Osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, affecting millions of Americans each year, is known to limit sexual activity. New research presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that total hip (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR) surgery improves ...
Members of Congress have asked NASA what they're currently doing to combat the threat of asteroids. Apparently, there's not a lot that the space agency can do.
An Atlas V launch vehicle rose from the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., today to deliver the second Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO 2) into orbit.
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have released the most indepth sequence of a Neanderthal genome based on the data they released in 2010- first draft version of the Neandertal genome.
An ancient, "lost" tectonic plate that disappeared under North America millions of years ago may have been found again.
A Chinese national Bo Jiang, who has worked as a research at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was arrested by the FBI Saturday night on a plane bound for China at the Dulles International Airport.
A new study shows that the number of children with autism in the United States has jumped dramatically since 2007.
An international team of scientist has uncovered the mystery behind how certain sea snakes develop shrunken heads or other small physical features when compared to the other related species.
NASA has captured images that reveal the final moments of the Ebb and Flow spacecraft before they crashed into the moon.
Giant squid DNA is more similar than scientists expected, hinting that the species intermingles and mates globally.
According to a recent study, the common class of antidepressants known as Selective Serotonin Reputake Inhibitors (SSRI) taken during pregnancy do not impact the infants' growth over the first year, reports Northwestern Medicine scientist.
Three rare maleo chicks were hatched successfully after 70 days of carefully controlled incubation at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.
