Have We Reached Peak Bacon? Not So Fast, Experts Say
Can you imagine a world where there is no other white meat? If skyrocketing use of the term "aporkalypse" on Twitter is any indication, a recent statement from the United Kingdom's National Pig...
View ArticlePlaying Violent Video Games Makes You Feel Less Pain
Worried you might be tortured and interrogated soon, but don’t want to break down too quickly? Well then, better grab a copy of Resident Evil, Doom, Gears of War, or whatever your favorite violent...
View ArticleBuddhist Statue Discovered By Nazis Is Made Of Meteorite
A 1,000-year-old Buddhist statue discovered in Tibet by Nazis searching for the origins of the Aryan race was hewn from meteorite, scientists have found. The "Iron Man" statue, which bears a swastika...
View Article6 Smells To Pump Up Your Productivity
Aromatherapy probably isn't the first tool you think of to help boost your productivity and grow your business, but maybe it should be. Smell is the strongest of the senses and is best able to...
View ArticleNext Year A Spectacular Comet Will Fly By Earth
As it flares out of the distant Oort Cloud, the newly discovered comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) appears to be heading on a trajectory that could make for one of the most spectacular night-sky events in living...
View ArticleStudies Show Aspirin Could Help Keep You Sharp As You Get Older
An aspirin a day might just keep you sharp. A new study out of Sweden suggests that older women at risk of cardiovascular disease could slow the onset of cognitive decline by taking a low dose of...
View ArticleThis Teen Almost Died After Drinking A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail
Doctors in the U.K. have been forced to remove the stomach of an 18-year-old woman after she drank a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen. Gaby Scanlon, from Heysham in Lancaster, was celebrating her...
View ArticleAccording To A House Science Member, The Earth Is 9,000 Years Old
The earth is about 9,000 years old, according to U.S. House Representative Paul Broun, who is also a physician and member of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology of the House of...
View ArticleCity Dwellers Beware, Meat-Eating Wild Animals Could Be Your New Neighbors
Carnivorous animals like coyotes, mountain lions and bears are quickly adapting to urban life, posing problems for city-dwellers. Ecologists at a summit in Ohio agreed that wild animals are poised to...
View ArticleThe Army Sprayed Cities With Potentially Harmful Chemicals To Simulate...
During the 1950s and '60s, the U.S. Army dusted chosen American cities from coast to coast with a fine powder of a fluorescent, potentially toxic chemical. And now one scientist says, at least in the...
View ArticleBrainless Slime Has Memories And Makes Decisions
Even without a brain, a slime mold can essentially remember where it's been, helping it navigate past complex obstacles, much like modern robots, researchers say. These findings reveal how ancient...
View ArticleHealthy Living Isn't All It Takes To Reach The Ripe Old Age Of 132
Possibly the last person on the planet who knew the taste of the air in 1880 has died. Antisa Khvichava, who claimed to be 132 years old, was enjoying her 47th year of retirement in Sachino, a remote...
View ArticleTwo Americans Win Chemistry Nobel Prize For Research That Will Help Make...
US chemists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka won the Nobel Prize on Wednesday for identifying a class of cell receptor, yielding vital insights into how the body works at the molecular level. The...
View ArticleIt May Be Possible To Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light
Although Einstein's theories suggest nothing can move faster than the speed of light, two scientists have extended his equations to show what would happen if faster-than-light travel were possible....
View ArticleRussian Volcano Spews An Ash Cloud So Big It's Visible From Space
All was calm on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula when NASA's Terra satellite passed over at noon local time on Saturday (Oct. 6). Or so it seemed. Underground, molten rock boiled with tectonic fury, ready...
View ArticleA 'Brain-Eating' Amoeba Has Already Killed 10 People In Pakistan
Authorities in Pakistan's largest city have launched an urgent investigation after a rare water-borne "brain-eating" amoeba killed 10 people in four months, officials said Tuesday. The water company...
View ArticleThese Are The Five Worst Sounds On Earth
The ear-splitting screech of a knife on a glass bottle has been identified as the worst sound to the human ear by scientists who studied the brain's response to unpleasant noises. People who listened...
View ArticleBeautiful Videos Let You Fly With The Eagles
TheBlaze has brought you a falcon’s flight perspective thanks to a specialized head cam. Taking the phrase a “birds-eye view” to the next level though, director John Downer spent four years filming...
View ArticleThe Octopus' Color-Changing Skin Could Help Us Create A Better Kindle Display
Octopuses and Kindles might have more in common than you think. It’s true that you can’t read a Jules Verne novel off an octopus. And a Kindle can’t camouflage itself against a brightly colored,...
View ArticleOne Mutation Could Explain Infertility And Lead To Male Birth Control
Researchers found that mice with a damaged copy of a particular gene produced sperm with tails which were 17 percent shorter, making them less able to swim. The mice which had mutated versions of the...
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