(MCT)Scientists discovered tiny worms in deep earth where it was thought creatures could not survive, Science News reported. The discovery of the worm “Halicephalobus mephisto,” and “Plectus aquatilis,” found 1.3 kilometers deep in South African mines, hints that habitable environments may exist on other planets, such as Mars, according to the report. They are the deepest-living known “multi-cellu

Jill, an orangutan at the Kansas City Zoo, cares for her new baby Pendami. Zoo workers went to unprecedented lengths and earned the trust of Jill so they could monitor her pregnancy including performing ultrasound on her. (MCT)A baby Bornean orangutan at a South Korean zoo underwent surgery last month to lace up one of his testicles where it should be after it had been found abnormally stuck insid

Chief of the laboratory in research into the Escherichia Coli bacterium at the Brno research institute Pavel Alexa, left, and his assistant Gabriela Glocknerova, right, take samples from a pepper for a molecular biological test in Brno, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The ongoing outbreak of E. coli has claimed 16 people and around 1500 infected across Europe. The laboratory is testing th

Two young men and two women were found dead in a car Thursday in an apparent Internet-based group suicide, Korean police said.Police said the four, including a 25-year-old woman identified only as Park, left suicide notes in their bags in the car parked next to a river in Seongju, 210 kilometers southeast of Seoul.They apparently inhaled toxic fumes after burning coal briquettes inside the vehicle

The government announced its telecom fees discount plan on Thursday, which included a 1,000 won cut in SK Telecom’s basic service fees and 50 free text messages every month.The Korea Communications Commission, the state telecom regulator, said it agreed with SKT, the country’s top mobile carrier, to provide a 1,000 won discount for all customers, along with more text messages, both beginning in Se

Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. saw their U.S. market share exceed 10 percent for the first time in May, mainly thanks to robust demand for new models.The automakers under the wing of Hyundai Motor Group sold 107,426 vehicles in the United States last month, up 21 percent from a year earlier.They captured 10.1 percent of the American market, where the total sales of global aut

Prosecutors on Thursday questioned the chief of a state-run anti-money laundering agency over allegations that he accepted tens of millions of won in kickbacks from Busan Savings Bank. The interrogation came as they widened their probe into the bribery scandal involving savings banks. The ongoing investigation into who oversaw the savings banks’ corruption has already implicated an ex-governor of