Science & Environment
North Korea launches 16 more short-range rockets into sea
North Korea has launched short-range rockets into the sea off its east coast for a second straight day, according to South Korean ...Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits northern Chile
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the northern coast of Chile on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate ...Earth narrowly avoided huge solar storm in 2012
American and Chinese scientists say that two years ago, only nine days saved the Earth from a potentially devastating magnetic storm hurled ...Half of Americans believe in at least one medical conspiracy theory
Conspiracy theories abound in many places around the world, including the United States. And while many deal with space aliens or assassination ...Sleep loss might cause brain damage, research says
Those of us who sleep longer on weekends to try to make up for the time we didn\'t get enough sleep during ...Diamond hints at vast amounts of water in deep Earth
A tiny crystal trapped in a rough diamond, blasted from 400 kilometers below earth\'s surface, indicates that there may be a lot ...Two Russian cosmonauts, U.S. astronaut head back to Earth
An American astronaut and the two Russian cosmonauts who carried a Sochi Olympic torch into open space are on their way back ...Suicide car bomb, attacks kill at least 42 in Iraq
Police in southern Iraq say a suicide bomber killed at least 42 people and wounded 157 others when he detonated an explosive-filled ...Climate change could mean more malaria in Africa, South America
British and American researchers predict that global warming could mean the spread of the deadly disease malaria to places where it is ...Possible breakthroughs in HIV/AIDS treatments
Scientists in the U.S. are calling attention to a pair of promising treatments that could lead to a cure for AIDS.