BEIJING - A giraffe at a zoo in northern China has given birth to the country's first pair of giraffe twins.

WASHINGTON - India's Pallava Bagla has been awarded the American Geophysical Union (AGU) David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his articles on the impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers.

WASHINGTON - A new study has pointed out that chronic pain is takes a toll on primary care providers as well as their patients.

WASHINGTON - Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory scientists' new method of capturing detailed, three-dimensional images of minute samples of material under extreme pressures is shedding light on the evolution of the Earth's interior.

WASHINGTON - Scientist have discovered that a new genetic biomarker, which indicates an increased risk for developing breast cancer, can be found in an individual's "junk" (non-coding) DNA.