M5.1 quake hits Santa Cruz Islands
2011-07-03 08:12:31
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Santa Cruz Islands at 20:11:13 GMT on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.
Women in emerging markets feeling more stressed
2011-07-01 08:03:51
Women in emerging economies are feeling more stressed, according to a new report released by Nielsen, a leading global information and measurement company.
Study suggests UN force brought cholera to Haiti
2011-06-30 14:45:37
Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says.
E. coli may be traced to Egypt seeds
2011-06-30 06:38:25
European food and disease prevention authorities said Wednesday they are investigating whether the E. coli outbreak in Germany and France may be traced back to fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt either in 2009 or last year.
Space debris forces astronaut take-cover
2011-06-29 20:55:47
Six astronauts were forced to take refuge aboard the International Space Station's "lifeboat" crafts on Tuesday, bracing for the threat of a collision with floating space debris, the Russian space agency said.
S.Korean textbooks to be digitized by 2015
2011-06-29 16:53:58
South Korea will digitize all textbooks for elementary, middle and high school students by 2015, the government said Wednesday.
NASA confirms July 8 for last shuttle launch
2011-06-29 10:25:41
NASA managers met at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday and confirmed Friday, July 8, as the launch date for Atlantis. The 12-day mission will close out the 30-year shuttle program.
Russian scientists expect to meet aliens by 2031
2011-06-28 16:32:35
Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilizations within the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted on Monday.
US pediatricians: Ban on junk food ads
2011-06-28 11:08:32
US pediatricians want to ban junk food ads aimed at children, saying that they conspire with sedentary activities like watching television and playing video games to make kids fat.
Solar-powered aircraft in Paris Air Show
2011-06-26 20:52:41
The solar-powered HB-SIA prototype aircraft takes part in a flying display during the 49th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris June 26, 2011.
Whale migrant signs climate threat to Atlantic
2011-06-26 17:11:11
When a 43-foot (13-meter) gray whale was spotted off the Israeli town of Herzliya last year, scientists came to a startling conclusion: it must have wandered across the normally icebound route above Canada, where warm weather had briefly opened a clear channel three years earlier.
LulzSec hackers say disbanding after last data dump
2011-06-26 15:44:01
The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding on Saturday with one last data dump, which included internal AOL Inc and AT&T documents.
