SCIENCE

There is a lot of useful material in otherwise dead space junk. Now the military's wing of crazy, cool geniuses is going to build mini-satellites to go get it out. Recycling goes space age.

Western medicine has always been conservative in its endeavors to cure and treat diseases, unlike its counterpart, alternative medicine counts on the odd and the outrageous in dealing with ailments.

Since the dawn of modern medicine, doctors and scientists have found a way to make things easier to swallow. Yes, drinking pills nowadays seem to be just what the doctor ordered, but who would have thought that the common fruit juice could have a leg up on those tiny poppers?

Smoking has been a normal part of life for some adults living in California. But this doesn't mean that it should also be part of their children's lives.

The Halloween bug has bitten everyone, including three astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Colliding galaxies happen more often than previous estimates suggests according to recent study by astronomers.

A space rock, asteroid 2005 YU55, will zoom by Earth inside the orbit of the moon on Nov. 8. As its closest approach, the asteroid will pass within 201,700 miles or 325 kilometers of Earth at 6:28 p.m. EDT (2228 GMT).

Growing up is essentially a hard thing to do. People deal with all sorts of problems such as family, financial, and parental issues. The important thing is how we recover from them.

Three whales, believed to be Gray’s beaked whales, have become stuck on a beach near Tauranga in New Zealand, close to the ill-fated MV Rena, which has been wedged in for over three weeks now on Astrolabe Reef in Bay of Plenty.

It seems even the beauty of space isn't enough to distract astronauts from playing with Angry Birds.

Recently, a Zimbabwean man was brought to court when he was found making love with a donkey tied to a tree outside his home in Zvishavane. Sunday Moyo, 28, claimed that he fell madly and deeply in love with a prostitute that he hired for $20.

Overpopulation is one of the issues that man has faced ever since we've learned to populate, and with it comes a number of other issues that need to be addressed.

It is the underlying hypertension of the mother, rather than the use of antihypertensive drugs in early pregnancy that increases the risk of birth defects, research findings show.

The 52nd annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in Florida is showcasing a prototype of a personal submarine that can repeatedly take up to three people for a trip down into the deepest part of the Earth, the Mariana Trench.

Four million children undergo surgical procedures in the United States every year. And when it comes to postsurgical pain in pediatric patients, which may last weeks or months, it has been generally overlooked, unlike those of treated adults.

Finally, after a five-year delay, the $1.5 billion NASA Earth-observing satellite will be launched Oct. 28 from California. The satellite is aimed to test new technologies to improve weather forecasts and monitor climate change.

Australia will share its food productive expertise with poor African nations through a new $36-million food security centre which Prime Minister Julia Gillard launched at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth on Friday.

Trevor Prideaux, a 50 year old UK national, is the first man who has a built in smart phone dock on his prosthetic limb. Prideaux was born without his left arm and uses an artificial arm. But because of his prosthetic limb, he had some difficulties in using his smart phone, which is essential to him as a catering manager.

Persons who drink more than three cups of coffee a day has a lesser risk of getting a type of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma (BCC).

The global population is set to reach the 7 billion mark on October 31 according to the United Nations Population Fund in a new report.

An international team of researchers have identified the mud volcanoes at Isua in southwest Greenland as a possible birthplace for life on Earth by studying 3.8 billion-year-old formations.

Keep out of the sun in the afternoons when exposure to ultraviolet radiation is more damaging.

Pacemakers are expensive and valued at £15,000 to £35,000. However, these are considered useful and some specialized versions can even help in rectifying heart failure, according to some doctors in the U.S.

Thailand's floods have washed over crocodile farms pens and swept the reptiles downstream to Bangkok's northern suburbs threatening to make a meal out of residents of townhouse subdivisions there.

Astronomers were finally able to catch a good look at Pluto's twin planet, the distant Eris and is one of the brightest objects in the solar system.

Virgin Active, a popular Health Club all over the world, opens its awesome campaign for RetroAerobics. And for their massive promotion, the club was able to convince Harry Langdon, a popular photographer, to use Jane Fonda’s Retro pictures. Fonda’s pictures were taken during the 80’s when she was about to release a book about health and fitness.

Ascariasis, an intestinal infection caused by a parasitic roundworm, has plagued man for the longest time, affecting over one billion people in China, South East Asia, South America, and in Africa.

When preparing to deliver a baby, physicians look at fetal heart rate patterns to guide them in deciding whether or not to perform a C-section. But without a standard to guide physicians during those critical hours, doctors and nurses often resort to guessing.

The massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey has opened the lines of communication between the governments of Turkey and Israel for humanitarian reasons. Turkish officials say the death toll from Sunday's earthquake now stands at 523. The prime minister's center for crisis and emergency management further reported 1,650 people were injured and a total of 185 were rescued from the rubble so far.