U.S. scientists have identified a new species of dwarf buffalo that lived about 100,000 years ago in what is now the Philippines.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 17, 2006 3.4 / 5 (7) 0

The Toyota Prius gets the top fuel economy rating, while the Lamborghini L-147 ranks last on the 2007 U.S. government Fuel Economy Guide.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Oct 17, 2006 2.4 / 5 (19) 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday concerning the sale of counterfeit blood glucose test strips.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Oct 17, 2006 4 / 5 (4) 0

Physicians at 50 U.S. medical facilities are taking part in a multinational clinical trial of a device designed to help heart failure victims.

Medicine & Health - Other

Oct 17, 2006 3 / 5 (2) 0

U.S. scientists say people can safely decrease their risk of heart disease by substituting seafood for other animal proteins.

Medicine & Health - Health

Oct 17, 2006 1.3 / 5 (6) 0

U.S. researchers say skin creams and other cosmetic products containing hormones may put children at higher risk of early puberty.

Medicine & Health - Other

Oct 17, 2006 4.3 / 5 (9) 0

U.S. scientists are urging the use of video games to strengthen educational and workforce training.

Other Sciences - Other

Oct 17, 2006 1.3 / 5 (4) 0

U.S. medical researchers say they've developed a vaccine that protects mice against the killer 1918 influenza virus.

Medicine & Health - Medications

Oct 17, 2006 3 / 5 (2) 0

Toxic chemicals that have been released into the environment have turned up in some rather unexpected places. And while it has long been known that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other persistent organic pollutants ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 17, 2006 4.7 / 5 (6) 0

Opposing ball clubs don’t take the field at the same time, and neither do teams of proteins responsible for creating the eye. While one team builds the retina, in adjacent cellular turf the opponents are busy constructing ...

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Oct 17, 2006 3.8 / 5 (4) 0

A lightweight, portable seat belt that could save many of the hundreds of lives lost each year by Americans traveling abroad, has been created by a group of engineering undergraduates at the University of Massachusetts ...

Other Sciences - Other

Oct 17, 2006 3.6 / 5 (17) 0

Early this morning (Tuesday, Oct. 17), the population of the United States swelled to 300 million, in part because of longer life expectancy. But while Americans are definitely living longer – the average man can expect ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Oct 17, 2006 4.5 / 5 (16) 0

Air pollutants mainly from cars, trucks and industrial activity are contributing significantly more to the formation of urban haze than previously thought, according to a new study.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 17, 2006 4 / 5 (8) 0

Growing evidence shows that the dinosaurs and their contemporaries were not wiped out by the famed Chicxulub meteor impact alone, according to a paleontologist who says multiple meteor impacts, massive volcanism ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 17, 2006 4.1 / 5 (70) 0

HP today announced its researchers have created a radio frequency identification (RFID) asset tracking technology for data centers and successfully tested it at a major retailer.

Technology - Engineering

Oct 17, 2006 3.3 / 5 (3) 0