Salmonella is bad. However scientists may be able to utilize the bacteria to help kill cancerous tumors picked by 2manyusernames 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

How much weight you gain may depend on when you eat, according to a new study that looked at the timing of meals in mice. Scientists at Northwestern University fed two groups of mice the same amount of high fat food, but one group ate during regular waking time, while the other ate during what would normally be their sleeping period. The second group gained twice as much weight as the first group! picked by Bingo 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

The new cargo ship is poised to launch toward the station on Sept. 10 at 1:01 p.m. EDT (1701 GMT) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan on a shakedown cruise. If all goes well, the inaugural spacecraft, called the H-2 Transfer Vehicle 1 (HTV-1), should arrive at the station on Sept. 17. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Biologists have figured out the most efficient way to destroy an ecosystem — and it’s based on the Google search algorithm.

Interesting read, and an interesting take on the Google Ranking Algorithm picked by Ankabout 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

The galaxy, as large as the Milky Way, is about 12.8 billion light-years away and harbors a supermassive black hole that contains at least a billion times as much matter as our sun. The universe is about 13.7 billion years old, and faraway objects like this are seen as they existed near the dawn of time, their light just now arriving at Earth. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Antimatter galaxies and dark matter have long haunted physicists' theories, but no instrument in orbit has had the power to confirm or deny their existence. Now a $1.5 billion cosmic ray detector scheduled for launch in 2010 could usher in a new era for discovering all that's weird and wonderful about the universe. picked by kakana 2 months ago

Scientists were able to isolate two antibodies responsible for resistance to the disease in an African patient. The discovery could be key to the development of a vaccine. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

A ‘telepathy’ chip that allows people to control computers, televisions and light switches by the power of thought is being developed by British scientists.
The tiny sensor would sit on the surface of the brain, picking up the electrical activity of nerve cells and passing the signal wirelessly to a receiver on the skull. picked by kakana 2 months ago

(PhysOrg.com) -- A primitive quantum computer that uses single particles of light (photons) whizzing through a silicon chip has performed its first mathematical calculation. This is the first time a calculation has been performed on a photonic chip and it is major step forward in the quest to realise a super-powerful quantum computer. picked by kakana 2 months ago

A big city might seem chaotic, but somehow everything gets where it needs to go and the whole thing manages to function on most days, even if it all seems a little worse for the wear at the end of the day. Sound a bit like your brain? picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have discovered the first genetic link to the evolution of two, rather than one, pumping chamber in the heart, which is a key event in the evolution of becoming warm-blooded. picked by bernardblack 2 months ago

Pilots eating junk food perform better on flight tests than those eating healthy. I didn't believe it either! picked by meggysue 2 months ago

The study, published in The Journal of Experimental Zoology, suggests that far from being a fraud Kammerer may have discovered the field of epigenetics, placing him decades ahead of his contemporaries. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Strive as we might to make sense of the world, there are mysteries that still confound us... picked by cb__ 2 months ago

Green grass is the great way to refresh and brighten up your interior (or exterior) design, bring a part of nature to your daily routine. It can match anything: your furniture, your car, your home decor. Here are some vivid examples for you. picked by iamamaniac 2 months ago

Kind of a google maps of the sky. Just not as comprehensive... yet... picked by shuallyo 2 months ago

1909: After searching through hundreds of potential chemicals, a German immunologist discovers a compound that can selectively kill the parasitic spirochete that causes syphilis. The following year, he sends 65,000 free samples of the drug, now known as the first modern chemotherapy agent, to doctors all over the world. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

Three-minute therapy sessions to hold you over during your therapist's vacation. picked by suebe 2 months ago

Our summer's unseasonably cool temps are just the tip of the iceberg, according to the Farmer's Almanac.

Brrrrr! picked by meggysue 2 months ago