An astronomer announced today, March 11, that by scanning archival images that are publicly available and dating back to 1978, he has located a binary star system only 6.5 light years from Earth. The duo is the closest star system discovered since 1916 and has taken over the title for the third-clos...
Florida has been having quite the year, first with the invasion of Burmese pythons, over a thousand sharks flocking to its shores and now scientists are warning residents to brace themselves for the descent of monster mosquitoes this summer.
A recent study claims that these natural weight loss aids, popularly used by Gwyneth Paltrow, Kylie and Elle MacPherson are just a load of hooey.
A "mortality index" developed by researchers in San Francisco is designed for doctors to get basic numbers about their patients likelihood to die within the next 10 years, which would help them to determine how useful complicated treatments would be for a patient.
Nanoparticles that are coated with melittin, a toxin found in bee venom, can effectively destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while leaving surrounding cells unharmed, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown.
Reports indicate that a series of small earthquakes centered in a small desert of Southern California hit Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea was found by researchers at the University of Michigan: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the brain, leading to plaque, that are associated with Alzheimer's disease.
The European Union announced Monday that they will no longer allow any cosmetic products sold in Europe that contain ingredients tested on animals.
Britian's top health official said Monday antibiotic resistance poses a catastrophic threat to medicine, with the potential to push medicine back to the 19th century, according to a report.
Mummies from thousands of years ago and around the world show evidence of clogged arteries, new research finds, ending the notion that heart disease is a modern condition brought on by today's unhealthy diets and smoking.
A growing resistance to antibiotics shows that patients having minor surgery risk dying from infections that may no longer be treatable with such medications.
The Huangpu River near Shanghai, China, which provides a major source of drinking water for the city, had over 2,800 rotting pig carcasses in the river, although city authorities said the drinking water quality has not been affected.
