Science & Health

Owning car, TV linked to heart attacks: study

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:21:00 -0500

Car owners with a television are 27 percent more likely to suffer heart attacks than people who have neither, according to a global study on physical exercise and heart disease published Wednesday.

South Florida woman receives kidney transplant from stranger after posting ad on Craigslist

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:29:00 -0500

A search that began on Craigslist.org has led Selina Hodge to a Miami operating room. Hodge, 28, posted a plea online in July, looking for someone -- anyone -- to donate a kidney.

Infant In Minnesota Develops H1N2, Unique Type Of H1N1

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:42:00 -0500

Disease specialists are carefully monitoring the case of a Minnesota infant who developed a unique type of H1N1. It’s called the H1N2 virus and it’s only the second case ever detected anywhere.

Microsoft Co-Founder To Build Giant Plane To Launch People, Cargo Into Space

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:42:00 -0500

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the world’s biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write America’s next chapter in spaceflight.

Pits add to Stonehenge mystery

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:42:00 -0500

Researchers say they've found two pits to the east and west of Stonehenge that may have played a role in an ancient midsummer ceremony. The discovery suggests that the 5,000-year-old circle of stones we see today may represent just a few of the pieces in a larger geographical, astronomical and cultural puzzle.

Declassified Memo Hinted of 1941 Hawaii Attack

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:14:00 -0500

Three days before the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt was warned in a memo from naval intelligence that Tokyo's military and spy network was focused on Hawaii, a new and eerie reminder of FDR's failure to act on a basket load of tips that war was near.

What's killing America? U.S. ranks 28th in life expectancy (lower than Chile and Greece) while it pays the MOST for h...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:46:00 -0500

A new survey on health care is revealing that you may not be getting what you pay for if you check into a U.S. hospital.

Doctor claims he can turn brown eyes blue (but he can't change them back again)

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:07:00 -0400

Ever wished you were the blue-eyed boy? You soon could be, after a doctor revealed he can permanently change a person's eye colour in just 20 seconds.

iRobot becomes a reality as man gets smartphone built into his artificial arm

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:12:00 -0400

iRobot has become a reality after a British man became the world's first person to have a smartphone dock built into his prosthetic arm.

NASA evacuates astronauts from deep-sea training

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:12:00 -0400

NASA evacuated a crew of astronauts Wednesday from an underwater lab off the coast of Florida where they were training for a trip to an asteroid, due to the approach of Hurricane Rina.

MIT Develops New Radar Technology: Military Could See Through Walls

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:48:00 -0400

Looking through walls is no longer something we read about in comic books or watch in Superman movies. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory has presented new radar technology that would allow humans to see through a solid wall.

Richard Branson opens world's first 'spaceport' in US

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:57:00 -0400

British billionaire Richard Branson opened the world's first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic.

Brace for impact: Scientists warn ANOTHER out-of-control three ton telescope is hurtling towards the Earth at high speed

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:38:00 -0400

Earth has been told to brace for a possible satellite collision as an orbiting telescope weighing nearly three tons has spun out of control and is plummeting homewards.

France to impose fat tax on sugary drinks such as Coca-Cola and Fanta

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:05:00 -0400

France is to impose a 'fat tax' on sugary soft drinks in a bid to combat soaring child obesity.

Human Stem Cells Created Using Cloning Technique

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:41:00 -0400

Researchers said Wednesday they used a cloning technique to create human embryos that were close genetic copies of the people from which they were derived—a potentially significant breakthrough in the quest to develop patient-specific stem cells to treat serious diseases.

Europe Plots Mission to the Sun

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:41:00 -0400

Europe's collective space agency is planning an ambitious space mission that would send a satellite nearly three-quarters of the way to the Sun.

Obama under fire over space plans

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:25:00 -0400

High-profile critics fear President Barack Obama's commercial overhaul of human spaceflight is going nowhere and could mark the end of half a century of US supremacy among the stars and planets.

Hairy, crazy ants invade from Texas to Miss.

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:25:00 -0400

It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper's metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes. It's an extreme example of what can happen when the ants — which also can disable huge industrial plants — go unchecked. Controlling them can cost thousands of dollars. But the story is real, told by someone who's been studying ants for a decade.

Santa Monica Mountain's Lions Face Extinction

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:20:00 -0400

Morning commuters in Los Angeles were likely startled, if not downright terrified, when a young mountain lion recently strode onto Interstate 405 and was killed by oncoming traffic. But biologists who have spent a decade studying the lions living in the nearby Santa Monica Mountains say the cat was simply searching for a home. While mountain lion populations are healthy across California, the situation is becoming increasingly desperate for the isolated population in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Vaccine could reduce HIV to 'minor infection'

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:05:00 -0400

HIV could be reduced to a "minor chronic infection" akin to herpes, scientists developing a new vaccine have claimed.