The U.S. CDC issued a warning of a parasite outbreak in public swimming pools and hot tubs that can apparently cause diarrhea.
A UC Riverside recent graduate recently discovered a new firefly species in Topanga Canyon in L.A. County, California.
A new study confirms that rodents apparently dream like humans do by imagining maps of where the food source might be.
Several lions from South Africa will be transplanted to Rwanda's Akagera National Park after the 1994 human genocide wiped out these animals in the country.
Today, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded shortly after launch, carrying a Dragon capsule with cargo filled with food, water and supplies bound for the space station.
SpaceX will send another cargo resupply to the ISS today carrying lettuce and worms and will attempt the third time to land its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating barge.
A British study that monitored rats' brain cell activity shows that the small animals seem to have wanderlust, a strong desire about new places to visit. This is perhaps unsurprising as they spend much of their lives crawling through planet Earth's underground tunnels. When the rodents were shown an out-of-reach food treat they were likely to dream and strategize about how they could get their hands on the tasty snacks as they nodded off and then fell asleep.
Walt Disney World has officially declared that it would be banning selfie sticks from its theme parks. Selfie-sticks will become banned at Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida beginning Tuesday.
According to Zhang Kaixuan, the series of recent campus violence in the country can be rooted from light punishment and from the influence of mass media. Zhang is an expert from the Beijing Youth Legal and Psychological Consultation Service Sector.
DARPA has announced that the agency plans to genetically engineer organisms on Mars in order to make the planet more habitable like Earth.
The two-day high level summit between China and the U.S. held in Washington, DC, on June 24, Wednesday, has resulted in nearly 300 economic and strategic agreements reached by the two countries. This, analysts said, reflects the multifaceted and progressive nature of Sino-U.S. relations amid concerns over cybersecurity issues and the South China Sea dispute, the Beijing Times reported.
New images and data from NASA's New Horizons reveal that Pluto and Charon apparently share the same atmosphere yet both possess different colors.
The Haidian District People's Court in Beijing has ordered on June 25, Thursday, two high-profile social media personalities, who have been involved in an online slanging match over the issue of genetically modified (GM) food, to pay damages and publicly apologize to each other.
The application of information technology (IT) to manufacturing heavy equipment instead of traditional consumer goods will be the core of China's manufacturing sector in the coming 10 years. This will enable the country to achieve a smart industrial transition and become a world manufacturing power by 2025, Premier Li Keqiang remarked at the 3rd Roundtable Summit of Global CEO Council held on June 9 in Beijing.
Meng Jianzhu, the head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, urged the international community to jointly fight against the new security threat of cyberterrorism.
