Nearly 35,000 birds have died from bird flu since late November at a poultry farm in southern Russia's Rostov region, the emergencies ministry said. scientists fear the virus could mutate into a strain that could pass easily from person to person.

The major finding means that new methods can now be pursued to shut down uncontrolled inflammation, restore immune system regulation, and treat chronic autoimmune disorders such as lupus.

Scientists currently tell us that pole shifts occur, on average, once every 500,000 years. The last pole shift was 780,000 years ago so we are overdue for one.

The world's first face transplant recipient has spoken of her horror at "living" with the features of a suicide victim. Isabelle Dinoire, a 40-year-old divorcee from Valenciennes, northern France, underwent the groundbreaking operation almost two years

It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever. Except, it really happened.

Using NASA's Swift and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellites, astronomers have discovered one of the most bizarre planet-mass objects ever found..The object's minimum mass is only about 7 times the mass of Jupiter. But instead of orbiting a norma

The are some pretty dangerous spiders roaming around our planet today. Here's a look at two of the most notorious ones...<br />

Are you more creative or analytical or both? Did you ever wonder why? The answer may lie in your brain! Find out how your brain controls who you are in this fun science experiment!

A team of European and American astronomers has announced the discovery of the best evidence yet for the nature of the star systems that explode as type Ia supernovae.

Running about 100,000 times faster than a high-end desktop PC, IBM has unveiled the world's fastest computer. Already, it's not fast enough.