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Why Athletes Are Taking Viagra As An (Athletic) Performance Enhancer
Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall says he's heard of NFL players using a surprising drug as an on-the-field performance enhancer: Viagra."… it is such a competitive league, guys try anything...
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The Stuff We Use To Clean Up Oil Spills Might Make The Oil MORE Toxic
For microscopic animals living in the Gulf, even worse than the toxic oil released during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster may be the very oil dispersants used to clean it up, a new study finds.More...
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Scientists Are Searching For Life At The Bottom Of A Frozen Lake In Antarctica
British scientists flew into Antarctica at the weekend to begin an extraordinary search for life in a stretch of water the size of Lake Windermere buried under three kilometres of solid ice.The...
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'Montauk Monsters' Aren't As Mysterious As The Internet Makes Them Out To Be
Tonight, Channel 4 here in the UK screens a new TV show called Alien Investigations [adjacent screengrab from here on the Channel 4 site]. I believe that it has already been screened on the Science...
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Studies Linking Certain Foods And Cancer Are A Stretch, Scientists Say
They are mainstay stories of tabloid newspapers and women's magazines, linking common foods from burnt toast to low-fat salad dressing to cancer.But now US scientists have warned that many reports...
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This Year's Hurricane Season Was One Of The Busiest On Record
This year's hurricane season officially ends today (Nov. 30) and will be remembered primarily for Hurricane Sandy, for obvious reasons. But Sandy was only the last hurricane in a very active — and...
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Pesticides Could Be Hurting Your Memory
Exposure to even low levels of organophosphates in pesticides can cause lasting harm to the brain, scientists have concluded.A review of 14 separate studies has shown that chemicals can reduce memory...
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Here's The Real Purpose Of North Korea's Unicorn Lair Discovery
North Korean state media has reported the discovery of the lair of a unicorn ridden by an ancient Korean king. But that doesn't mean the entire country is living in a fantasy world.In fact, the report...
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There's A New Way To Tell If Someone Is Lying
Much like Pinocchio, your nose could reveal that you're lying, though unlike the beloved character, your nose will heat up instead of growing longer when you tell a fib, new research claims.Psychology...
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A Tiny Sea Worm Jump Started The Evolution Of Intelligence
Several "brainy" genes that were duplicated in a tiny sea creature nearly 550 million years ago may have led to the massive expansion in intelligence in vertebrate species, two new studies have...
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Why Kate Middleton's Morning Sickness Is So Severe
Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Great Britain's Prince William, is in the hospital for severe morning sickness, according to a statement by the palace.The hospital admission...
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Australian Researchers Just Created A Piña Colada Pineapple
Researchers in Australia have created a new "piña colada" pineapple that tastes like a coconut.The scientists, from a government agency in Queensland, have spent ten years trying to develop a new...
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NASA's Mars Program Will Need Billions More If Scientists Get Their Top...
ATTENDEES at the American Geophysical Union's autumn meeting in San Francisco were expecting to hear some big news about Mars. Sure enough, they got some—just not the sort they had anticipated. Until...
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Mysterious Gravity Waves Causing Turbulence On Clear Days
Gravity waves, mysterious waves that ripple unseen throughout the atmosphere, may be a major source of airplane turbulence, a new study suggests.The new findings, presented Tuesday (Dec. 4) here at the...
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Climate Change May Have Caused The Rise And Fall Of Several Civilizations
The climate is a big topic in San Francisco this week at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting.One part of that effort is looking to the past to understand how changes in temperature and...
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Outgoing Gorillas Live Longer Than Shy Ones
Extroverted gorillas in captivity outlive their shy brethren, a new study of these great apes in North American zoos and sanctuaries finds.Using methods adapted from studying human personality,...
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Black Swan Cyclones Are The Extreme Of The Extremes
A "black swan" cyclone may sound like the latest comic book hero, but this "extreme of the extremes" is the result of climate models that suggest global warming will make future hurricanes more...
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Birds Are Using Cigarette Butts To Stave Off Pests
Birds are lining their nests with cigarette butts to repel pests and keep themselves warm, according to research.Wild birds have long protected their nests from mite invasion by importing...
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Forecasting 'Pineapple Express' Torrential Storms Just Got Easier
Nature generally doesn't time its storms so well. A "Pineapple Express" weather system — so named because of its origins near the pineapple-rich Hawaiian Islands — dumped large amounts of rain on San...
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New Map Pinpoints The World's Biggest Earthquake Zones
Seismologists on Wednesday unveiled a map highlighting zones most prone to unleashing the world's biggest earthquakes, including the 9.0 monster that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011.These...
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