Mosquitoes can quickly develop resistance to insecticide-treated nets, a study from Senegal shows, raising fears that a leading method of preventing the disease may be less effective than previously thought.
A shark attack in Russia is an extremely rare event, so when two happened on Thursday, the country took notice.
A government agency that helped invent the Internet wants to award an organization $500,000 in seed money to begin studying what it would take to send people to the stars.
Single people have at least one less thing to worry about than married couples but the benefits of the bachelor lifestyle fall short in a new study that reveals singledom could lead to a short life.
Vanderbilt University now recognizes Wiccan holy days as part of its list of school-sanctioned observances.
U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke is working wonders with his backpack diplomacy to the Chinese public. Ironically, Locke wasn't even trying to impress anyone.
Global temperatures soared have soared to new heights this summer, with July recording its seventh warmest temperatures since 1880 -- bringing Arctic sea ice levels to a record low in more than three decades.
Nicolette French, a friend of Jared Cano, the 17-year-old boy accused of planning an attack on a Florida high school, told MyFoxTampaBay.com that the suspect told her that he aspired to another Columbine. The girl described Cano as kind of off and said that he sporadically talked about news that there was another Columbine thing going on at Tampa Bay Tech, or one of those other schools, MyFoxTampaBay.com reported.
A new test based on ultrasound scans may be able to spot people at high risk of a stroke, though it is still too early to be excited, researchers said.
At least six people died and 25 others were injured Thursday in a three-stage terrorist attack along Israel's border with Egypt. The attack was initiated when terrorists opened fire at an Egged bus on Road 12 near Eilat, Israel's southernmost city.
People who eat plenty of high-potassium fruits, vegetables and dairy products may be less likely to suffer a stroke than those who get little of the mineral, according to a study.
German scientists experimenting with sniffer dogs have found they can accurately detect lung cancer by smelling breath samples.
Most doctors opt for screening women for cervical cancer more often than guidelines suggest, according to a new study.
Deputies searching a suspected California meth house found some two dozen granite tombstones stolen from local cemeteries in the backyard, a San Bernardino County Sheriff's spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
The arrest of a Texas man who broke into a woman's house, threw her against a wall and tried to suck her blood over the weekend has sparked discussion over the impact of vampire books and movies on U.S. youth culture.
Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez, who had successfully defended her against charges of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, is being investigated by the Florida bar.
A Florida couple, Pennie and Steve Lefkowitz, is out on bond, facing 47 counts of animal cruelty stemming from a June 7 seizure of nearly 700 cats on their Haven Acres Cat Sanctuary.
Catherine Greig, the girlfriend of former crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, was headed to federal court in Boston on Thursday for arraignment on charges of aiding her fugitive boyfriend.
Friend defends Jared Cano, says he wasn?t going to bomb a school.
When Northern California's Bay Area Rapid Transit agency turned off cell phone service to disrupt peaceful protests, "hacktivist" group Anonymous, breached BART's Web site and released personal information in protest.
Highly trained dogs can sniff out lung cancer in its early stage, while it is treatable, a new study suggested.German researchers discovered that dogs could pick up on the smell of organic compounds related to lung cancer, through human breath.
Small concentrations of radioactive sulphur from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan were detected in California between March 22 and April 1, 2011.
London has overtaken New York City as the Top Global Fashion Capital for 2011, according to Global Language Monitor that gives the credit to the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Middleton (Kate Middleton) and designer Alexander McQueen.
A U.S. Secret Service Agent was arrested and charged with drunk driving last weekend in Iowa ahead of President Barack Obama's visit.
A contributor for the popular jihadist forum for radical Muslims, Shumuka al-Islam, has threatened David Letterman for joking about Osama Bin Laden's death.
NASA has clarified in a statement that comet Elenin, expected to come closest to Earth on October 16, 2011, will not collide with Earth.
Researchers from the Rollins College in Florida and the University of Georgia have established for the first time that elkhorn corals, a species found in the Caribbean, have been infected and killed by a bacterium from human sewage.
Russian firm Orbital Technologies has unveiled its plans for constructing the first-ever space hotels for travelers and researchers which would orbit around 217 miles above ground.
Star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach departed the witness stand on Wednesday after four days of testimony in the high stakes trial with his former employer, Trust Company of the West.
A California man accused last week of insider trading on Disney's $4 billion purchase of Marvel is hitting back at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
