It is supposed to the happiest news a couple can get, especially a couple who have difficulty conceiving and carrying babies. The in vitro fertilization procedure had been a success: Carolyn Savage was pregnant. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

The New York State Health Department is now requiring mandatory seasonal and swine flu vaccinations for all hospital, home health and hospice workers. No other state or city agency in America has such a requirement, and a coalition of local health care workers unions are considering filing a lawsuit to block it. picked by suebe 2 months ago

At MIT, an experiment identifies which students are gay, raising new questions about online privacy. picked by suebe 2 months ago

As if bushfires, drought and floods aren't enough, Australians have now been warned to watch out for volcanoes.
A scientist has warned an eruption is "well overdue" and says there are hundreds of volcanoes that could cause trouble, from South Australia and Victoria through to Queensland. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Just as humans speak louder in noisy locations, great tits likely avoid low-pitched tones so that their calls will carry further, said the researchers, who will present their findings at an Ornithological Society of Japan's conference that began on Saturday in the Hokkaido Prefecture city of Hakodate. picked by kakana 2 months ago

If you pop the head off a dandelion, white sap oozes freely from the wound for about a second.
But if you pop the head off the genetically engineered variety, the sap oozes for minutes, producing five times more latex than from the average dandelion. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Most people can see and most textbooks point out the evolutionary similarity between a human arm, a dolphin's fin, and horse's leg. Insect legs, lacking bones are far different. Both type of limbs evolved independently of each other. However scientists are finding there is more homogeneity between the two evolutionary paths and similar seemingly disparate features than we thought. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Are you taking a daily aspirin or multivitamin to stay healthy? Avoiding eggs and choosing no-cholesterol margarine over butter? Convinced that jogging will ultimately kill your knees? Advice that was once considered gospel truth among the medical community is now being questioned. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Many years ago a teacher asked me, "Hoosker, if a tree fell in the forest, and no one was there, would it make a sound?"
After several minutes of contemplating the question I replied "Yes, but only if you made me aware of it falling. If you hadn't told me about it, then it actually never would have existed, then No."
Turns out, I may have been on to something. picked by hoosker 2 months ago

Two male squirrel monkeys were given gene therapy and now the normally color blind animals are able to distinguish between shades of red and green in color vision tests. In normal situations, female squirrel monkeys can see a full range of colors, but males cannot see red or green. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

Until recently, anthropologists believed that evolutionary pressure on humans eased after the transition to a more stable agrarian lifestyle. But in the last few years, they realized the opposite was true. picked by karenben 2 months ago

Those of you with children, or taking care of children know they like to taste everything, especially if it smells good. I got an email at the office that illustrates the dangers of alcohol based hand sanitizers and curious children. Another source picked by suebe 2 months ago

Listening to sounds with our eyes closed seems to wire together a direct connection to the regions of our brains that process emotions picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

One out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become. picked by proverb 2 months ago

there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

The study found that fresh food goes through around a two-week distribution chain as it is bagged and packaged and delivered to sellers.
Whereas frozen food, the study said, is frozen shortly after being harvested. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Researchers in Stockholm have managed to prove that fossils from animals and plants are not necessary for crude oil and natural gas to be generated. This means, on the one hand, that it will be much easier to find these sources of energy and, on the other hand, that they can be found all over the globe picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Caught on camera - the first time the great tit has been seen eating a bat
A Hungarian cave has turned out to be a larder of highly unusual food for great tits. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope we know the universe is 13.7 billion years old. The HST has helped scientists determine the process of how planets are born and detected the first organic molecule on a planet outside our solar system. These first snapshots from the newly repaired Hubble showcase the 19-year-old telescope's improved vision. picked by equinox 2 months ago

A New York man is donating his 320th pint of blood this week, making him one of two people in the U.S. who has given 40 gallons.

Seventy-five-year-old Al Fischer plans to reach the milestone Tuesday, 58 years after he started giving blood. picked by suebe 2 months ago

Rats as big as cats, fanged frogs and grunting fish - they sound like something from a horror movie.
But, incredibly, there is a 'lost world' on a distant island where these nightmarish creatures really exist.
A team of scientists discovered the bizarre animals - and dozens of others - at a remote volcano in Papua New Guinea. picked by kakana 2 months ago

A newly-discovered spider has been named after rock star David Bowie, in an effort to raise awareness about the number of arachnid species threatened with extinction. picked by kakana 2 months ago

British scientists have made the biggest breakthrough for more than 15 years in the fight against Alzheimer's.

It could cut the rate of new cases by a fifth - 100,000 a year in the UK alone. British and French teams have identified rogue genes responsible for one in five cases of the disease. The search is now on for drugs to combat them. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

Scientists say that the portable computers, when seated on a lap for even short periods of time, can raise scrotal temperatures and cause sperm production to plummet.

*Or not, depending. :) picked by cb__ 2 months ago

"I'm no longer feeling to be a female," the scientists reported her saying. "I have the impression to transform into a male. My voice, for example, sounds like a male voice that moment. One time, when I looked down to my arms during this episode, these looked like male arms including male hair growth." picked by kakana 2 months ago