passengers from the two different cruises — Royal Caribbean International’s Navigator of the Seas and Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox — started their journey from South Florida and were on an excursion in Mexico.

Gonzalo Montoya Jimenez was declared dead by three doctors before a medical examiner found him snoring on the autopsy table.

Ewing Sarcoma is also called primitive neuroectodermal tumor, Askin tumor (Ewing sarcoma of the chest wall), extraosseous Ewing sarcoma (Ewing sarcoma in tissue other than bone).

An all-female turtle population would be the beginning of the end.

Honey bees may be attracted to the very chemicals in fungicides and herbicides that hurt them, making the environmental impact of these contaminants more serious than previously thought.