The yo-yoing aviation threat level issued by Iceland over the last week - in response to increased and then subsided activity at the country's Bardarbunga volcano - has again been lowered from red to orange.
Overall, the secondhand smoke generated by electronic cigarettes is less toxic that that from traditional cigarettes, but still releases chemicals into the air that are a health concern, says new research out of USC.
A volcano in eastern Papua New Guinea has erupted, spewing rocks and ash into the air, disrupting regional air travel and forcing local communities to evacuate.
Just in time for last big outdoor grilling holiday of the summer, Kraft Foods Group has announced it's voluntarily recalling 7,691 cases of select varieties of regular Kraft American Singles Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product.
Based on a newly-developed computer simulation program, scientists are now saying if - if - the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts anytime soon, it likely won't end of the world as we know it, like previously thought.
Adult-film studios throughout the nation have been asked to halt production after a performer tested positive for HIV, a trade group for the industry is saying.
The Spitzer Space Telescope, located about 44-million miles from earth in a similar one-year, sun-centered orbit, has detected an apparent collision between giant asteroids - the kind from which planets are made.
An amoeba known to feast on human brains has been discovered in the water supply that serves a community of about 12,500 in Louisiana, prompting state officials to take immediate action to flush the system.
Commercial space transport outfit Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or, SpaceX, will be waiting at least a few more days before shooting its latest payload - an ASIASAT-6 satellite - into orbit.
The once-mighty submarine, which, a while ago, was passed by new technologies in speed and agility, may be streaming its way back to transport relevance with a new "air bubble" technique created by the Chinese.
Researchers from New York City and Chicago say they've discovered that a type of bacteria commonly found in the intestines of humans and rodents seems to protect mice from food allergies.
An estimated 34.7 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend, AAA Travel projects, the highest volume for the holiday since 2008.
In the first global analysis of genetic variations in honeybees, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered the crucial pollinators likely originated from Asia, not Africa, as previously thought.
About 2.2 million bean bag chairs sold across the nation have been recalled after the deaths of two children, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and Ace Bayou Corp., of New Orleans, Louisiana, have announced.
Four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early Monday morning, a hypersonic weapon being developed by the United States military was destroyed after flight controllers discovered a problem with the aircraft, the Department of Defense has confirmed.
It'll be like a party bouncy house on steroids: Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, is asking for 16 billion rubles - or, $440 million - to develop inflatable space station habitats.
In a new clinical report about childhood tooth decay and prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics says kids should begin using fluoridated toothpaste as soon as their baby teeth push through their gums.
Armed with new research showing adolescents who don't get enough sleep are more at risk of physical and mental health problems, more automobile accidents and poor academic performance, a group of pediatricians in the United States is reviving the call for later school hours.
One of the world's most enduring types of fashion ornaments may soon provide a heightened level of personal empowerment and protection, for women, in particular.
Showing what a simple bucket of ice water can do, while donations to the ALS Association last year at this time reached $2.5 million, they've exceeded $70 million this year, thanks to the viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge fundraiser.
Residential areas on Hawaii could be threatened "within weeks or months" by molten lava that began flowing from one area of Mount Kilauea in June, reports the United States Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
As the human race sets its sights on researching and living on worlds other than Earth, America's lead space agency will be taking a more thorough look at how terrestrial life responds to changes in gravity.
