Vietnamese victims seek justice in New York court

Did it delay new treatments for HIV? Government enthusiasm for animal research is misplaced. Vivisection is scientifically flawed. It may have seriously delayed the development of new treatments for HIV.

A faked picture of a Taranaki twister bearing down on New Plymouth has prompted a review of processes throughout New Zealand's newsrooms.

Klyuchevskoy (pronounced Kloo-shef-skoy), a stratovolcano located in the north central region of the Kamchatka Peninsula, is blasting ash up to 32,000 feet in the air, and has diverted air traffic headed toward the Far East.

Extraterrestrial life may well be so weird we would not immediately recognize it, and scientists looking for alien life should be seeking the unfamiliar as well as the familiar, experts advised on Friday.

In an attempt to ensure they live long and healthy lives, 3 sisters have all undergone preventive hysterectomies and are all having mastectomies as well. All 3 are positive for the BRCA1 gene, which is linked to a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancers

Egypt will run DNA tests on an unidentified mummy to determine whether it is the pharaoh Tuthmosis I, who ruled over a period of military expansion and extensive construction, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday.

The fully clothed corpse lay face down, floating in a swirl of water where the south bank of Buffalo Bayou runs through downtown Houston. The year was 1957 and the young man's body was deemed too decomposed for an autopsy. He received a pauper's burial in

The planned weekend launch of a spacecraft to explore two of the solar system's largest asteroids was delayed again because of problems with a tracking ship and aircraft.

When there is tension at the National Hurricane Center, it's usually because a powerful storm is bearing down on Miami, New Orleans or another U.S. city. But the turmoil these days is focused on demands from many staffers that the center's new director be