Interesting science news, research tidbits and science discussion. http://www.scienceagogo.com A new class of pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is solving the mystery of previously unidentified radio-quiet gamma-ray sources... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090603011029data_trunc_sys.shtml Fertility experts say that although frequent ejaculation decreases semen volume and sperm concentrations, it significantly increases sperm motility and reduces DNA damage... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090530222333data_trunc_sys.shtml A virtual lens created by two counterpropagating laser beams could theoretically deliver incredibly fast shutter speeds, making the real-time observation of matter at the molecular level a real possibility... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090530033854data_trunc_sys.shtml In animal studies, exposure to BPA (a common chemical found in many plastic household items) during pregnancy is known to cause fertility defects in the offspring, and now researchers have found out how those defects occur... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090529015303data_trunc_sys.shtml Hot or not? Men agree on the answer but women don't. So says a new study that found there is much more consensus among men about whom they find attractive than there is among women... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090525234206data_trunc_sys.shtml Sudoku, the math-based game that took the world by storm, may now be poised to revolutionize the fast-changing world of genome sequencing and the field of medical genetics... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090524220540data_trunc_sys.shtml Carbonized chicken feather fibers are as efficient at storing hydrogen as carbon nanotubes and would add only $200 to the cost of a hydrogen powered car compared to nanotube storage which would add more than $5M... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090523214111data_trunc_sys.shtml When we use a tool - even for just a few minutes - it changes the way our brain represents the size of our body, with the tool becoming an integrated component of our body schema... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090523000618data_trunc_sys.shtml Medications that target viral replication of HIV throughout the body, in combination with drugs that prevent infected memory T-cells from dividing, could eliminate the reservoirs of HIV that stubbornly persist within the body, eventually leaving it disease-free... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090521223849data_trunc_sys.shtml Detailed, accurate evolutionary trees that reveal the relatedness of living things can now be determined much faster and for thousands of species with the help of a novel computing method... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20090519010622data_trunc_sys.shtml