It's no news that polluted air isn't good for you. Especially when trains and cars are clogging up the ozone, the ingestion of these air particles could lead to some serious health conditions in later life, and that is certainly true for cardiac arrests.
The star Alpha Centauri A in the closest neighboring star system, already regarded a twin of our own sun, was found to have the same strange cool layer in it's atmosphere as well by ESA’s Herschel space observatory. It is the first time this has been seen in a star beyond our own Sun, but that is ...
According to recent reports, Kellogg's is voluntarily recalling some packages of its Special K Red Berries cereal because the boxes might actually contain fragments of broken glass? Not quite the toy you were hoping for miniaturely packaged into crunchy goodness.
Maybe you're a lefty or a righty. Or maybe you're one of those moderate people. Either way, a new Obama brain study is helping politically charged enthusiasts figure out what makes them tick behind the ballots.
The success rate of spinal implants made with high-performance polymers called PEEK could become even better thanks to a bioactive coating that until now couldn't be appied to the material.
Researchers have identified a biological marker in the immune system that predicts our ability to fight off the common cold.
Track meteorites in an interactive map that shows strikes dating as far back as 2,300 BCE.
Pepper spray has been known to cause reduced breathing due to swelling in the lining of the throat, skin irritations, including chemical burns, blisters and sores, severe eye irritation that can result in tearing and redness, and temporary blindness or even death, according to reports.
Ryan Waterman, 21, has been arrested for posting photos on Facebook that clearly depict him harassing a manatee calf. The photos on the social networking site show him lifting the manatee calf out of the water and also allowing one of his children to take a ride on it.
A latest report from NASA states that on Tuesday the International Space Station briefly lost contact with its ground controllers as the connections got disconnected after a computer software update broke down, but assured that the crew members were safe. This breakdown lasted for less than three ho...
Computer scientists have created a wraparound virtual world where a researcher wearing 3D glasses can explore scenarios that they might not otherwise be able to experience.
Yuri Milner, who became rich by founding Russia's big internet company mail.ru, has convinced Mark Zuckerberg, Art Levinson and Sergey Brin to all sponsor a new annual science prize of $3 million dollar each for outstanding researchers who are working towards curing diseases and extending human life...