This summer, some yellow-fever mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus are expected to arrive along the Gulf Coast and elsewhere in the continental United States. Health officials are urging people to use insect repellents with DEET to avoid being bitten
China set a timetable on Wednesday to reform government car use in state-owned public institutions and enterprises to reduce fiscal expenses.
China's social power consumption increased 1.9 percent on year in August, returning to positive growth from a year-on-year decline of 1.3 percent in July and a year-on-year increase of 1.8 percent in June, according to data released by the National Energy Administration (NEA) on Tuesday.
U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and other senior officials at the U.S. embassy in Japan used private emails for official business, an internal investigator said in a report Tuesday.
Australian Tasmania's residents may soon be subject to anonymous drug tests, as police consider sampling the state's wastewater to uncover the prevalence of illicit drugs.
In an era of mobile internet, data is a key element in many fields. Now researchers said they can even use geographical data from mobile phones and Twitter to estimate the size of a large crowd.
The National Energy Administration (NEA) vowed on Wednesday to continue scaling back the coal industry in a drive to encourage use of renewable energy.
China's energy use has entered medium-low growth as the economy heads toward a more sustainable model, the country's energy planner said Thursday.
Zhang Mo, the actor Zhang Guoli's son, has been sentenced to six months in prison and fined 5,000 yuan($800) for drug use and providing others with a venue for drug use, the People's court of Beijing Haidian District announced on Tuesday morning.
Graphene, impermeable to gases and liquids, can easily allow protons to pass through it, suggesting it could be a promising candidate for use in hydrogen fuel cells, according to a new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.
Goffin's cockatoos can learn how to make and use wooden tools from each other, according to a new study published in the British scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Australia has the highest proportion of recreational drug users in the world, according to the United Nation's 2014 World Drug Report, local media reported Monday.
Floating electrical devices are set to replace shark nets in an effort to protect Australian beachgoers, local media reported Sunday.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday urged candidates in the Asian country's presidential elections and their supporters to respect the two national electoral institutions as vote counting continues, a UN spokesman told reporters here.
Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Sunday condemned the two attacks in Bangkok's rally sites which killed two, including a four-year-old child and injuring 22 others.
Arable land contaminated by heavy metals across China will be withdrawn from agricultural production, said a senior Chinese agricultural official on Wednesday.
Anti-nausea drug metoclopramide taken during pregnancy was not associated with significantly increased risk of major congenital malformations, spontaneous abortion, and stillbirth, a study said Tuesday.
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