Amrutha Gayathri

Vampire bats have the unique ability to sink their teeth into their prey's body without missing the vein and feed on rich blood. Though scientists knew bats' noses guide them in spotting blood, they never quite understood how the nose mechanism worked.

Anthony Sowell, an Ohio sex offender, convicted of the murder of 11 women, was subjected to violent physical abuse as a child. Sowell's niece, Leona Davis, 50, who had spent her childhood with the convict's family following her mother's death, described the harrowing experiences she and Sowell had undergone as children, during a testimony in the court.

If polar bears had any clue of the scale of speculation about the extinction threat they are facing due to climate change, they would have probably said "you're kidding, right?"

Parasites are living species detrimental to the existence of its host organism, which while depending on the host for survival, also function independently without paying heed to the host's bodily commands. In a metaphorical level, it definitely makes sense to compare cancerous tumors to parasites. But according to a recent study published by the University of California, Berkeley, "the generation of cancer is just another form of speciation, the evolution of new species."

Top LulzSec member Jake Davis, better known under the alias of Topiary, was granted conditional bail at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court, according to a Telegraph report. Davis was photographed outside the court sporting sunglasses and a denim shirt and was carrying a book, "Free radicals: The secret anarchy of science."

Call it dictatorial or simply ironic, the residents of a Bedouin village in Israel's Negev desert are facing peculiar circumstances, where they are being forced to pay for the government expenses involved in demolishing their own homes!

Britney Spears' former body-guard Fernando Flores has accused the star of poor personal hygiene, drug abuse and ill-treating of her children, in a recent filing adding to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against her last year.

Britney Spears' former body-guard Fernando Flores has accused the star of poor personal hygiene, drug abuse and ill-treating of her children, in a recent filing adding to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against her last year.

Even though the congressional leaders had all the time in the world to strike a deal on the issue of debt-ceiling raise, they seem to be shamelessly waiting for an 11th hour drama. Technically speaking, Aug. 2 is the end of grace period for extraordinary measures and the U.S. borrowing limit, currently at $14.29 trillion, was reached on May 16 this year. Instead of getting things done Democrats and the Republicans seem to get a kick out of the 'blamestorming game'.

Human-animal hybrids have existed only in our imagination fueled by vivid mythological creatures, most popular being the mermaids and the centaurs. So when scientists showed an active interest in mixing human and animal genes, mainly to mass produce vital hormones like insulin, and drugs and organs suitable for organ transplantations, it was interpreted widely as an attempt to create monsters which could be half-human-half-animal. Thus the term Para-human became popular as an informal reference ...

Actor-songstress Chloe Lattanzi has got under the conservatives' skin with the release of an allegedly graphic video "Play With Me." Daughter of singer Olivia Newton-John and actor Matt Lattanzi and great granddaughter of Nobel prize-winning physicist Max Born, Chloe Lattanzi is seen performing allegedly disturbing acts including electrocution and self harm using sharp objects and snorting cocaine.

Global warming proponents can catch up on the sleep they lost worrying about the planet getting hotter with each passing day. A NASA study which analyzes satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011, published in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing, reports that Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than global warming proponents' computer models have predicted.

Indiana state lawmakers, who are analyzing the implications of amending its drug laws to decriminalize marijuana, were told by a panel of experts that the prohibition of marijuana in U.S. is a failed model and Indiana stands a chance to benefit from decriminalizing marijuana.

"Higgs Boson," "Large Hadron Collider (LHC)" and CERN seem to have more or less become household words, even though it will take many patient sessions with a physicist to fully understand what is going on at CERN and what are the implications of a research of this large a scale.

Melting ice sheets of Greenland have been a cause of concern for researchers and climate change proponents, as previous studies on the ice sheet behaviors projected Greenland's ice less stable when compared to Antarctica's ice. But a recent study by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggests that we may have got it all wrong.

Nintendo announced plans to drop the retail price of its portable Nintendo 3DS system to $169.99 in the U. S. down from the suggested launch price of $249.99 effective Aug. 12.

Norwegian mass killer and right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto "2083: A European Declaration of Independence" which supports cultural conservatism is under close scrutiny to figure this perpetrator's theories which distance itself equally from Nazis as well as Jews.

Time Travel has been an idea reigning human imagination for very long, beginning as early as 700 BCE when Indian epic tale Mahabharata mentioned it in its fictional narrative. In the early 18th century Samuel Madden mentioned time travel in his work "Memoirs of the Twentieth Century."

Though Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has expressed his disbelief in the 'traditional theories' about the death of Simón Bolívar -- the Venezuelan hero who played a great role in freeing much of South America from Spanish rule -- the recent study ordered by Chavez suggests that foul play cannot be confirmed if at all his Colombian enemies had something to do with Bolívar's death.

Somali capital Mogadishu is struggling to find means to survive as the number of people seeking refuge here in a desperate attempt to escape famine and conflict, is estimated to be more than 20,000, according to a UNHCR, report.

President Barack Obama's Monday night address to the nation voiced the gravity of situation and the urgency to reach a "fair compromise" on the ongoing debt talk. "Defaulting on our obligations is a reckless and irresponsible outcome to this debate. ... We would risk sparking a deep economic crisis - one caused almost entirely by Washington," Obama said.

Selena Gomez, the teen fashion icon is best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series "Wizards of Waverly Place." She featured in films and has starred in the television movies "Another Cinderella Story," "Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie," and "Princess Protection Program." She made her starring theatrical film debut in "Ramona and Beezus."

New Zealanders can earn thousands of dollars by arresting former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the alleged war crimes committed during the illegal invasion of Iraq, says a press release issued by Global Peace and Justice Auckland.

Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian suspect for Friday's bomb and gun attacks killing at least 93 people, published a 1,500-page text manifesto on the Internet and uploaded a 12 minute video on YouTube, hours before the attack.

Anthony Sowell, an Ohio sex offender, was convicted of the murder of 11 women on Friday. The 11 murdered women were reported missing beginning 2007, and were later found in the backyard of Sowell's home.

Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale rocked Japan's Northeastern Pacific coast of Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, but according to Japan Meteorological Agency there is no danger of a tsunami.

Foreclosure relief fraud accused Jeff McGrue was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. McGrue was accused of executing a scheme by which property owners facing foreclosure were promised mortgage relief and lenders were sent fake notes totaling $55 million.

Friday singer Rebecca Black may be dubbed the world's worst singer but within 4 days of release, her second single My Moment has attracted more than 12 million page views on YouTube. Similar to her debut single, My Moment has earned the reputation of a song people would love to hate.

Project Delirium, a 20-month multi-agency law enforcement investigation, which targeted the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, has been successful in arresting approximately 1,985 individuals on narcotics-related charges, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced today.