Paracetamol no better than placebo in low-back pain: studyParacetamol, the first-choice lower-back pain killer, worked no better than dummy drugs administered in a trial of more than 1,600 people suffering from the condition, researchers said
25 July 2014
Kazakhstan steps up space researchThe Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory in the mountains near Almaty, Kazakhstan has completed modernising its two telescopes.
24 July 2014
In Argentina, dinosaur hunters embark on next phaseA few months ago, Argentine scientists found the remains of a giant dinosaur. Now they look forward to digging up hundreds more fossils, but what they really want is the big one's head.
05 July 2014
Skeletons found in El Salvador shed light on pre-Hispanic lifeJapanese and Salvadoran archaeologists said they have found three human skeletons in El Salvador from more than 1,600 years ago that could shed new light on early human settlements in the region.
05 July 2014
Cousteau grandson resurfaces after 31 days under waterFabien Cousteau, the grandson of legendary French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, emerged from the deep Wednesday after 31 days in an undersea lab off the Florida Keys.
03 July 2014
Facebook under fire over 'creepy' secret studyFacebook secretly manipulated the feelings of 700,000 users to understand "emotional contagion" in a study that prompted anger and forced the social network giant on the defensive.
'Super' banana to face first human trialA super-enriched banana genetically engineered to improve the lives of millions of people in Africa will soon have its first human trial, which will test its effect on vitamin A levels, Australian researchers said.
'Extinct' bat found in Papua New GuineaA big-eared bat which was thought to be extinct has been found in a forest in Papua New Guinea, highlighting the unique biodiversity of the developing nation, researchers said.
05 June 2014
Spain okays Repsol plan for Canary Islands explorationThe Spanish government on Thursday gave oil giant Repsol the green light to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the Canary Islands, a move that environmental groups described as "unjustifiable".
30 May 2014
Tiny 'living fossil' found in New Zealand watersA microscopic marine creature believed to have been extinct for four million years has been found alive and well in New Zealand waters, researchers said.
30 May 2014
New Zealand's iconic kiwi no Australian immigrantNew Zealand's iconic kiwi is most closely related to the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar rather than the Australian emu as previously thought, researchers said Thursday.
Better care can save 3-m babies, mothers per yearThe lives of three million women and babies can be saved every year by 2025 for an annual investment of about a dollar per head in better maternity care, researchers said.
21 May 2014
Mexico to extract 12,000-year-old teen skeletonMexican researchers plan to extract the more than 12,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage girl whose discovery in an underwater cave has given new clues about the origins of the first Native Americans.
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