Scientists have figured out how to stop brain cell death in mice with brain disease and say their discovery deepens understanding of the mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
A "super Moon" will light up Saturday's night sky in a once-a-year cosmic show, overshadowing a meteor shower from remnants of Halley's Comet, the U.S. space agency NASA said.
Drinking a Red Bull or a Gatorade every once and a while probably won't kill you -- but do it too often and you may need to be fitted for dentures.
It may come as no surprise that jogging is good for your health, but a debate has been raging over whether there is any benefit to the activity.
Richard Din, a 25-year-old infectious disease researcher from San Francisco, died on Saturday of a meningococcal infection he may have contracted during the course of his work.
On Wednesday, the journal Nature published the first of the controversial bird flu studies blocked from publication by the U.
Urinary tract infections are typically treated with antimicrobial drugs, but the drugs are becoming less and less effective, according to a new study, published in the April edition of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed plans that it will be sending a probe to Jupiter and its moons in a multibillion euro project.
The number of premature births has skyrocketed, according to a new report published by the World Health Organization on Wednesday.
More than one fifth of the population of Mexico on looking towards the Popocatepetl volcano as schools and farmers begin preparing for an eruption.
Research have found some bears are swimming more than 400 miles to find ice caps (Reuters)Polar bears are been forced to swim more than 400 miles non-stop in search of ice caps which have not melted, researchers have said.
After a two decades-long investigation, researchers discovered that Ötzi, the 5,300-year-old ice mummy, found preserved under ice in the Alps in 1991, indeed died shortly after being shot with an arrow.
