Cyprus is to launch sea surveys in an area where dozens of vessels led by warring successors to Alexander the Great are believed to have sunk in battle for control over the island in 306 BC.

Worker productivity rebounded, growing at the fastest pace in nearly two years, while wage pressures eased sharply in the spring — developments that should reduce inflation worries.

Evidance that moile devices interfere with vital intensive care equipment has been strengthened.

More than 130 veterans of the Iraq war now face the daunting challenge of learning to live with a missing arm. To make that transition easier, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, has launched a $55-million project that pools the efforts of prosthetics experts nationwide to create a thought-controlled bionic arm that duplicates [...]

British scientists have determined bacteria living symbiotically in red poultry mites might help prevent salmonella and similar pathogens.

U.S. gasoline supplies dropped last week to their lowest level since Hurricane Katrina slammed into Gulf Coast refineries two years ago, the U.S. government said on Thursday.

A novel printing method that involves positioning individual nanoparticles with great accuracy could make smaller electronic circuits, and might eventually help prevent banknote counterfeiting, researchers say.

Cosmic detective work has traced the origin of the asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs.  Astronomers know of more than 40 families of asteroids that are fragments of shattered larger bodies and can calculate when the break-ups happened.

Light drinking helps heart health. But more than one drink a day for women and more than two daily drinks for men are harmful.

Pity the prey: it appears that moray eels have two sets of fanged jaws, one to grab with and one launched from their throats to grasp their squirming victims.

Stag and hen parties will have to abide by a code of conduct when celebrating in Blackpool in an attempt by the local council to uphold the family values of the seaside resort.

An NHS hospital has banned flowers because they pose a health risk to patients.