Thursday, December 10, 2009

Why King Kong Failed to Impress: Humans, Apes Use Odor-Detecting Receptors Differently

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New research shows that humans and other primates use the same receptors for detecting odors related to sex in different ways. (Credit: iSto...

Snow At Highest Elevations No Longer Pure

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The toxic pollutants called PCBs have been found in snow on the Aconcagua Mountain, the highest mountain in the Americas. Here, an image of ...

Climate Change Not To Blame For Polar Bear Cannibalism

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An adult polar bear with the remains of a cub. Scientists argue that climate change may be causing a spike in the rate of cannibalism among ...

How Do Countries Determine Their Time Zones?

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Matthias Kulka / Corbis From Time Magazine: Russia wishes it were smaller. No, it isn't about to shed any territory, but President Dmitr...

Have No Fear – Breakthrough Offers Hope To Phobia Sufferers

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12% of Britons fear spiders, whilst 13% fear heights. ALAMY From The Independent: Scientists manage to block scary thoughts selectively – wi...

Giant iceberg heading for Australia

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A satellite image released by the Australian Antarctic Division howing a giant iceberg (4th from right) which is drifting towards Western Au...

Miracle Light: Can Lasers Solve The Energy Crisis?

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An artist's rendering of laser beams entering both ends of a capsule containing a pea-sized pellet of deuterium and tritium at the Energ...

WHO: Smoking Kills 5 Million Every Year

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Corbis From Time Magazine: (LONDON) — Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don'...

Americans Consume 34 Gigabytes Daily Per Person

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Info Hogs Truly, we live in the Information Age University of California-San Diego From Popular Science: TMI? A new report calculates that...

A New Step Forward For Robots

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J erry Pratt (l.) with research associates push M2V2 to test its balance at the Institute for Human Cognition in Pensacola, Fla. (Carmen K. ...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Nanoparticle Protects Oil In Foods From Oxidation, Spoilage

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From Science Daily: Science Daily (Dec. 9, 2009) — Using a nanoparticle from corn, a Purdue University scientist has found a way to lengthen...

Mysterious Radiation May Strike Airline Passengers

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There's a small chance that passengers aboard an airplane flying through a storm may be exposed to high levels of radiation, new researc...

Discovery On HIV Testing Could Save A Million Lives

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From The Independent: Scientists have made a major advance in understanding the treatment of HIV which could see life-saving drugs extended ...

Googlefest Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: 3 New Ways Google Will Take Over Your Life

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From Discover Magazine: Google is hitting the ‘nets hard this week. The Mountain View, Ca. behemoth has unleashed a fresh batch of fancy tri...

Rumours That First Dark Matter Particle Found

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From New Scientist: The physics blogs are abuzz with rumours that a particle of dark matter has finally been found. If it is true, it is h...

Nuclear Fusion Is The Future

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James Hansen Photo: PA From The Telegraph: The Copenhagen Summit: Could a new nuclear fusion process allow us to escape the whole carbon t...

Paper Battery Could Power Gadgets Of The Future

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The light-weight battery is created by painting nanotube ink onto paper From the Daily Mail: Ordinary paper could one day be used as ultra-l...

Mysterious Light Display Leaves Norwegians And Astronomers Puzzled

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From Popular Science: A Russian missile test or a meteor remain the top guesses for a strange spiraling light phenomenon. A bizarre spiralin...

‘Testosterone’s Aggressive Impact Is A Myth. It Makes You Friendlier’

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From Times Online: It is popularly known as the selfish hormone, which courses through male veins to promote egotistical and antisocial beha...

'Small Wind' Market To Double By 2013, Study Says

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Cascade Engineering has the rights to sell this Swift turbine, which is already installed in dozens of locations in the U.K., some attached ...