BALTIMORE, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Research out of Baltimore purports to explain why children usually spill if trying to drink from a full cup, whereas adults rarely do.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- In orbit above Earth this Thanksgiving Day, aboard the International Space Station, American astronaut Michael Foale will share his meal with his Russian cosmonaut counterpart Alexander Kaleri.
Researchers say the party drug ecstasy can trigger heart attacks, an anti-viral agent in saliva may protect babies from HIV, and other news of modern health.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Wednesday they have discovered nutrient pollution is killing Caribbean reefs.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Women incapable of achieving orgasms can now have a device implanted in their spines that will trigger the sensation for them.
KINSHASA, Republic of the Congo, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Officials report increasing numbers of leprosy cases have been recorded in the Congo as health agents reach areas previously cut off by a five-year war.
GARCHING, Germany, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The European Southern Observatory's telescope array in Chile has looked deep into the solar wind of a giant star to better understand its death throes.
LONDON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A small London company says it has developed a technique that could revolutionize medicine by turning blood into a stem-cell-like state.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The percentage of couch potatoes in Brazil is higher than in the United States, the Pan American Health Organization said Wednesday.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Ecstasy, or XTC, may trigger heart attacks, according to a case report in the December issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine.
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Geophysicists at the University of California at Berkeley may have figured out why some volcanoes pop and others ooze.
PARIS, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The European Union is hoping that France will be selected as the site of the world's first fusion reactor next month, the BBC reported Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A lot of science and technology go into getting Kermit, Barney, Garfield and dozens of other huge balloons into the sky and creating the imaginative floats that weave their way along the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade route.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The seemingly never-ending series of holiday office parties, family gatherings and social obligations can test anyone's limits of manners and civility, but experts say a few gentle but well-known reminders can help keep the season full of good cheer.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Scientists said Wednesday they have discovered how the SARS virus infects cells, a finding that could help guide development of the medications and vaccines to fight the deadly pneumonia-like disease.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A new study supports earlier findings that residents of Appalachia face a higher risk of cancer than the rest of the United States.
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Diebold, an Ohio-based company that makes ATM machines has said that all ATMs should be installed with firewall software to avoid security breaches.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Boston scientists say they have discovered how SARS infects cells, which could aid the quest for drugs to fight the deadly pneumonia-like disease.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Scientists are mimicking the diversity found in Mother Nature in experiments to see if an approach called cyberdiversity can help computer systems fend off malicious attacks by viruses and Internet worms.
Fans react and hold up signs as floats carrying the New York Giants rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the Giants victory ticker tape parade 2 days after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in New York City on February 7, 2012 . UPI /John Angelillo
