Researchers say a newly developed vaccine may protect people against the Chikungunya virus. The mosquito-borne illness, which causes severe joint pain, headache, and fever, has spread to the United States over the past year.

Star Trek Into Darkness actress Alice Eve has got engaged to boyfriend Alex Cowper-Smith. A representative for Eve confirmed that she has accepted a wedding proposal from her financier beau, reports People.

Researchers have discovered a potentially new form of plant communication, one that allows them to share an extraordinary amount of genetic information with one another. The research by Virginia Tech scientist Jim Westwood, throws open the door to a new arena of science that explores how plants communicate with each other on a molecular level.

Exposure to certain chemicals commonly found in plastics and other products is associated with lower levels of testosterone in men, women and children, a new study says.

A man from Saudi Arabia who suffered from regular nosebleeds was recently found to have an extra tooth growing in his nose – a rare but not unheard of medical phenomenon.

Scientists excavating an ancient U.S. cave believed to contain the remains of Ice Age mammals have found hundreds of prehistoric animals. The researchers are pretty sure the animals fell into the sinkhole and died, according to Reuters.

A Jet Airways plane with 280 passengers on board plunged 5,000ft while the captain was allegedly asleep and the first officer was checking a tablet computer, officials and news reports said yesterday.

A man who was having little luck catching salmon decided to look for fossils over the weekend and found a woolly mammoth tusk in the same Alaska location where his mother found one 22 years ago.

If you’ve experienced problems with your internet connection recently, chances are you’re not alone. Recent reports suggest the system that routers use to share the map of the internet with one another has grown too large for some older routers to handle — which could result in poor connectivity.

Healthy men participating in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial who actively participate in all steps of the clinical trial are most likely to undergo a biopsy, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention – a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Seth Mazzaglia was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for the murder and rape of Elizabeth “Lizzi” Marriott, after hearing victim impact statements from 13 of Marriott’s family members and friends.