A Solar Storm has hit the Earth and is diverting flights across the North Pole.

Celebrations for the Chinese New Year Monday welcomed the Year of the Dragon, the luckiest of all the zodiac signs.

The American Cancer Society released a study Monday that showed 14 percent of lung cancer patients still smoked five months after their diagnosis.

A solar flare erupted Monday that will cause a magnetic storm in Earth's atmosphere. Satellites, power grids, and high-latitude planes are at risk.

In a Stanford University study, women reported feeling more intense pain than men, no matter the source of the pain.

A new definition of autism would eliminate high-functioning individuals from the autism spectrum.

Critics say the data presents a rosier picture of air pollution levels in China’s capitol.

While the scientific community argues over a lab-created bird flu strain, the researchers agree to a 60-day moratorium.

The White House announced Friday many church-affiliated employers will have to cover free birth control for employees.

Researchers find 1 in 5 Americans have a mental illness.

Doctors diagnose twelve teenage girls with "mass hysteria." The cure is inconclusive.

A doctor refuses to put Amelia Rivera on the kidney transplant list reportedly because she suffers from Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.

The UN debates whether to abolish the leap second, sparking a discussion over how humans tell time.

Celeb chef Paula Deen announces she has diabetes and a new endorsement deal for a diabetes drug. Critics says she's exploiting her diagnosis.

A new study shows serious injuries due to headphone use have tripled over the last seven years.

Wikipedia blackout; Romney under attack in SC debate; controlled detonations used in cruise ship rescue effort; Darwin's fossil collection found.

Researchers in Australia named a horse fly after bootylicious Beyonce because of the fly's large, golden behind.

Supposedly the most depressing day of the year, many argue Blue Monday is based on shaky science and misleads about mental health.

A deadly, non treatable form of tuberculosis has been identified in India. According to Daily News Analysis one of the infected has gone missing.

The Mars Phobos-Ground probe that malfunctioned after its November launch is predicted to crash Sunday.

Researchers at IBM have stored and read data from a 12-atom storage device, the smallest possible before quantum mechanics takes over.

A new study funded by an insurance company says men are reckless drivers, with 80% of fatal crashes caused by men.

MS judge blocks 21 pardons, astronomers: 100 bn planets in galaxy, judge asked to declare Natalee Halloway dead, U.S. Navy arrives in Arabian Sea.

The CDC reports binge drinking isn't just limited to college students.

U.K. government says clinics have responsibility to remove faulty breast implants, but major clinics refuse to do so.

Harvard scientists found the genetic signature of the long believed extinct C. Elephantopus Galapagos Tortoise.

A state-appointed task force has determined victims of forced sterilization should get $50,000 each.

A new study shows nicotine replacement products might not help smokers quit.

Scientists find link between grief associated with losing a loved one and heart attacks, death.

Primary day New Hampshire; al-Assad gives televised speech; North Korea to grant amnesty; Hostess Brands close to bankruptcy.