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Back Pain Breakthrough Could Eliminate Need For Nearly Half Of Spinal Surgeries
Up to 40% of patients with chronic back pain could be cured with a course of antibiotics rather than surgery, in a medical breakthrough that one spinal surgeon says is worthy of a Nobel prize.Surgeons...
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NASA Telescopes Capture The Most Powerful Star Explosion Ever Seen
Two NASA space telescopes have captured what appears to be the most powerful star explosion ever detected, a cosmic event so luminous that scientists dubbed it "eye-wateringly bright" despite being 3.6...
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Raw Milk Is Riskier Than Most Foods
Even under the best circumstances, unpasteurized milk can make people sick, a new report concludes.In one of the biggest outbreaks of campylobacter bacteria seen nationally in recent years, raw milk...
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Scientists Find A Possible Cure For Gray Hair
Gray hair — one of the classic signs of aging that can lead to a midlife crisis for some — may some day be a thing of the past, much to the chagrin of hair-dye manufacturers and Corvette salesmen.A...
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Famed Scientist Stephen Hawking Joins Boycott Of Israel
Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel's treatment of...
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Researchers May Finally Know How Fluoride Battles Cavities
The more than 50-year-old mystery of how fluoride battles tooth decay may be one step closer to being solved, researchers say.The study suggests that fluoride works by reducing the ability of bacteria...
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Linguists Make Explosive Claim About An Ancient Proto-Language
THE Washington Postreports today that linguists have discovered a handful of "ultraconserved" words, some 15,000 years old.These are said to include "hand", "give", "bark" and "ash". The paper is...
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9 Totally Under-The-Radar Superfoods
Just when we thought superfoods may have lost their luster, we came across nine nutritionally-stellar, totally under-the-radar powerhouses.Forget salmon, avocado, and walnuts — these yummy foods and...
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DNA Reveals That Most Europeans Are Closely Related
Europeans all shared a common ancestor just 1,000 years ago, new genetic research reveals.Scientists drew this conclusion, detailed today (May 7) in the journal PLOS Biology, by calculating the length...
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Stephen Hawking Accused Of Being A Hypocrite For Boycotting Israel Conference
Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott an Israeli conference in protest at the state's 46-year occupation of Palestine was derided as hypocritical by some, who pointed out that the celebrated scientist...
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Samples Of Lost Continent Potentially Found Off Brazilian Coast
Brazilian geologists announced the discovery, 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from Rio, of what could be part of the continent that was submerged when the Atlantic Ocean was formed as Africa and South...
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The Sun Will Look Like A Blazin' Ring Of Fire Today — Here's How To Watch Live
The moon will block part of the sun today (May 9) to create a potentially amazing "ring of fire" and you can watch the celestial sight live online.The "ring of fire" solar eclipse — known as an annular...
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The Incredible Story Of The Man With No Memory
A disastrous brain operation left Henry Molaison forever stuck in the same moment. But his amnesia proved a gift to science.I first met Henry Molaison more than half a century ago, during the spring of...
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The Eccentric Life Of Noble Prize-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman
In these days of frivolous entertainments and frayed attention spans, the people who become famous are not necessarily the brightest stars. One of the biggest hits on YouTube, after all, is a video of...
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A Murderer's Brain Vs. A Normal Brain
In 1987, Adrian Raine, who describes himself as a neurocriminologist, moved from Britain to the US. His emigration was prompted by two things. The first was a sense of banging his head against a wall....
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Houses In California Are Mysteriously Sinking Into The Ground
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March.The cracks soon turned into gaping...
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Climate Change Expert: Efforts To Cut Carbon Emissions Are Pointless
Whether they call it global warming, climate change or even global cooling, more and more Americans are taking a stand on one side or the other of this hotly debated issue.According to a survey...
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An Incurable Disease Threatens To Destroy The Nation's Orange Industry
Florida's $9 billion orange crop, the largest in the world after Brazil's, may not survive an incurable disease that threatens to wipe out citrus groves throughout the United States.The disease, known...
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The Sun Spewed An Enormous Solar Flare On Mother's Day
The sun unleashed a colossal Mother's Day solar flare on Sunday (May 12) in what has become the most powerful solar eruption of the year.The giant solar flare, which registered as one of the largest...
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Watching TV Makes Your Brain Cells Go Nuts
“I’m showing you slices of the brain,” Joy Hirsch, the Director of fMRI Research at Columbia University Medical Center tells me.More specifically, she’s talking about some images of an fMRI brain scan...
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