A strengthened relationship between China and Britain is the expected outcome of President Xi Jinping’s five-day state visit, from Oct. 19-23. British finance minister George Osborne announced at the Conservative annual conference that the powers will focus their attention on infrastructure projects.
Because face paints or cosmetic products are not included in routine checks by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to test Halloween face paints that millions of kids would use, especially those that have made-in-China labels.
MIT's Data Science Machine can replace human intuition when it comes to big data analysis, to uncover hidden patterns and produce a desired outcome.
Two very young girls, one is two-and-a-half and the other five years old, were raped and left to die on Friday in Delhi, India. It was the third incident in one week, confirming the city's notoriety as the rape capital of India.
Islamic Sheik Muhammad Sallah, in a fiery speech the other Friday and while brandishing a knife, called on Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West bank to attack Jews in threes and fours and cut them into body parts.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists using the Kepler Telescope say that a star, KIC 8462852, has an unusual behavior that could indicate alien life.
The first female libido pill, Addyi, made by Sprout Pharma is out in the market, beginning Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015.
Renowned Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien has earned numerous international awards and recognitions in his career, but this time he is aiming for the Oscars with his latest martial arts movie, “The Assassin.”
China's space experts are eyeing to go deeper into the solar system as they consider to do beyond moon explorations.
To meet the need for clean energy, China announced its target of operating 110 nuclear power plants by 2030. The country eyes to build six to eight plants yearly for the next five years.
U.S. multinational technology and consulting firm IBM Corp. will allow the Chinese government access to its software codes, in a move to unlock the billion-dollar government procurement market, a senior executive said on Thursday, Oct.15, becoming the first overseas major tech company to publicly announce such a move.
New study findings show that Ebola virus can last in men’s semen for at least nine months after its apparent disappearance, and can be passed on through body fluids.
A brand new report published by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that the sky-high costs of heavy alcohol use and binge drinking are having a major effect on the United States economy. It revealed that excessive or binge drinking caused the American economy a $249 billion bill in 2010, while the federal government foot about 45 percent of the costs caused by people getting trashed after drinking at least one too many alcoholic drinks.
In connection with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) anti-bullying Spirit Day on October 15, Thursday, Facebook Research announced that the number of Americans who "come out" as homosexual on the social network is higher and increasing. The social media giant's post included details such as numbers and locations of people coming out, which included those who changed their sexual orientation status. The daily average of new LGBT community members has tripled during the past year.
