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...
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,...
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PlayThere's a new secret to get your child to behave at the dinner table?cut up their food! YouTube: Brian Wansink ...
Mayan Indian elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun (AP) With the hype surrounding the upcoming movie release...
Woody Allen's movie Sleeper (1973) According to science author Hank Hyena's article, Sexbots...
Touch faraway object through screenPhoto credit: MIT Media Lab Have you ever wanted to...
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as Twitter and Facebook could make or break the next movie studio releasePhoto credit: Sara Robertson "Movie Theater" on Flickr (cc) ...
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...
This NASA graphic shows the orbits of all the known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs), numbering over 1,400 as of early 2013.Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech View all 9 photos ...
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No exercise and heavy use of electronic media is health risk for children, study saysPhoto credit: Brad Flickinger "student ipad school" on Flickr (cc) ...
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...
Xiang Zhang (seated) and Tongcang Li have proposed a way to make a four-dimensional space-time crystalRoy Kaltschmidt, Berkeley Lab View all 4 photos ...
Study shows no matter what your age, having a sense of purpose will prolong your lifePhoto credit: David DeHetre "five second fade" on Flickr (cc) ...
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...
"It's not a bad thing that children should occasionally and politely put parents in...