On Saturday, smokers in California would have found themselves shelling out more for cigarettes, as the new tobacco policy passed by voters...
Babies in Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands cry the most compared to other countries in the world, researchers have...
Authorities in Australia are looking into claims that thylacines, more commonly known as Tasmanian tigers – thought to have been extinct since...
Manatees, which have been on the US Interior Department’s list of endangered creatures for decades, have now been re-classified as “threatened,” a...
April, the giraffe that has captivated the world after a YouTube incident last month, appears to have gone into labor. If she...
Impatience just may pay off – at least, when it comes to buying food from vending machines, a study has found. Brad...
There’s good news for all coffee enthusiasts: the “world’s strongest coffee” is now available in the USA. But the bad news is...
The chances that American women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer will opt for a double mastectomy varies according to which state they...
The verdict is in: depression is now the number one cause of poor health and disability worldwide, according to the World Health...
Loneliness may make a common cold feel worse, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Houston found that among people...
Researchers have found an unlikely way for people to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): playing the game Tetris. PTSD happens when...
Scientists have constructed a device that can mimic the way a human female reproductive system works. They hope that this artificial structure,...
Australia has its very own Jurassic Park, according to scientists who have been studying an impressive collection of dinosaur tracks on the...
The long-held belief that cats are aloof animals that don’t like spending time with their owners may not be true, a new...
Scientists have been dealing with quite a ruckus this week as a new paper was published, suggesting that how dinosaurs are classified...
Researchers have successfully created functioning human heart tissue, complete with veins that can transport blood, using no less than spinach leaves. In...
Scientists in Germany have created an extremely powerful light system capable of focusing energy equivalent to the radiation of 10,000 suns on...
There are many everday objects dirtier and crawling with more bacteria than a toilet, studies say. These are things that don’t get...
Earth Hour is set for later tonight, and many parts of the world are expected to go dark to show their support...
Mortality rates are on the rise among middle-aged white Americans, fueled by drugs, alcohol and suicide. A new study looks deeper into...