Category : science

5 STDs You Can Have Without Knowing It

These infections don't always cause symptoms.

12 Causes of Spotting and Breakthrough Bleeding

Oftentimes, bleeding between periods is just a minor inconvenience. Other times, it can signal a serious health issue.

New research, December 17-23, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Couple of hiatus papers (including Skeptical Science authors) A fluctuation in surface temperature in historical context: reassessment and retrospective on the evidence& (open acces...

Flooding rainfall, gusty storms to threaten eastern US into Friday night

A slow-moving batch of rain and locally gusty thunderstorms will enhance the risk of flash flooding from the Southeast to the mid-Atlantic into Friday night.

Weather hampers efforts to inspect Indonesia tsunami volcano

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Bad weather and a massive ash column hampered efforts to assess whether Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano island could trigger another deadly tsunami as authorities said Friday the search for victims in the worst-affecte...

Why Russia Being 'First' In Hypersonic Weapons Might Be a Bad Thing

In rushing to be first, Moscow could end up fielding an unreliable weapon.

Army looks for a few good robots, sparks industry battle

CHELMSFORD, Mass. (AP) — The Army is looking for a few good robots. Not to fight — not yet, at least — but to help the men and women who do.

China's Rival to GPS Technology Is Looking to Go Global

The service, called Beidou, is now available in some parts of Europe and Africa within China’s Belt and Road initiative, spokesman Ran Chengqi told reporters on Thursday in Beijing. The company, which uses a series of satellites to provide users’ pr...

Makers of Chinese herbal ‘anti-cancer drink’ investigated after death of 7 year-old girl

A manufacturer of Chinese herbal healthcare products is under investigation after a debate about its hand in the death of a seven-year-old cancer patient were reignited in China this week. Quanjian Group, a company founded in the northeastern port ci...

Mexico says military to play larger role in fighting fuel theft

Mexico's government unveiled a plan on Thursday to step up use of the armed forces to combat fuel theft, vowing to root out corrupt officials it says are largely responsible for a problem that has cost the country billions of dollars. President Andr...

'All lives matter': Indonesia saves tsunami-stranded turtles

"The turtle was really large and it got stuck in a pile of rubbish, lying almost upside down," Adi Ayangsyah, a member of a search and rescue team in hard-hit Lampung on Sumatra island, told AFP Friday. An eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano, whic...

Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter

A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at a rubbish dump and an elk attacked by stray dogs -- all these animals have found refuge in an unusual private shelter in Russia. Dozens of bears have also passed through the Veles centre, jus...

Oil prices jump, but oversupply worries persist

Brent crude was up $1.18, or 2.26 percent, at $53.34 a barrel at 0219 GMT, having earlier risen as much as 3.1 percent. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures, were at $45.62 a barrel, up 2.26 percent, or $1.01, after earlier rising 3.6 pe...

Australia swelters in extreme weather as one town breaks heat record

Australians will be cranking up the pedestal fans, as extreme heatwave conditions sear across most of the country. Temperatures have soared above average across much of the continent, peaking at 49.1°C (120.38°F) in the town of Marble Bar in Western...

Clean energy leader Costa Rica turns attention to electric cars

San José (AFP) - Costa Rica likes to advertise itself as an ecological paradise, where more than 98 percent of its electricity needs are met by clean energy. Bernal Munoz, a director at Costa Rica's electricity institute (ICE), insists that 600 vehi...

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