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Why The Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Was So Deadly
It may seem incredible that a substance can be both nourishing and lethal.But that's the case in the explosion at the fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, which witnesses likened to a nuclear...
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New Theory Suggests That Life Is Older Than The Earth
See how that line running from left to right extends behind the vertical line that marks the origin of Earth (See Figure 1)?Basically, what this graph posits, that if life becomes more complex at a...
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A New Brain Implant Could Treat Obesity
The brain may not seem like an obvious place to look for possible treatments for obesity, but researchers say implanting a device that stimulates a specific region of the brain may help curb the...
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Humpback Whales Share Their Eating Tips With Friends And Family
Evidence is mounting that several animals can learn behaviors from their peers, and pass down these traditions from generation to generation — an ability once thought to be uniquely human.The latest...
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Scientists May Be On Brink Of Major Discovery In Hunt For HIV Cure
Researchers believe that there will be a breakthrough in finding a cure for HIV “within months.”Danish scientists are expecting results that will show that “finding a mass-distributable and affordable...
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Hong Kong Scrambles To Stop Bird Flu As 4 Million Mainland Tourists Visit
Some memories die hard. For Hong Kong, the economically devastating 2003 outbreak of SARS is only too fresh in the collective memory. Now, as the H7N9 avian flu virus spreads through China, killing 23...
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Private Spaceship Makes History With First Rocket-Powered Test Flight
A private spaceship designed to carry space tourists made its first rocket-powered test flight today (April 29), reaching supersonic speeds as it paved the way toward commercial flights in the near...
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Bees Self-Medicate With Honey To Beat Pesticides
Honey contains chemicals that could help bees ward off parasites and protect them from pesticide damage, new research suggests.The findings, published today (April 29) in the journal Proceedings of the...
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Richard Branson's Tourist Spaceship Breaks Sound Barrier In Test Flight
Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceplane, which is designed to take tourists to the edge of space, flew its first rocket-powered test flight, breaking the sound barrier at high altitude.SpaceShipTwo...
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Early Earth Smelled Like Rotten Eggs
Kids like to taunt each other with the cry, "Last one there is a rotten egg!" In Earth's case, that might be more true of the first ones there, according to a new study suggesting that millions of...
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Five Surprising Sources Of Caffeine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that it will take a closer look at the health effects of caffeine, which can be found in a variety of sources and add up over the course of a...
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Mysterious Human Skeleton Is Just Six Inches Long
A teensy skeleton with a squashed alienlike head may have earthly origins, but the remains, found in the Atacama Desert a decade ago, do make for quite a medical mystery.Apparently when the mummified...
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Zombie Worms Ooze Super-Strong Acid To Eat Whale Bones
So-called zombie worms — and yes, they actually exist — like to munch on whale bones for dinner. The creatures also use the bones for shelter. Spread throughout the world's oceans, zombie worms are...
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The Cicadas Are Almost Here!
If you go outside on a quiet day, you might just hear the grass making a slight rustle as if it was sentient.That's the sign of a vast birth taking place underground, as millions of cicadas crawl their...
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5 Things You Didn't Know About Sleep
Each and every night we close our eyes and drift off into a state of mild unconsciousness.It is a process so common that it consumes nearly one-third of our lives.This translates to an estimated 26...
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Gene Linked To Migraines Discovered
Scientists have discovered the first gene involved in typical migraines, which could lead to new and better treatments for the millions afflicted by pounding headaches.Researchers found the gene after...
View ArticleMouse Study May Hold Key To Preventing Human Obesity
ALMOST EVERYONE HAS a friend with a hollow leg. You know, that guy or girl who eats tons, never exercises, and somehow (infuriatingly) stays thinner than a clean eater, a vegan, or a paleo fiend? A new...
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Now Americans Are Hunting Wild Pigs And Eating Them
ON THE downside, America's 6m or so feral pigs are dangerous pests armed with sharp tusks, short tempers and large appetites.A single herd, or "sounder", can wreck a corn crop or leave a meadow looking...
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The Jamestown Cannibalism Is No Surprise – It's Part Of Human History
The news of famine cannibalism in Jamestown in the notorious winter of 1609-10 has caught the popular imagination on both sides of the Atlantic, with the Guardian running a poll to see who would...
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Spiky Tongues Let Bats Sop Up Nectar
Bats use erectile tissue to drink. But don't worry — the tissue is on their tongues.Nectar-eating bats lap up the sweet liquid by engorging their tongues with blood, which, in turn, makes hairlike...
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