Did you know that the word "masticate" is derived from the Greek word "mastiha?" Mastiha is a miraculous resin that seeps from the mastic tree (Pistachia Lentiscus var. Chia) only on the Greek Island of Chios in the Eastern Aegean Sea. In 1998, Mastiha was distinguished...

10 October, 2017

These very strange cloud formations suddenly appeared in the sky around 8:30 p.m. when the sun was setting in Union Square Park in NYC today. Moments before their appearance, people were casually sitting on the steps of the park entrance and carrying on as most New...

10 October, 2017

After studying 30,000-year-old sedimentary DNA from permafrost deposits in the Yukon a Canadian research team from the University of Alberta and McMaster University have found that microbes "have been building their defences to antibiotics since the time of woolly mammoths". Their research findings published on August...

10 October, 2017

The mechanics of sleep and the process by which we store and retrieve memories has from ancient times been approached through many myths and theories, but it is only recently that hard science is seriously uncovering these mysteries of the mind. A study in Nature Neuroscience,...

10 October, 2017

A press release today from the University of Haifa in Israel announced a rare archaeological discovery A volunteer at a public structure in the south Tel Dor excavation, unearthed an engraved gemstone with a miniature portrait of the Greek ruler, Alexander the Great. The portrait is...

01 September, 2017

What do burial grounds, gallows; Edgar Allan Poe and bad Feng Shui have in common? Washington Square Park in New York City. Washington Square Park is built on what was once Potter's Field. A potter's field is a term refers to a place where unknown or indigent...

02 April, 2016

Salk researchers from left: Joanne Chory, Yongxia Guo, Joseph Noel, Zuyu Zheng and James J. La Clair. Courtesy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies Researchers at the Salk Institute and the University of California, San Diego finally solve a centuries old mystery of how seeds, dormant...

31 March, 2016