DID the big bang boil? The birth of our universe could have seethed with hot bubbles and, perhaps, a second period of rapid expansion. Such an episode may have left an imprint on the universe that persists to this day and might mean we're on the wrong track in our hunt for dark matter. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Seven months after receiving a diseased kidney from a donor, 37-year-old Vincent Liew suffered a painful death from a disease only women are supposed to get - uterine cancer. Update picked by suebe 2 months ago

Nuclear policy scholar Christopher Brownfield on the benefits of a nuclear explosion.

*what could go wrong?* picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Ingrid, a six-year-old Pit Bull Terrier from Long Island, is close to running out of her supply of little blue libido pills, which are currently keeping her life-threatening heart condition stable.
*Guys, please send Ingrid your pills* picked by suebe 2 months ago

Paleontologists in Brazil have reportedly unearthed the remains of a giant predator that roamed the planet before the dinosaurs -- the most complete fossil of a pre-dinosaur predator ever found picked by midnightbliss10 3 months ago

A LONG-awaited rough draft of the Neanderthal genome has revealed that our own DNA contains clear evidence that early humans interbred with Neanderthals.
Such interminglings have been suspected in the past, but there's more:*damn dirty humans* picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Gorillas don't like to be stared at. The Rotterdam Zoo is giving away cardboard glasses that make it appear that you’re looking off to one side; these are gorilla-viewing glasses, meant to avoid incidents in which gorillas attack visitors for making eye contact with them. The specs are sponsored by a local health-insurance company. . picked by suebe 3 months ago

"Standard orbit, Mr. Sulu." Captain Kirk barks out the order with such confidence. He knows the USS Enterprise can slip in and out of planetary orbits with ease. But it's only easy in the realm of science fiction. In the real world, such maneuvers have been impossible --until now.

Enter Dawn, NASA's cutting edge mission to the asteroid belt. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Psychology professor Richard Taylor was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2001. As he puts it, "my IQ has fallen from 148 to 114. My processing speed is slightly faster than a concrete brick, and my self-awareness is close to that of a lizard." picked by suckersklub 3 months ago

High-fructose corn syrup is singled out because it is still one of the biggest sources of calories in our diet and because it is made from corn — a lavishly subsidized crop that appears, in one way or another, in so much of our food. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Do you like to get your news from people and places that seem as though they agree with you, politically speaking? Or do you try to get a balanced diet when it comes to keeping abreast of current events?
*take the test* picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

I had thought the world populations of bees were recovering, but this article says otherwise. For the fourth year in a row, more than a third of colonies have failed to survive the winter.

US scientists have found 121 different pesticides in samples of bees, wax and pollen, lending credence to the notion that pesticides are a key problem. picked by bingo 3 months ago

Transmission by adults who have not received the recommended booster shot is responsible for most pertussis cases among babies.

A very sad story, and one that I can personally relate to as my own newborn son almost died of pertussis. Just wanted to help spread the word.. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

Geologists are concerned that society's obsession with rocks coupled with our disregard for environmental responsibility could soon result in a planet without rocks. picked by chinook 3 months ago

There's no question that discovering a new species is very cool. But how about discovering a new phylum? A phylum is a broad division in taxonomy: all vertebrates, for example, from fish to humans, are in the chordate phylum. In 1995, Peter Funch and Reinhardt Kristensen, both then at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, discovered an animal so unlike any other that a new phylum – Cyclioph... read full post picked by BernardBlack 3 months ago

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease, offering an important alternative to decades-old approaches.

Dendreon Corp.'s Provenge vaccine trains the immune system to fight tumors. It's called a "vaccine" even though it treats disease rather than prevents it. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Scientists have finally worked out what women really want.

*hugs* picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery roared into space, carrying on board a revolution: The Hubble Space Telescope. It was the largest and most sensitive optical-light telescope ever launched into space, and while it suffered initially from a focusing problem, it would soon return some of the most amazing and beautiful astronomical images anyone had ever seen.
Images: 1, 2, 3 picked by plurk 3 months ago

Genetic data points to ancient liaisons between species. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Health officials have promoted the use of hand sanitizers to help fight outbreaks of diseases and germs, but experts say it doesn't work on everything. Now, an Olympia fourth grader says she can prove it doesn't work on E.coli. picked by muppet 3 months ago

A British woman has baffled doctors after she recovered from a migraine headache and found herself speaking with a Chinese accent. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Don't be afraid to enter, just a little. picked by suckersklub 3 months ago

They haven't figured out how to make the computer shred your furniture or throw up on your carpet, so I assume another grant is being drafted to research this. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Researchers are warning of a new blight on the ocean: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over thousands of square miles (kilometers) in a remote expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. picked by suebe 3 months ago

A giant fireball ripped through the Midwest skies last night, prompting cries that the apocalypse is nigh. picked by suebe 3 months ago