SCIENCE

Researchers at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital have come up with a Black Box, to be used in operation theatres, similar to the one used in the airline industry. This, the researchers claim, will help identify the errors being made by the surgeons in the operation theatre (OT) and assist in teaching them how to avoid them.

Changes in winds blowing around Antarctica may help speed up the rise in global sea levels than previously predicted. According to a new research in Melbourne, projected changes in Antarctic winds may have a significant impact on rising ocean temperatures under the ice shelves along the coast of West and East Antarctic.

Scientists have found indicators that can help predict if a teenager is into binge drinking.

As Japan's southern islands battle it out with typhoon Neoguri on Tuesday, the country's northern islands have been stricken with a 5.6-magnitude earthquake on the same day. The whiplash of the double incidents is now creating fear among the residents of Japan.

New Zealand scientists blamed climate change for heart failure in fish. According to biologists from the University of Auckland, rising sea temperatures can kill fish that rely on their environment to maintain optimum body temperature.

A registered nurse, 46 years of age, has been charged with the murder of two elderly women at an aged care facility in New South Wales.

The Ebola virus in West Africa has claimed almost 500 lives and the United Nations is struggling to control the "out of control" virus.

Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers and it looks like a breakthrough has been made for its care by researchers at the University of Queensland.

What turned out to be the usual fanfare for a wedding photo shoot became monumentally worth remembering when a tornado zoomed and dropped down in the center enough for a Canadian photographer to capture it and put it side by side with a happy newly-wed.

Typhoon Neoguri, weakened from an original super typhoon category, has killed at least two people, forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and has cut the supply of electricity and water to the people of Japan.

Digital health revolution arrives at a time when the United States population is getting older, sicker and sedentary.

The DNA of dinosaurs could unlock the key to a powerful method of healing for humans. According to reports, researchers from Manchester University have discovered evidence while examining ancient dinosaur fossils.

Two questions in the preliminary screening are all required to determine alcohol abuse, according to study, published in the British Journal of General Practice (GP). Along with the CAGE questionnaire, which includes an additional four questions, the approach to find out hidden substance abuse achieved an accuracy of 90.9 per cent.

July 2014 will offer some spectacular celestial events and opportunity to enjoy the summer night sky. Here is the guide to the astronomical events set to occur in the July sky. Also, learn about the planets that can be viewed in this month.

British scientists at the Oxford University and Kings College London have developed a blood test to detect people with failing memories, who might in future develop Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

An inappropriate advice by a midwife to a pregnant woman about her unborn baby led to the birth of a stillborn baby boy in New Zealand.

What could be the very first gay themed ancient graffiti is found in Greece

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Gouddard Space Flight Center explained the overview of its Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) solar conjunction in preparation for the upcoming mission.

Celebrities, in terms of health, are no different from those of ordinary people.

A research by Thomas Perls, director of New England Centenarian Study, suggested that women who have children after the age of 33 have a bigger chance of living longer than women who gave birth to their last child before the age of 30.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued what could be its highest alert to warn residents of Okinawa and the rest of the country to relocate to higher grounds in anticipation of massive wind damages and localized flooding brought by super typhoon Neoguri.

A study published in Science by a team at the University of Virginia showed that people would rather shock themselves than be left alone.

Autistic children can develop their social communication skills by using computer tablets as part of their treatment, suggest a new study by the University of California in the United States.

At least three people have died, among them a newborn boy, after a strong 6.9-magnitude shook the border between Guatemala and Mexico on Monday. The temblor injured 32 others, damaged dozens of buildings, toppled down power lines as well as triggered landslides.

A new Australian research has shown there will be an accelerated ice melt in Antarctica and a consequent increase in the sea level.

The adage that condemns a person who bites the hand the feeds him is applicable to what a saltwater crocodile at the Shoahaven Zoo in New South Wales did to its caretaker on Sunday noon.

Two oyster growers have temporarily stopped harvesting the molluscs after initial tests confirmed high level of toxins in the shellfish on Tasmania's east coast.

A glowing UFO was spotted over Terapaca, Chile and the Minera Collahuasi workers captured the sighting that reportedly lasted for over two hours. The Chilean government office that conducts UFO investigations released the analysis on the two high quality photos captured apparently showing genuine UFOs over a remote copper mine.

Low levels of coliform bacteria, found in the drinking water of residents in the township of Langley, B.C Aldergrove has led the Fraser Heath Authority to issue a boil water advisory.