A Blood Test May Predict Suicide Risk
A new gene linked to suicide risk has been discovered, and researchers say the finding could lead to a blood test that predicts a person's risk of attempting suicide.
View ArticleMany Sharks Much Older Than Previously Thought
Nuclear bomb testing during the 1950s and 60s is helping scientists to determine that many sharks today are much older than previously thought.
View Article'Space Whisky' To Return To Earth
In an alcoholic first, small samples of whisky will return to Earth this month after a three-year stay on the International Space Station.
View ArticleSharks Act Like Math Geniuses
Sharks behave as though they are brilliant mathematicians, finds new research, although they may be more sensible than clever.
View ArticleNASA's MAVEN Mission Arrives At Mars
At 10:24 p.m. EDT on Sunday, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft arrived at Mars orbit after an epic 10-month journey to the Red Planet.
View ArticleAmelia Earhart Plane Fragment Identified
A fragment of Amelia Earhart's lost aircraft has been identified to a high degree of certainty for the first time ever since her plane vanished over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, in a record...
View ArticleWhy Our Galaxy's Black Hole Didn't Eat That Mystery Object
In 2011, astronomers were excited to discover a large cloud of gas careening toward the supermassive black hole that resides in the center of the Milky Way. But earlier this year, astronomers...
View ArticleWhy The Rural-Urban Political Divide?
How you vote is determined by where you live. The rural vote is solidly Republican, the urban centers remain Democrat. But why?
View ArticleTime Always Marches Forward — Why?
“Time is what keeps everything from happening at once,” wrote Ray Cummings in his 1922 science fiction novel “The Girl in the Golden Atom,” which sums up time’s function quite nicely. But how does time...
View ArticleThe Milky Way May Be 50 Percent Bigger Than Thought
A ring-like filament of stars wrapping around the Milky Way may actually belong to the galaxy itself, rippling above and below the relatively flat galactic plane. If so, that would expand the size of...
View ArticleWorld's Oldest Pretzel Found In Germany
Unearthed during a large excavation on the “Donaumarkt” in Regensburg, an area nearby the Danube which was destroyed in the 1950-60s, the charred pretzel fragments are believed to be 250 years old....
View ArticleWhy Spring Gets About 30 Seconds Shorter Every Year
Spring arrives on Friday, and you might want to make the most of it. The season of flowers and showers actually gets shorter every year by about 30 seconds to a minute, due to astronomical quirks,...
View ArticleThe First (Contraband) Corned Beef Sandwich In Space
Just about two hours into the flight of Gemini 3, NASA's first two-man space mission 50 years ago Monday (March 23), pilot John Young reached into his spacesuit's pocket and pulled out a surprise.
View ArticleWe're Planning To Shoot An Asteroid To See What Happens
What better way to understand how to deflect an incoming asteroid than to smash into one to see what happens?
View ArticleRemote Control Humans Are Here
Forget about controlling your favorite character while walking through a virtual gaming world. Now you can control your buddies while walking them down the street.
View ArticleBeing Invisible Is Stressful, But Awesome
Just as some amputees feel a sensation called "phantom limb pain," so too did subjects who donned a virtual reality headset in the experiment by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute in...
View ArticleSperm Grown In A Lab For The First Time
The Kallistem laboratory, a private research facility based in Lyon, France, has turned spermatogonia into mature sperm in test tubes. This is a feat that scientists have been trying to tackle for the...
View ArticleWhat Humans Look Like Through Dolphin Echolocation
The fuzzy image of a submerged diver reveals that dolphins can detect in detail through echolocation.
View ArticleWhy Do We Need A President Anyway?
When the Founding Fathers met to design the constitution, many were skeptical about appointing a chief.
View ArticleBed Bugs Prefer The Colors Red And Black, Avoid Green And Yellow
The study is the first to show that bed bugs have color preferences. The findings could improve ways of controlling the pest, whose bites can cause itching, inflammation and allergic reactions.
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