Will a New Drug that Boosts Mouse Memory be Alzheimer’s Cure?
We all know that stress is bad for us but did you know it can trigger an immune molecule in the brain that damages memory?…
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Breeding Area for the Blackthroat Luscinia Obscura Discovered
In June of 2011, a team of Chinese and Swedish researchers rediscovered the breeding area for the Blackthroat Luscinia obscura, in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi…
First Plant-Eating Dinosaur Discovered in Antarctica
Although remains of sauropods (one of the most diverse and widespread species of herbivorous dinosaurs, with more than 150 recognized species) have been found on…
Comet Survives after Close Brush With the Sun
Comet Lovejoy, discovered a few weeks ago, was supposed to melt as it came so close to the sun that the temperatures would hit several…
Be Like Neo and Learn New Skills Matrix-Style
Plug-and-play took on a whole new meaning in the movie, The Matrix, where people could learn kung-fu or how to pilot a helicopter by just…
Greenland Loses 100 Billion Tons of Ice
Global warming, or just an unusually warm summer? You be the judge as Greenland loses 100 billion tons of ice in 2010. Southern Greenland has…
The Search for the God Particle Narrows
The elusive Higgs Boson, frequently referred to (sometimes tongue-in-cheek) as the “God Particle” might not have been found yet, but it has fewer places to…
China to Create 10% More Rain by 2015
The rest of the world can deal with droughts and bad crops but China has plans to step up its rain-making endeavors and increase precipitation…
208 New Species Discovered in Greater Mekong
It might be a small world after all, but there’s still plenty to learn about this little blue marble we call Earth, and there’s no…
Ötzi the Iceman’s Final Hours
It was previously thought that Ötzi the iceman’s last hours consisted of him being caught and killed after a grueling chase, but new evidence suggests…
Scottish Wind Turbine Explodes
As you can see in the above image, a wind turbine in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland exploded on December 8th, when the area was battered…
Bearing Gifts Equals More Sex Even With Spiders
It looks like human males aren’t the only ones giving women cheap gifts to get sex. Male nursery web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis) wrap their gifts…
Nuclear Plant Helps Save Endangered Florida Crocodiles
Normally we hear about how bad nuclear plants are, but when was the last time you heard a story about how they save animals? One…
Two Largest Black Holes Ever Discovered
Huge. Massive. Gigantic. Monstrous. Ginormous. Words fail to describe two huge black holes that may be the largest ever measured. Supermassive black holes inhabit most…
3D Video Offers A Tour Over Asteroid Vesta
The 3D video below of the giant asteroid Vesta offers an amazing look at the object. Sort of a guided tour that might have come…
Astronomers Discover 18 New Planets
Good news today for fans of giant planets. Astronomers have found 18 new alien planets. They are all Jupiter-size gas giants that circle stars larger…
Lava Fingerprinting Reveals Differences Between Hawaiian Volcanoes
According to University of British Columbia (UBC) research published this week in Nature Geoscience, Hawaii’s main volcano chains, the Loa and Kea, have distinct sources…
Lightning Foundry: World’s Largest Tesla Coils To Research Lightning
Just what causes lightning? Amazingly we still do not know. We know what it is, just not why. There have been numerous experiments to study…