Martian clay may have harboured boron — a key component for one of the life’s molecular building blocks — at a time when life was just starting on the Earth, scientists say.

A drug used by men to slow a receding hair line may also reduce their alcohol craving, a new study claims.

The issue of denial of a visa to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was fiercely debated by a key congressional committee, with an influential Republican party legislator questioning the decision of

Naturally occurring human gene sequences cannot be patented but artificially copied and replicated DNA can be, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

A former CIA employee working as a contractor at the US National Security Agency said he was the source who leaked details of a top-secret US surveillance programme, acting out of conscience to protec

A billionaire Dallas banker will shell out $1 million to anyone who can solve a mathematical problem that has baffled geniuses for years.

US captain Clint Dempsey scored two goals in the second half and the Americans held off a late comeback on Sunday for a 4-3 victory over second-ranked Germany in an international football friendly.

US President Barack Obama joked about a lipstick stain on his collar during a White House event, saying that he is explaining the red mark on his shirt to avoid trouble with the First Lady.

Two new species of cave-dwelling short-tailed whip scorpions have been discovered in north-eastern Brazil.

Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, astronomers have discovered.