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Lasers Can Turn Rats Into Cocaine Addicts
With an estimated 1.4 million Americans addicted to cocaine, scientists think they might have come up with an "unconventional" treatment that could help cure the addiction that often places an economic...
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This Seven-Million-Year-Old Skull Is The Oldest Human Known
HONOLULU – A seven-million-year-old skull found in the Djurab Desert in Chad may indeed represent the earliest known member of the human family. Researchers unveiled the specimen back in 2002 and made...
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New Supernova Is The Farthest Ever Found
Astronomers have spotted the most distant massive star explosion of its kind, a supernova that could help scientists better understand the nature of the universe.Using the Hubble Space Telescope,...
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Scientists Use 3D Printer To Make Tissue-Like Material
British scientists have used a custom-made 3D printer to make living tissue-like material that could one day serve medical purposes, according to findings released Thursday.The material is made up of...
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This New Venomous Tarantula Is Bigger Than Your Face
It's big, it's hairy, and it's venomous.The newest spider to give arachnophobes the willies, a tarantula named Poecilotheria rajaei has been discovered on the island nation of Sri Lanka.With a leg span...
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The Sahara Changed From Green To Desert In A Flash
From lakes and grasslands with hippos and giraffes to a vast desert, North Africa's sudden geographical transformation 5,000 years ago was one of the planet's most dramatic climate shifts.The...
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Discovery Of A 17th Century Spanish Shipwreck Yields Awesome Treasure
A great superpower, weakened by economic calamity at home and staggering under the debt from years of war in the Middle East, finally collapses.A new political best-seller, or an apocalyptic Hollywood...
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Why Alzheimer’s Will Be The Fiscal Nightmare Of The Century
A new study by the RAND Corporation projects that the cumulative costs of caring for people with dementia could be as high as $215 billion annually in the United States – which would exceed the...
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NASA Will Get $100 Million To Drag An Asteroid Around The Moon
NASA will likely get $100 million next year to jump-start an audacious program to drag an asteroid into orbit around the moon for research and exploration purposes, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson says.The...
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Men Get Depressed About Not Having Kids
Even though there's often more social pressure on women to have kids, men may actually feel more depressed and lonely over not having children, according to the results of a small British survey.The...
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New Material Could Create Self-Cleaning Contact Lenses
Scientists have developed a new adaptive material that can make liquid droplets of oil and water deposited on it defy gravity or let them slide off.The tunable composite of four layers — smooth, clear...
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Simple Measures Prevent Deadly Infections But Hospitals Aren't Taking Them
Few people check into a hospital expecting to come down with a severe case of diarrhea while undergoing care for an entirely unrelated problem. And even fewer expect to die of the hospital-acquired...
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Tar Sands Oils May Be More Dangerous In Pipelines Than Crude Oil
An oil flood through an Arkansas subdivision on March 29 is just the most recent example of pipeline problems in the U.S. In recent weeks, months and years diesel has leaked from a pipeline into...
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Smell Of Rosemary Found To Boost Multiple Types Of Memory
Shakespeare was right - the smell of rosemary is good for your memory, according to a new study.Essential oil of rosemary boosted healthy adults' ability to recall past events and remember to perform...
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Doctors Could Help Make Fracking Safer If They Weren't Under Gag Orders
Let’s all agree on two things:First, energy independence is good for our country.And second, clean drinking water is also good for our country.The development of America’s huge stores of natural gas...
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Doctors Could Help Make Fracking Safer If They Weren't Under Gag Orders
Let’s all agree on two things:First, energy independence is good for our country.And second, clean drinking water is also good for our country.The development of America’s huge stores of natural gas...
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Your Flights Are Going To Get A Lot Bumpier
Transatlantic airline passengers might expect to stay seated with their seatbelts securely fastened more often in the future, according to new research that finds climate change could lead to more...
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Laziness May Be Genetic
New research might help explain why some people have trouble getting off the couch. Experiments on rats suggest there could be a genetic predisposition to laziness.A group of scientists put rats in...
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Monkey Lip-Smacking Is Like A Language
The lip-smacking vocalizations gelada monkeys make are surprisingly similar to human speech, a new study finds.Many nonhuman primates demonstrate lip-smacking behavior, but geladas are the only ones...
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Invisible 'Dark Lighting' Blasts Airline Passengers With Radiation
"Dark lightning" that is almost invisible within clouds may regularly blast airline passengers with large numbers of gamma rays, scientists find.However, these outbursts do not seem to reach truly...
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