Alarm Over Rising Acidity Of Oceans
The Royal Society in the U.K. has issued a worrying report about rising acidity in the world’s oceans. “If CO2…
Mountains Formed In The Blink Of An Eye
Geologists writing in the journal Nature say they have discovered that the time it takes for mountain ranges to form…
Vitamin C Overrated For Colds
For those basking in a northern hemisphere summer, catching a cold is probably not a significant concern, but for those…
Hubble Captures Tempel’s Premature Ejaculation
Astronomers got a preview of what Deep Impact’s fourth of July rendezvous with the comet Tempel 1 may look like…
New Infrared Cosmos Scan Underway
An ambitious new astronomical program is about to start searching the skies looking for some of the most remote and…
Microbes Act As Tiny Electric Generators
Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have discovered a tiny biological structure that is electrically conductive, which could help clean…
A Computer In A Single Neuron
Conventional wisdom holds that a single brain cell, or neuron, acts like an on-off switch, working in concert with other…
Relationship Between Insomnia And Depression Revealed
Not being able to get a good night’s sleep is torment enough without being told that insomnia can both cause…
Eggs And Sperm Made From Stem Cells
Scientists in the UK now claim it is entirely possible that eggs and sperm can be created from human embryonic…
Open The Pod Bay Doors… Please
Computers usually execute whatever task they are programmed to do without “thinking” about the consequences. A new software language, however,…
SMS – Smoggy Message Service
Street specific air pollution warnings will soon be available via text-messages in a pioneering project being tested in Central London…
Evolution Appears To Be A Start-Stop Affair
Some regions of the human genome have been hotspots for acquiring duplicated DNA sequences, but only at specific time-points during…
Earth’s Cousin Only 15 Light Years Away
Astronomers from the Ames Research Center and the University of California have discovered the most Earth-like planet yet, located only…
New Slant On Volcanic Climate Change
Scientists have known for some time that airborne volcanic particles (aerosols) can reflect the Sun’s rays back out into space…
Personality Encoded In Junk DNA
Researchers have traced social behavior traits, such as monogamy, to differences in the length of seemingly non-functional DNA, sometimes referred…
Robot “Skin” Vital For Automated Space Exploration
NASA technologist Vladimir Lumelsky from the Goddard Space Flight Center believes the future of robotics lies with the development of…
Arctic Lakes Shrinking
Arctic warming could be behind a decrease in the number and size of Arctic lakes, say researchers from the University…
Inherited Disease Findings Stir Evolutionary Debate
A disease you are suffering from could be the result of your great-grandmother being exposed to a toxin. Washington State…
Love – Just A Basic Mammalian Response
A team led by a neuroscientist, an anthropologist and a social psychologist has found that early, intense romantic love may…