The U.S. Geological Survey's research marks its most comprehensive examination of mercury contamination in stream fish. The study found that 27% of the fish had mercury levels high enough to exceed what the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe.

Touch is the first tool we turn to when confronting pain. We react similarly to a stubbed toe and a broken heart, tenderly grasping the affected area. This need to apply physical contact is part of the innate healing instinct present within each of us.

It's early Sunday morning at Halley Research Station, Antarctica. The sun is rising quickly on the horizon, the wind is low and the temperature outside is a modest -18 degrees C. Conditions look perfect. As I look across the dining room at my friends and

If you are (or you know) the one who invented this please tell me. We don´t need BMW´s or Mercedes for showing good car inventions!

A healthy panda cub was born Wednesday at a zoo in northern Thailand. Staff artificially inseminated Lin Hui, a 7 year old female, on Feb. 18, but had seen no signs that she was pregnant.

The fluorescence in some sea creatures may actually be a healthy glow, a new study says. So-called green fluorescent proteins in the animals' bodies may act as antioxidants that protect the creatures in times of illness or stress. The proteins

Learn about the history of Red Wolves in the wild and how their numbers started to dwindle as far back as the 1700s. The fragile population is currently being restored from a successful breeding program in North Carolina.

SYDNEY -- The Australian government said on Tuesday that it would create a publicly owned company to build a national high-speed broadband network worth 43 billion Australian dollars

COMPUTER security experts around the world watched warily as the dreaded Conficker worm squirmed deeper into infected machines with the arrival of the trigger date, April 1st.

All computer users can get peace of mind and security for free by using the Mozy system for offsite backup.