Cutting down on sugar plays an important role in healthy living.
Jul 07, 2014
Residents of Japan's Okinawa are being advised to take all necessary precautions as Neoguri has strengthened to become the world's first super typhoon of 2014.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 07, 2014
'Consciousness' is a term that many scientists have been researching for more than a centrury, trying to figure out what it is and how it works.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 07, 2014
Astronauts are keen to go on a one-way trip in Mars One by 2018.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 07, 2014
Crews of power supply utility firms on Monday are racing to restore electricity to more than 250,000 homes and businesses groping in the dark in Atlantic Canada after tropical storm Arthur lashed through the area on Saturday morning.
Jul 07, 2014
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the US to help eliminate the deadly tuberculosis completely by the year 2050.
Smitha Nambiar Jul 04, 2014
The sharp growth in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma, U.S., have been found not to be borne out of natural seismic causes but due to the massive injections of wastewater by oil and gas extraction.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 04, 2014
At least three people remain trapped when a gold mine in southern Honduras caved-in on Wednesday. Eight have been successfully rescued.
Jul 04, 2014
The world's top marine biologists and scientists have joined forces in calling for Western Australia to put an end to its shark cull policy.
Reissa Su Jul 04, 2014
Dementia sufferers and their care takers in Southland can now heave a sigh of relief as new dementia respite care has been set up in the city. People with dementia in New Zealand is 50, 000 and the number is expected to rise to 150,000 by the year 2050.
Smitha Nambiar Jul 04, 2014
Omega-3 fatty acids are absolutely essential in one's diet.
Jul 04, 2014
Hurricane Arthur, the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, has forced the relocation of thousands in North Carolina as weather forecasters said it could reach Category 2 storm before it even makes landfall.
Jul 04, 2014
NASA is usually associated with fascinating jobs like that of astronauts, rocket ship engineers and scientists. A job, classified as weird, which joins this list of fascinating jobs is that of a staff sniffer.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 04, 2014
Australian surgeons from Monash Children's Hospital have successfully carried out a complex procedure involving the removal of a huge growth from the face of a Filipino boy.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 04, 2014
Nicole Scherzinger, ex-Pussycat doll and X-factor UK judge, has suffered from bulimia, an eating disorder, for eight years.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 04, 2014
A Tucson-based start-up is planning to use a helium balloon to take passengers on a luxury space tour.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 04, 2014
Whales are being sliced or cut open in Australia's waters because of passing ships. According to reports, images of graphically scarred whales surfaced which were taken by a whale tour operator and whale researchers.
Reissa Su Jul 03, 2014
People becoming affected by measles have reached an alarming 100 in the Waikato area of New Zealand. This, in turn, has led to a huge demand for measles vaccine in the Waikato and Auckland regions.
Smitha Nambiar Jul 03, 2014
Coral reefs in the Caribbean are rapidly degrading because of pollution and overfishing, and not due to climate change.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 03, 2014
Residents in the U.S.' North Carolina coast as well as Canada's Nova Scotia area have been advised to take necessary precautions as tropical storm Arthur continued to gain strength, potentially hitting hurricane level by Thursday.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 03, 2014
A study in Biology Letters suggests that a walking kangaroo propels itself with its tail, essentially transforming the appendage into a fifth "leg".
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 03, 2014
High tech "reverse" vending machines have been installed in Sydney that lets people deposit recyclable waste like plastic bottles and cans in turn for rewards like bus tickets.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 03, 2014
A new study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the frequency with which pain killers are prescribed varies from state to state whereas the medical conditions involving pain does not. The study shows that Alabama prescribes 143 pain killers for every 100 people, making it the top most state to prescribe painkillers.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 03, 2014
One of the most extreme ecosystems but beautiful hot springs in the planet are in New Zealand.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 03, 2014
Women's fertility starts to deteriorate when they hit their mid-thirties.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 03, 2014
Environment Canada has warned about Storm Arthur which is likely to disrupt Atlantic Canada during the weekend.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay Jul 03, 2014
The long-held belief in the athletic world that sportsmen should abstain from sex during completion appears to have been proven false, based on the performance of the teams that are participating in the ongoing World Cup 2014 games in Brazil.
Vittorio Hernandez Jul 03, 2014
A humongous 9 feet long white shark has reportedly been eaten by a much bigger mysterious sea monster in Western Australia.
Athena Yenko Jul 03, 2014
A new study by St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has found that a father's ethnic background can significantly influence a child's weight at birth, and in this case, babies born to Asian fathers were found to be underweight.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 02, 2014
Patterns pointing to an El Niño weather phenomenon happening this year have started to emerge, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. At present, ongoing surface temperatures at the Pacific Ocean point to levels of a weak El Niño.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 02, 2014
