Placenta Key To Pregnancy Length
The placenta may play a key role in determining the gestation period of humans and other mammals, according to a new study. The research links growth rates of mammals inside the womb to the struct...
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The placenta may play a key role in determining the gestation period of humans and other mammals, according to a new study. The research links growth rates of mammals inside the womb to the struct...
Carmakers are focusing on early electric vehicle challenges such as charging infrastructure and driver wariness, as mass market launches of many models draw near, executives told the Reuters Global ...
People who are overweight have a greater sense of smell for food, a study has found. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth say their early findings may go towards explaining why some peopl...
A US satellite carrying the biggest commercial antenna reflector ever put in space has been launched successfully from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The mesh structure on the Skyterra-1 spacecraft is...
Energy drinks are hugely popular, but each one could be giving you more caffeine than a cup of coffee, a study said. In addition, that caffeine could combine with other ingredients in potenti...
"Spillcam" and "vuvuzela" were the top words of 2010, reflecting the global impact of the months-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the noisy South African horns at the World Cup soccer tourna...
The biometric system to record the identity of foreign tourists will be implemented next month, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. "Implementation of the biometric system at ...
Chile's national marine fisheries service (SERNAPESCA) has declared an Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) outbreak on a salmon farm in the Magallanes Region (XII). The virus was detected yesterday wh...
The module for a more holistic approach to sex education is ready to be implemented in Forms one, two and four, the National Population and Family Development Board revealed. Its director-general...
Developing countries should act now to head off their own "obesity epidemic", says a global policy group. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says obesity levels are ...
The worst might be over on Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano, disaster officials said. They urged calm in the aftermath of recent eruptions, which started on October 26 and have killed 191 people....
Young offenders are more likely to have suffered a brain injury compared with the rest of society, a study suggests. A survey of 197 young male offenders found about half reported having had a chi...
A self-published guide giving advice to paedophiles that is for sale through online retailer Amazon is stirring up controversy on the internet, with some threatening to boycott the website. The av...
It may be an old menu standby to Vietnamese diners, but it's turned into a smorgasbord of discovery for scientists. Researchers have identified a previously undocumented species of all-female liz...
Forty-five years after Singapore’s expulsion from a union with Malaysia left Lee Kuan Yew in tears on national television, the economy of the city-state he led to independence is poised to overtak...
The scale of the delay and cost overrun blighting Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has been laid bare by a panel called in to review the project. The successor to Hubble will probably cost at le...
The world's leading mobile phone makers are losing market share to non-brand manufacturers, according to research. Analysts at Gartner say smaller, Asian companies accounted for a third of worldwi...
The Sun's rays can "burn" whales' skin, just like they can damage human skin, according to a team of researchers. The scientists studied more than 150 whales in the Gulf of California. By taking...
Australians want to spend less time at work, according to a new survey prompting calls for caps to be put on the working week. More than 1,700 people were quizzed on their work-life balance in a ...
Forensic analysis of the debris left after a nuclear explosion could yield crucial evidence about the composition and the origin of the bomb, say scientists. A US team examined Trinitite, the glas...
Prolonged use of paracetamol and other painkillers during pregnancy may pose a health risk to baby boys, warn experts. Danish research suggests the drugs raise the risk of undescended testicles in...
Deaths from high-risk prostate cancer can be cut by giving men radiation treatment as well as hormonal therapy, research by Cardiff University has shown. A trial of 1,200 men with prostate cancer ...
Tiny changes to an "alarm" protein which responds to infections may explain why some with HIV can control their condition without drugs. Around one in 300 people with HIV are "controllers", and sc...
Google Inc will begin blocking Facebook and other Web services from accessing its users' information, highlighting an intensifying rivalry between the two Internet giants. Google will no longer le...
Taking vitamin E could slightly increase the risk of a particular type of stroke, a study says. The British Medical Journal study found that for every 1,250 people there is the chance of one extra...
A spacecraft survived the closest encounter ever with a comet, tracking it just 435 miles from the comet's nucleus. Mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, br...