A latest study from Sweden states that physically active children are at a lower risk of developing fractures in old age. The findings are presented at the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in Chicago.
Prettier great tits could have healthier offspring, according to a new study.
De-extinction may be a possibility for 24 different species; a conference discussed the potential for resurrecting animals that ranged from the woolly mammoth to the passenger pigeon.
New images reveal that the ever-present vortex on Venus is far more chaotic and unpredictable than previously thought.
A small vial containing a rare Venezuelan virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever has gone missing from research facility at the University of Texas Medical Branch's (UTMB) Galveston National Laboratory.
Another sinkhole has opened up in the Florida town that saw a man swallowed by a similar pit just weeks earlier.
Giving your baby solid foods any earlier than six months could be potentially hazardous to their health. According to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, babies may have trouble swallowing these substances and could even run the risk of developing some chronic disease.
Toenails don't seem to have much value-though they certainly look nice painted up in a summer sandal-in any case, a neighborhood in New Jersey is using their resident's toenail clippings to provide some important information about potentially dangerous toxins floating around.
The journal Pediatrics looks into the cognitive effects of the rare disease that is often a reaction of war and drought--Konzo.
Nanowires may herald a new age of sustainable energy. They can harness far more solar power than previously thought, breaking the limits of solar cell efficiency.
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Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates promises to offer a $100,000 grant through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to anyone, from students and scientists to entrepreneurs, who can invent a next-generation condom.
A self proclaimed healer has been convicted on Friday by a Swiss court in Bern for deliberately infecting 16 people with HIV. The acupuncturist has been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in jail.
