A new report out of the University College London in the United Kingdom suggests keeping the Grim Reaper at bay requires a minimum seven servings of vegetables and fruits every day.
Five people are dead in Chile after a massive earthquake struck off the country's northern coast, prompting tsunami warnings along the Chilean coast and across the Pacific.
The U.S. auto market is showing signs of thawing from a cold, stunted winter when sales were off by an estimated 100,000 units in January and February and the two-month seasonally adjusted annual rate dipped to about 15.2 million units.
New research suggests that letting loose in water treated with chlorine -- which is supposed to ward off infections -- may actually be exposing swimmers to a whole new set of toxins.
The newest study asserts high-mileage runners, like those who get no exercise at all, tend to have shorter lifespans than do moderate runners, although the reasons are not yet known.
Ultimately, says senior author Kristine Yaffe, the research offers younger generations hope that they may be able to lower their risk of developing dementia through diet and exercise, not to mention medications.
Scientists suspect the latest X1-class solar flare and some recent coronal mass ejections might drive a minor geomagnetic storm April 2, which could in turn intensify Earth's Northern Lights.
Researchers compared the zebras' geographic ranges with different variables, including woodland environments, the ranges of large predators, temperature and the geographic distribution of biting, blood-sucking flies.
The new research indicates more than 90,000 women last year opted to get the procedure, otherwise known as mastopexy, up from fewer than 53,000 13 years earlier.
Fossil remains indicate that sometime around 252 million years ago, about 90 percent of all species suddenly disappeared, Carbon levels in the atmosphere and environment back then showed microbes were the most likely culprits.
At first glance, the shells of the sea creature seem an engineering paradox, being so strong and resilient when they are 99 percent calcite, generally known to be a weak, brittle mineral.
The international court agreed with Australia, which asserted in a case filed in May 2010 that the Antarctic hunting was not for exploratory purposes, as has been claimed by Tokyo.
The first-of-its-kind process involves quickly removing all of a patient's blood, draining it from the body and replacing it with a saline solution that stops almost all cellular activity --- similar to inducing hypothermia.
Researchers found the blood test, combined with an electrocardiogram of the heartbeat, was accurate 99 percent of the time in showing which patients could be sent home, instead of being admitted to the hospital.
Cruising at an estimated 673 million kilometers, or 418 million miles, from the sun, Rosetta still has about 5 million kilometers, or, 3.1 million miles, until it meets up with the comet.
Considered even more dangerous than Texas' longtime resident fire ants, the Rasberry crazy ants, also known as tawny crazy ants or Nylanderia fulva, have hit more than 20 counties throughout the Lone Star State.
The coffee industry reports an estimated 2-billion cups of coffee are consumed throughout the world every day, but a trifecta of rising global heat, extreme weather and fierce pests will ravage many of the cool mountainsides where coffee beans grow.
The researchers followed study subjects for five years or longer and attempted to separate those who died during that time because of cancer, chronic lung disease or heart failure. .
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the largest aftershock appears to have been be a 3.4-magnitude quake that again struck near the city of La Habra a little over two hours after the initial jolt.
A type of grouse known for its colorful feathers, the lesser prairie chicken has lost more than 80 percent of its traditional habitat, mostly through oil and gas drilling, as well as ranching and the construction of power lines and wind turbines,
The climate change assessment says global warming will disrupt food supplies, slow economic growth and is likely already causing irreversible harm to undersea environments and, specifically, the Arctic.
Reaching a length of about 28 inches or so, the Tamisiocaris might not sound big by today's standards, but during the Cambrian period it was one of the largest creatures around.
