Millions of people worldwide suffer from some form of diabetes due to heightened blood sugar levels. Diabetics need to monitor their diets...
Chinese scientists have used the cloning technique that successfully produced Dolly the sheep twenty years ago to clone monkeys, surmounting a technical...
Philadelphia might soon become the first city in the United States to permit medically supervised drug injection sites in an effort to...
Once upon a very long time ago, Australia may not have been very far from North America, geological evidence shows. Rocks recently...
More and more deer are being affected by chronic wasting disease, a fatal prion-based sickness that essentially turns the gentle animals into...
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit off Alaska’s Kodiak Island early on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami warning for a large area of Alaska’s...
Researchers have identified the lethal toxin that centipedes use to disable, kill and eat prey that are much larger than them. When...
An expectant mother who suddenly went into labor while on a flight found her baby safely delivered thanks to fellow passengers who...
A blood test that could identify cancerous tumors even before a person shows signs of symptoms may soon help cut down on...
The current government shutdown will cause further delays in the set static fire schedule of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the company said....
Amazon is set to open its revolutionary checkout-free grocery to the public after over a year of testing, the company said. This...
The Two Brothers mummies on display at Manchester University are actually only half-brothers, researchers found. An analysis of DNA evidence answers questions...
Embarrassment is keeping young women from getting smear tests, a survey rays. According to the charity Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust that conducted...
The number of women who got prescriptions filled for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs rose sharply by a massive 700% from 2003 to...
Public health experts are pushing for drastic changes in policies and laws aimed at ending deaths caused by drunk driving by legally...
A proclaimed salmon sashimi fan in Fresno had a 5 ½ foot-long tapeworm pulled from his body after complaining of diarrhea. The...
NASA has removed American astronaut Jeanette Epps from the roster of crew members leaving for the next mission to the International Space...
Even without concussions, repeated hitting on the head can cause Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), researchers found. CTE is a serious, degenerative brain...
A teenager’s lifespan has been extended to between ten to 24 years old, from the previous 14 to 19, scientists say. Factors...
This could be the first year since 2011 that American astronauts leave for the International Space Station in a spacecraft made in...