The number of premature deaths in U.S. is expected to escalate yearly owing to extreme weather conditions like floods, hurricanes and heat waves in the future. Climate change could also contribute to an increase in mental health problems, a recent study suggested.
A thick layer of pollution and smog over Mexico City is endangering the health well being of its 20 million inhabitants leading to the government taking drastic action.
American astronaut, Scott Kelly, officially retired from NASA after a two decade long service that saw him setting new records in space.
Recent satellite images sent from space may hold new clues to the presence of another Viking site in the Western Hemisphere, apart from L'Anse aux Meadows, the only known such site to date. The findings could very well change or even rewrite the history of the Vikings.
Breast cancer patients who eat between dinner and breakfast might be at a higher risk of a recurrence, according to researchers from the University of California (UC), San Diego School of Medicine.
A coalition of health and ecological support groups tried 192 cans randomly from numerous retailers in Canada and over 19 American states and found that almost 70 percent contained the toxic additive Bisphenol-A (BPA).
The Earth can be concealed from advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that may want to exploit the planet's rich resources, researchers suggest.
The sound emitted from large commercial ships is wreaking havoc to the Pacific Northwest killer whalepopulation, negatively affecting their ability to communicate with one another and find food reveals a new study published in the journal PeerJ.
A notable rise in the waning population of Southern Resident Killer Whales or orcas has been more of a concern than a relief due to the accompanying skewed sex ratio, resulting from the birth of more male calves than females.
Man-made earthquakes have found their way in the list of the 2016 earthquake forecast for the Central and Eastern United States (CEUS) that has been released recently by the US Geological Survey.
Microsoft's experiment takes a wrong turn after the newly released artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot became 'genocidal' and 'foul mouthed' among other things.
A recent study revealed that religious people - and those who believe in god and the supernatural - are less critical and more in tune with empathy than their non-religious counterparts.
