30 million children will eat more healthily thanks to a vote today in the European Parliament on new legislation which will allow fruit, vegetables and milk to be freely distributed in schools across Europe all year round.  Read more

Eleven talented Saudi students from the Eastern Province have made it to the finals of the Intel Science Talent Search contest (Intel STS 2016) that will be held in the United States soon. Abdulrahman Al-Mudairs, director general of the Eastern Province education department, said this was a result of the government’s investment in the country’s young people. Al-Mudairs thanked theRead more

The Zika virus, suspected of causing brain damage in babies and a neurological disorder in adults, has also been linked to the paralysing myelitis disorder, French researchers said on Tuesday. A 15-year-old girl diagnosed with acute myelitis in Guadeloupe in January, had high levels of Zika in her cerebrospinal fluid, said Annie Lannuzel of the University Hospital Center Pointe-a-Pitre inRead more

Hundreds of grieving Tibetans Sunday joined the funeral procession for a 16-year-old schoolboy who died after setting himself on fire to protest against Chinese rule. Dorje Tsering died from cardiac arrest Thursday after setting himself ablaze at a housing settlement for Tibetan refugees in India's northern city of Dehradun. Tsering's body was Saturday brought to Dharamsala, the Himalayan hill townRead more

A study that questioned the reliability of scientific research made huge waves last year, but its key finding was likely overblown because of numerous mistakes in methodology, scientists reported Thursday. The initial study, published in August in the peer-reviewed journal Science, attempted to replicate 100 previously published studies, and found success just 39 percent of the time. The results --Read more

A group of modern humans that arrived in Eurasia far earlier than previously thought also had sex with Neanderthals, according to a study that redraws the migratory timeline for our species. The new research, published in Nature, provides the first genetic evidence that some Homo sapiens left the African continent at least 100,000 years ago, tens of thousands of yearsRead more

Diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study published Monday that dives into a fierce anthropological debate. Fossils of Homo floresiensis -- dubbed "the hobbits" due to their tiny stature -- were discovered on the island of Flores in 2003. Controversy has ragedRead more

Drug testing of Australia's athletes began eight months ago in a rigorous anti-doping programme ahead of this year's Rio Olympics to help protect the country's reputation, authorities revealed Monday. With doping in the global spotlight, the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) called it the most intensive programme of any Australian Olympic team to date.Read more

Scientists scouring the fields of Folsom, California found a new kind of black tarantula which they have named after Johnny Cash, the American music legend who sang of the jailhouse blues. The eight-legged creature named Aphonopelma johnnycashi is all black, the way Cash often dressed when he strummed his guitar and sang songs like "The Man in Black" and "FolsomRead more

The EU delegation in Cairo organized on Monday, in cooperation with the Egyptian scientific research ministry, a day of innovation par of Horizon 2020. Around 300 European representatives participated in the event. Horizon2020 is the European Union's main financial instrument for funding research during the years 2014-2020. It focuses on three key pillars to support different kinds of projects forRead more