Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) said that they are hoping to end most polio cases by late next year and eradicate the disease by 2018.
What exactly is killing all the bees? It's a good question, and not one that can be answered easily.
Cannabis also known as marijuana is a major addictive drug and leaves a great impact in the lives of those who have an addictive nature. The latest study conducted by the researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health claim that people with mental illness are more likely to use cannabis.
Synthetic biology could just save the world--or at least provide some added benefits to conservation. It could resurrect extinct species, create organisms that can clean up waste and could design crops that are more resistant to drought.
The environmental consequences caused by a recent oil spill in central Arkansas last Friday has gained a lot of focus, after officials discovered dead ducks and some live birds dipped in oil after the ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured.
A latest study claims that the fruit-eating bat, one of the largest bats in the world, performs oral sex. The researchers predict that a male bat performs oral sex with a female bat to increase the duration of copulation or possibly, sperm competition.
A fungal respiratory infection known as 'Valley Fever' is on the rise in several southwestern states from 1998-2011, reports Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A latest Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that nearly one in five teen births are repeat births. This remains a fact although there has been a drop in the rate of teen births in the past 20 years.
Focusing on age-related blinding eye disease, a latest study states that the drug used to lower cholesterol levels may also be effective in treating macular degeneration.
A new kind of synthetic carbon anode which is designed to improve the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries was developed by the start-up company EnerG2, writes the MIT Technology Review.
Stress, but especially our emotional response to it in daily life, may indeed predict our long-term mental health, according to a new study led by an UC Irvine psychologist.
By coincidence, astronomers noticed a black hole as it "woke up" from a decades-long slumber to feed on giant planet that approached too close.
