A major report states that autism effects one in 100 adults.

The problem of autism and conditions like the Asperger’s syndrome effects more number of people than estimated earlier and is more widespread.

Males are more affected by autism than females in children, the study has found.

In women this condition is found in one out of 300 but in men it is one in 50.

Following fears that the highly infectious bird-flu virus might escape from the laboratories that are conducting research on the virus, influenza experts have agreed to a two-month voluntary ban on research.

According to a USA Today report, citing a genetic survey carried out by the researchers at the Yale University, a giant Galapagos tortoise species which was believed to have gone extinct in the 1840s is still alive and in good health.

At this week’s 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers from the University of Vienna, Austria, reported that bone drug called Zometa (zoledronic acid) can notably improve survival rates in breast cancer patients.

A study commenced by Life Insurance Association of Singapore in 2007, reveals that the people of the Singapore were underinsured.

As per the figures of the report, the people were underinsured to the limit of 75% amounting to S$362,000. The study revealed that the money fixed to cover the life of an average worker amounted to S$118,000, which should have been fixed around an amount of S$480,000.

NASA researcher has found a new life form which is able to use the element arsenic in their DNA in place of phosphorus.

Biologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon who is a NASA research fellow based at the U. S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California in US who identified the creature said, "The mere fact that an organism can grow with this much arsenic, that's outrageous."

A new study has shown that mercury pollution can affect sexual preference in some species of birds and could make males more likely to mate with other males.

The study at the University of Florida, which went on for a year, shows that white ibises hormones could be altered and make males behave homosexually.