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Cigarette packs to be adorned with blunt messages accompanied by graphic images of death and disease

OSLO (Reuters) - Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Time was running short to counter hazards such as a collapse of coral reefs or a spread of low-oxygen "dead zones," according to the study led by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO)

From the lofty heights of his throne atop the world of golf, Rory McIlroy needs look no further than his own Belfast backyard for a salutary reminder of how, if he and those around him aren't careful, it could all go downhill from here.

By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australian climate scientists say they have received death threats, emails with sexual slurs and other insults in a surge of abuse that appears to be a coordinated campaign of intimidation. [More]

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is poised to leave the solar system and reach interstellar space.

By Nicola Nosengo of Nature magazine If you are a small animal, it is useful to know whether there is anything around that might want to eat you. [More]

By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Bats use tiny hairs to sense the speed and direction of air flowing over their wings.

You’re lying in a hammock by a breezy shore. The hammock rocks softly back and forth.

A new study says that one in twelve children have a food allergy and 40% of those have a severe reaction. But there may be hope from a new, alternative treatment to food allergies. Barry Peterson reports.

PGT: Tiger Woods not only decimated a generation of his peers with his play, but he suffocated the current crop of young American players that are expected to live up to his standard.

Most long-term cocaine users show signs of swelling and scarring of the heart, according to shocking new research

The end of the Space Shuttle era is slightly depressing. NASA won't be flying its own astronauts into space for a while, either, putting a further damper on the good PR that comes from the visually and intellectually stimulating space program, which encourages students of engineering and science.

Discovery Communications' newest web venture , Curiosity.com , launched today. If you've got a question, tap it into Curiosity's search box. If one of Discovery's numerous properties has answered it in the past, you'll get those results

I admit, the only time I even notice beauty pageants is when one of the contestants flubs a response and video of the embarrassing moment makes the YouTube rounds.

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major offshore Arctic oil spill could severely challenge the Coast Guard, with no available infrastructure to base rescue and clean-up operations, the Coast Guard commandant said on Monday.