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Researchers at Furtwangen University in Germany analyzed 14 different kitchen sponges and discovered they’re filled with more bacteria than a toilet. They also found regularly cleaned sponges weren’t any cleaner than the ones never cleaned.

Olga Pronina, 40, was racing through the city of Vladivostok in Russia when her BMW bike lost control and slammed into a side railing.

Armed only with a small boat, the leaders of “Defend Europe” argue that rescue organizations are inadvertently aiding human trafficking, and they want the Mediterranean migration route closed.

Melting ice in Antarctica could send a lot of a dangerous greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, but microbes are eating all of that methane and helping us out.

A nine-hour operation separated 10-month-old twins Tofa and Tohura.

The risk of developing lung cancer can vary with the number of cigarettes one smokes in a day and the extended period of time that one engages in the habit of smoking.

The anti-child trafficking NGO Agape International Missions helping vulnerable child sex-trafficking victims is being investigated by the country's government after CNN report.

Malaysian Airline Flight MH370 went missing March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board while on its way to Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Two studies published Monday, one about Proxima b and the other a generic one, said planets even in the so-called Goldilocks zones around their stars were not necessarily habitable.

The Airbus A320 operated by AtlasGlobal took off from Istanbul, Turkey and was headed to Erkan, Cyprus on Thursday when it was met with a shower of golf ball-sized hailstones after being in the air for just 10 minutes.

Two separate studies published Monday reached similar conclusions about the state of climate change, with one predicting a more dire outcome than the other.

If you need a new way to lower stress and manage your anxiety, people who talk to themselves in the third person are better at controlling their emotions.

The terrible event behind the world’s worst mass extinction ever, the one that killed more than 95 percent of marine species, is not the erupting volcano or the asteroid strike you are picturing.

Police are investigating whether the 14-year-old was provoked by the so-called suicide challenge.

Born in Paris, Jan. 23, 1928, Moreau was best known for playing the role of Catherine in the François Truffaut film "Jules et Jim" in 1962.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was the first person to cast vote shortly after the polls opened at 6 a.m. EDT, Sunday. “The first vote for peace,” he said, after casting his ballot.

An airport worker reportedly punched an EasyJet passenger who was holding a child.

A man opened fire at a German nightclub Sunday, killing one person. The gunman was then shot and injured by police, and died later in hospital.

While many might think that the only people who believe in aliens are "forum-dwelling internet conspiracy theorists," there are some astronauts who believe that aliens do exist and humanity has a connection with them.

Hundreds of people in the U.K. who called themselves "Charlie's Army" supported his parents and raised £1.35 million ($1.77m) for them to take him to the U.S. for treatment.

A new study found that the ancient Canaanites were not destroyed by the Israelites as the Bible says — here's why.

The missile reportedly flew for 45 minutes and landed near Japan's coast.

A 15-year-old girl was reportedly raped twice in a single night by two different men, one of whom she flagged down for help after the first attack.

We are only halfway through 2017 and already NASA has given us dozens of amazing photos of our planet, our solar system and our universe.

Apart from hepatitis D and E, all the other variants can either be prevented by vaccination or treated by an array of antiviral drugs and ample rest for relative periods of time.

Danish researchers find drinking 3-4 days a week reduces the risk of diabetes.

Bahamas have witnessed relatively few unprovoked shark attacks in the area.

Astrophysicists from Germany, Romania and the United Kingdom also found how stellar light controls the production of the highest-energy photons that make gamma-rays.