California's health officials said on Thursday that they are investigating whether wild boars may have played a role in the E. coli outbreak in September that killed three people and sickened some two hundred.

A fossil recently discovered in Argentina should be the skull of the biggest bird ever found -- a swift, flightless predator over 3 meters tall, scientists reported on Thursday.

Fasting may improve recovery from spinal cord injury, the New Scientist reported on Thursday on its website, quoting the result of a new rodent study.

The construction of China's first marine earthquake station began recently.

China's broadcasting industry regulator has announced it will require all mobile phone service providers in China to use a China-developed technology standard for broadcasting television signals to mobile phones.

British scientists have created a new chemical compound that could be developed into a drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

British scientists have claimed a major breakthrough with their latest results in helping develop the next generation of cancer-beating drugs.

A 500-year-old question - Just how long is the Great Wall? - will be answered in 2008 by two Chinese government departments.

A Russian cargo ship docked successfully with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday after overcoming a problem that had prevented the craft from hooking up firmly with the orbiting outpost, space officials at the Mission Control said.

The honeybee, a species that annually contributes billions of dollars to world's agricultural economy through pollination, originated in Africa and is evolving in surprising ways, a science consortium reported on Wednesday.