Since a new round of collisions was successfully started four days ago in the Large Hadron Collider, this time between protons and heavy lead ions, the large detectors of the LHC experiments ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb are analyzing and recording the resulting particles. Among them, ALICE is specia...
A disabled, bottlenose dolphin has been adopted by sperm whales.
Don't get excited just yet, but another possible cure for AIDs has been found.
The lifetime risk of prostate cancer has officially jumped from 5 percent to just over 14 percent.
A new study examined the likelihood of a migraine being triggered in patients who were exposed to bright, flashing lights and bouts of intense exercise.
Women may be facing a form of abuse that wasn't on a doctor's radar before--reproductive coercion.
The highest average temperature ever recorded is just the most glaring datapoint of the record-breaking heatwave currently experienced in Australia. January 2013 brought extreme heat not just for days but for weeks in a row, with each of the first eight days of 2013 among the 20 hottest days in a wh...
The Big Bang theory may be true. Scientists have found that our universe has cooled off by measuring ancient space gases.
Quitting smoking by 40 restores life expectancy to near normal, according to a new study.
There’s a reason why the sun is so hot—-braids. Scientists have recently found that powerful magnetic waves moving from below the sun’s surface in the form of “braids” generate tremendous amount of heat.
A two million year old fox fossil was unearthed by archeologists from the well-known archeological site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. The fossil belongs to a new species that was unknown earlier.
A groundbreaking long study on golden retrievers provides useful information about their health and the health of other dogs, including the occurrence of common cancer.
