Researchers show that with a nine percent chance of a massive earthquake hitting Hawaii's Aleutian Islands, a mega-tsunami may threaten the state.
A Mexican researcher is exploring the possibility of commercializing solar-powered, glow-in-the-dark cement that can absorb the sun's energy and return it to the air as light in the dark.
Scientists at a secret Harvard University Medical School meeting on Tuesday thrashed out the possible creation of a synthetic human genome.
A new study suggests that gluten-free diets may actually be harmful to children.
A team of scientists has discovered mammoth bones and ancient tools that indicate that the earliest humans in the southeastern U.S. existed more than 14,000 years ago, over 1,500 years earlier than believed.
Researchers say that in order to help them navigate their surroundings, dung beetles take celestial "snapshots" of the Milky Way and get guided through them.
Scientists have found a 12-million-year-old dog fossil in Maryland. The fossil seems to point to a new kind of canine species called "bone crushers."
A team of researchers has made a small, ingestible robot that can be swallowed. It can open up inside the body and then patch internal wounds, remove batteries or deliver medicine.
According to popular belief, obese individuals are likely to die young as compared to the ones who have normal body weight. However, new study indicates that excessive weight may not shorten a person’s life after al.
Red Knot Birds are undergoing a reduction in their beak sizes as well as body shapes due to climate change, which makes it tougher for them to find food.
In spite of ethical and health issues, Daljinder Kaur, 72, and Arman Singh, 79, got their first baby Wednesday after undergoing two years of IVF treatment.
Quebec teenager William Gadoury theorized Mayan cities were associated with Mayan constellations, convincing the Canadian Space Agency and the University of New Brunswick to announce the discovery.
Culling, or legal, selective hunting, to control the poaching of wildlife populations might not really be an effective strategy, says a University of Wisconsin-Madison study.
A Texas family accused Payless of careless lithium battery inside their son's light-up shoes, which sparked off a fire in their SUV. It prompted Payless ShoeSource Inc. to pull out lighted shoes from shelves.
University of Montana scientists suggest that the boreal forests of Canada have undergone wildfires sparked off by climate change.
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