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Nearly 53 million years back during the Eocene Epoch, Ellesmere Island in the high Arctic looked like cyprus swamplands. According to fossil evidence it was home to prehistoric turtles, alligators and other animals.

Now, a latest study has confirmed that a 6-foot tall flightless bird with head of the size of a horse head and weighing several hundred pounds also used to stay there in winters.

In a study appeared in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and the University of Colorado-Boulder have studied and explained the first and only fossil proof from the Arctic of a huge bird called Gastornis.

For the first time ever, astronomers have characterized atmosphere of super-earth exoplanet using Hubble Space Telescope. They found that air of the extra-solar planet 55 Cancri e has hydrogen and helium in high percentage.

Super-earths are giant exoplanets much bigger than earth. The exoplanet, also known as Janssen, is an alien world over eight times more massive than our planet that is present about 40 light-years from the solar system.

Indiana youth institute released an annual report on kids count. It mentioned various factors impacting the youth and adolescents. Among the factors, child maltreatment proved more detrimental than others as the deaths caused have risen greatly, while child pregnancies have fallen.

Indiana has its name among the top five states in most cases of child abuse and neglect. The year 2014 saw a child abuse and neglect case in every 20 minutes. Moreover, within six months of first case, 90% of the children do not report the next case of maltreatment.

The Obama administration has given approval to three federal agencies to study whether the rubber turf used in playing fields poses any health hazards or not. The issue is more concerning in North Attleboro, where people oppose use of such fields, which are subjected to cause blood cancer despite the fact that there is no evidence available.

The three federal agencies are The Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which will join hands to conduct study on rubber turf made of pulverized, recycled tires.

A new research has revealed that people who have a particular kind of oral human papilloma virus (HPV) are on a higher risk platform to develop head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), in addition to oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). Ilir Agalliu, MD, ScD, headed the research, which showed that if the mouthwash samples of a person are detected with HPV 16 are at 22 times higher risk for developing OPC as compared to those who do not have this virus.

Cardiovascular problems in health are responsible for annually taking 17.3 million lives across the world, according to data released by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. Cardiovascular problems are the primary cause of death globally. Deaths caused by all forms of cancer are less than the deaths caused by only heart disease and stroke.

Marshall Medical Center and Cameron Park Community Services District have joined hands to organize ‘Affair of the Heart’ event on February 18, 2016 to create awareness about the reasons and steps that can be taken to avoid cardiovascular diseases.