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Mar 20, 2013 09:35 AM EDT

FBI Arrests NASA Contractor Employee Fleeing to China

A Chinese national Bo Jiang, who has worked as a research at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was arrested by the FBI Saturday night on a plane bound for China at the Dulles International Airport.

Mar 16, 2013 08:14 AM EDT

Researchers Find Evidence of Earliest Tobacco Smoking

Researchers at UC Davis uncover the earliest tobacco use in the Pacific Northwest. Till date we only knew that the Native hunter gatherers that is now northwestern California , mainly fed on acorns, salmon and other food. But the researchers were amazed to see that they even smoked tobacco. Tobacc...

Mar 07, 2013 08:46 AM EST

FDA Panel Votes against Use of Osteoporosis Drug

The U.S Food and Drug Administration have voted against the use drug Calcitonin Salmon that has been in use since 1980s. They have voted 12 to 9 against the inhalable drug that is given for postmenopausal women for osteoporosis.

Mar 07, 2013 07:04 AM EST

Fossil of Oldest-Known Ancestors of Modern Dog Found

A fossil tooth discovered by a team of international paleontologists in the Altai Mountains of Siberia yields new evidence about modern-day domestic dogs.

Mar 06, 2013 06:41 AM EST

Environmentalists Accuse Google of Promoting Ivory Ads in Japan

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has accused Internet giant Google for promoting thousands of ads on a Japanese shopping site.

Feb 25, 2013 06:47 AM EST

Mammoth Tooth Fossil Found Near Rye, NH Harbor

Owner of a fishing vessel called Rimrack, Mike Anderson from New Hampshire made a very unusual catch while fishing for scallops at the south of Isles of Shoals. He spotted a 6-inch triangular-shaped tooth captured in the trawl amid a pile of shells and rocks.

Feb 21, 2013 09:29 PM EST

Space Tourism to Commence in 2018 with 500-Day-Long Trip

The year 2018 doesn't seem that far away, but one millionaire hopes that it will year where space tourist can just hop on into a spaceship and make a 500-day-journey to and from Mars.

Feb 21, 2013 07:57 AM EST

Organically Grown Tomatoes Have Higher Levels of Vitamin C

A latest study from Federal University of Ceara in Brazil states that organically grown tomatoes have higher levels of vitamin C when compared to the conventionally grown tomatoes.

Feb 19, 2013 05:43 AM EST

Ancient Temple Discovered in Peru

An ancient temple has been discovered by archaeologists in Peru at the ancient site of El Paraiso, northeast of Lima.

Feb 14, 2013 06:49 AM EST

Dog With Human Face up for Adoption

What attracted the press and a huge crowd toward Tonik the dog was his eerily manlike face. This poodle-shih tzu mix is up for adoption from the Homeward Bound Animal welfare Group rescue in Mishawaka, Indiana. Tonik, who was found in a kill shelter in Kentucky, went viral after the website Gawker h...

Feb 08, 2013 04:52 AM EST

Newly Disocvered Human Fossil Jaw Sheds Light on Human Evolution

An international team of scientists have unearthed a fossil fragment of a lower jaw bone that belonged to the oldest human ancestor. The fossil was recovered from a Serbian cave.