Two Vietnamese prison guards have been detained after a woman held in solitary confinement was discovered to be 11 weeks pregnant while on death row....

PVC plastic (commonly used in toys, shower curtains, bags, shoes and more) has been linked to cancer and birth defects -- so why won't big-box stores like Target stop selling it?...

Mexico's Teotihuacan, once the center of a sprawling pre-Hispanic empire, is set to become the launch pad for an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life. Starting on Tuesday, enthusiasts...

Bandages containing fluids secreted by maggots could help accelerate the body's healing process, research suggests. Live maggots are sometimes applied to chronic wounds because they eat dead tissue...

UK astronomers are to join a search for Earth-threatening asteroids measuring less than 1km (0.6 miles) across. Researchers from three universities have signed an agreement to use a one of the worl...

Vision and hearing loss are likely to occur hand-in-hand in older people, research suggests. Australian scientists examined about 2,000 people with an average age of 70....

According to the Russian astronomer Nikolai Fedorovsky, a giant comet flying at top speed is bound for Earth. Should the comet stay on the collision course, it may hit the planet in late October. The...

Scientists have stumbled upon a giant dinosaur graveyard on an Arctic island off Norway that appears to be one of the most important discoveries of marine reptiles in decades. Among the most interesti...

Women who regularly drink cola could be increasing their risk of osteoporosis, US researchers believe. Their study of 2,500 people revealed drinking cola was linked with low bone mineral density in...

Global warming has been called humankind's “greatest challenge” and the world's most grave environmental threat.41 Human activities are causing large amounts of “greenhouse gases” (gases that prevent...