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Oceans are dying due to... - sewage - radiation - heating up - acidity - dumping - overfishing If we do not become more proactive about the longevity of our planet's resources and the lives of all creatures, then we ...

Chinese scientists have been modifying certain brain genes to create a new kind of monkey. Chinese researchers have incorporated the MCPH1 human brain gene into monkey embryos, in an experiment with hopes of crossing the wires of human and animal ...

Shops selling traditional medicines and foods in Hong Kong and Sydney say business from Chinese tourists is the poorest in years. Noah's Trading Company is usually bustling with customers during the Lunar New Year holiday, but this year the aisles ...

The emirate isn't just the world's richest country, it's also one of the fattest. Half of adults and a third of children are obese, and almost 17 percent of the native population suffers from diabetes. By comparison, about a third ...

Eating fruits and vegetables contaminated with pesticide residue may lower men’s sperm counts, a new study has found. Researchers at Harvard University surveyed 155 men who had sought fertility treatment about their eating habits. They found that subjects who ate ...

Researchers have come to the conclusion – which is very controversial – that the use of cell phones may cause cancer.  They tested some male rats with cell phone radiation for nine hours a day and found that the male ...

A British teenager had to be rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a storm drain while trying to retrieve her new smartphone. Ella Birchenough, 16, dropped her iPhone down the drain while out walking her dog. "I thought ...

Bentiu, South Sudan Horrific massacre: Rebels have massacred hundreds of civilians in the South Sudanese city of Bentiu in the worst atrocity of the young country’s civil war. Bodies, including those of children and old people, were piled in heaps ...

Researchers have found evidence that hunter-gatherers started making bread 4,000 years prior to starting agriculture.  Evidence of bread making was found in the north-eastern part of Jordan.  The flatbread charred remains were found to have been made some 14,400 years ...

Researchers have found that if the patient with Alzheimer’s is treated for any bacteria or infections it may help in the reduction of this condition.  The immune system is being researched more to see if it can be the key ...