SCIENCE

A law in North Carolina that required doctors to describe to a pregnant woman about her fetus before she has an abortion has been struck down on the grounds that it violates freedom of expression.

Weight loss surgery is found to increase the chances of long term survival in obese patients.

For centuries, scientists have been debating over the topic of existence of life on Mars. The new study of sedimentary structures suggest that the life once existed on the red planet.

Astronomers have found a new planet that is similar to the Earth.

A veteran suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder will file a lawsuit against the Atlanta VA Medical Center for prescribing him in December the drug Trazadone, which is an anti-depressant. The medication worked, but it had an unexpected side effect that Edward Stalling found "hard" to forget.

Female mice fed on a diet containing corn syrup died faster and reproduced slower than those that were fed a diet containing table sugar, a new study found.

NASA released a new image of the "Pillars of Creation."

E-cigarettes are found to contain toxic vapors and are more harmful than was earlier believed.

Bilingual people constantly do mental workout which makes them better at mental functions than their monolingual counterparts.

Depression is not only a psychological illness as it may be caused by inflammation, a new study has found.

A new study shows that wild geese may carry bird flu virus on their wings when they migrate. The study uses GPS tracking data of four species of Asian wild fowl and genetic analysis of the virus to suggest that the strain H5N1 travels along migratory flyways.

June 30, 2015 will have a total of 86,401 seconds, and this will be the 26th time that a leap second has been added since 1972.

John Bowler from England had made claims that the European Space Agency had gone wrong with its claims that the 67P was a comet.

Young Mexican inventors have designed a bamboo bicycle that could power up mobile devices while the rider pushes the pedals around.

The 2015 Comet Lovejoy will be giving sky watchers the best viewing experience on Wednesday night, Jan. 7. The new Comet Lovejoy, officially documented as C/2014 Q2, will make its closest approach to Earth with the remarkable night-sky display kicking off between the end of sundown and the time of moonrise.

Pope Francis has asked the Catholics to safeguard the creation or else it will destroy humans.

Environment Canada warned that extreme cold was expected all through the week.

Separate studies by scientists in the UK and America have found that unique genes from bowhead whales help resist cancer and increase longevity.

An animal called pika is said to be threatened by the Chinese government as it is considered to be damaging the grasslands.

Aerospace professionals worldwide will gather to exchange information on their latest research, technology and advancement.

A research by the University of Maryland and NICTA have made use of 88 YouTube videos to teach robots how to cook.

An American man with the rare medical condition called diphallia has just released a book sharing his experiences of having two working penises.

Voyage to Mars marks a new leap in space technology.

A crate carrying sea cucumbers also contained baby tortoises that were wrapped in sticky tape. It was found in an airport in Paris.

Osiris is known as the ancient Egyptian god of dead and just recently archaeologists discovered a tomb modeled after the mythical Tomb of Osiris.

Denee Mallon of Albuquerque, New Mexico, just made medical history by having Medicare cover the cost of her sex reassignment surgery and probably being the oldest who had undergone sex change at age 74.

A 58-year-old reptile handler was feeding a saltwater crocodile at Snakes Downunder Reptile Park and Zoo in Queensland, Australia when the reptile decided to include the man's thumb as part of its meal on Sunday.

Researchers at the University of Scranton published a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychology that revealed that out of forty five percent of Americans that make new year's resolutions, only around eight percent of them actually succeed in keeping to the resolutions that they make.

January sky is set to host its first astronomical event on Jan. 3, 2015 and first full moon on Jan. 5, 2015. Head inside for details.