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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Psych Central NewsResearch in positive psychology, or the study of happiness, well-being, and quality of life, suggests that the pursuit of true happiness can lead people to lifestyles that will not only be more satisfying but better for the environment a...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Psych Central NewsDespite a 21st century professional environment that touts equal opportunity, research presented at the American Psychological Association’s Annual Convention suggests that nearly 40 percent of women who earn engineering degrees quit the...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanDepressed people gauge time more accurately -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Psych Central NewsEmerging research suggests a student’s mental framework influences their recall of material. Investigators discovered material was better retained if a student understood that they would be expected to teach the material. “When com...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comAstrophotographer Miguel Claro took this image on July 27 from Monsaraz in the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve located near Alentejo, Portugal. See how he did it.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Wired ScienceScientists strap cameras to the badasses of the sea.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Wired ScienceA gallery of images from The Great War From The Air shows the aerial photography that World War I's strategists used to gather intelligence.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Wired ScienceSolar power needs get a lot more efficient before it truly goes mainstream. One way to achieve that is with better power inverters—the devices that turn the direct current coming from solar panels and batteries into alternating current y...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Psych Central NewsExperts say that now more than ever before, job stress poses a threat to the health of workers. Although work-related stress has been known to increase risk of cardiovascular disease, the far-reaching effects of stress are still being un...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedOrbit News - SpaceDC Agle, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and David Steitz, NASA Headquarters NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project successfully flew a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space in late June from the U.S. Nav...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedOrbit News - SpaceEuropean Space Agency Looking down from orbit, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst steered ESA’s Eurobot rover through a series of intricate maneuvers on the ground on August 7, demonstrating a new space network that could connect astronauts t...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedOrbit News - SpaceCarol Rasmussen, NASA Earth Science News Team After 14 years of monitoring Earth's main energy source, radiation from the sun, NASA’s Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor satellite has lost contact with its ground operations team ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsWhile a rise in cesarean section delivery rates due to breech presentation has improved neonatal outcome, 40 percent of term breech deliveries in the Netherlands are planned vaginal deliveries. According to a new Dutch study that is publ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsPostmenopausal women who in the past four years had undertaken regular physical activity equivalent to at least four hours of walking per week had a lower risk for invasive breast cancer compared with women who exercised less during thos...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA new study reveals that one in six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged. Results published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a journal of the American College of Rheumato...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA new analysis confirms that US lung cancer rates are declining overall, but it also uncovers previously unrecognized trends related to cancer subtype, sex, race/ethnicity, and age.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsBee, snake or scorpion venom could form the basis of a new generation of cancer-fighting drugs, scientists will report. They devised a method for targeting venom proteins specifically to malignant cells while sparing healthy ones, which ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsFor the millions of adults and children in the US who have to shun nuts to avoid an allergic reaction, help could be on the way. Scientists are now developing a way to process cashews -- and potentially other nuts -- that could make them...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe Kavli Foundation Lecture series features two prominent scientists: one in the booming area of ionic liquids, the other in medical materials. The former has made a novel compound with the potential to lower the energy it takes to capt...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsIn creating an adhesive patterned after glue produced by the lowly underwater sandcastle worm, researchers are reporting today that they may have solved the problem of premature births that sometimes result from fetal surgery. It also co...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsCoffee drinkers beware: Surprise ingredients may be hiding in your coffee, and growing shortages may well increase the chance of having more fillers in the future. A new test that will be reported today at the 248th National Meeting & Ex...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsNew research published in the September issue of the British Journal of Nutrition highlights a significant shortfall in fruit and vegetable consumption in people's diets around the world. Commissioned by the Nutrilite Health Institute of...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from Scientific AmericanIn his new book, The End of Absence, journalist Michael Harris explains why we should save room for “nothingness” -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from Psych Central NewsApproximately one in 10 cancer survivors will continue smoking after their diagnosis, according to new research by the American Cancer Society. The findings reveal that cigarette smoking can thwart cancer treatments, lower patient surviv...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from SPACE.comA 36-year-old NASA spacecraft will begin a new interplanetary science mission today (Aug. 10) when it makes a close pass by the moon. You can watch the lunar flyby live online at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Here's how to watch.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from Psych Central NewsPeople who develop depression and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) after age 65 are more vulnerable to accelerated brain aging, according to a new study. Older adults with major depression have double the risk of developing dementia compa...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from Psych Central NewsSmoking marijuana just once a week can have a “significant” negative effect on the brains of teenagers and young adults, including cognitive decline, poor attention and memory, and decreased IQ, according to psychologists discussing the ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research shows that musical training can help offset some academic achievement gaps for disadvantaged kids. The study, which involved hundreds of disadvantaged kids in musical training programs in public schools in Los Angeles and Ch...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from SPACE.comThe largest full moon of 2014 rises today (Aug. 10), and even if you don't have a clear view of the sky, you can still catch the cosmic action live online.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from ScienceredOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An international team of scientists has successfully trained four red-footed tortoises how to use a touchscreen , according to new research appearing in the July edition of the jou...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from RedOrbit News - SpaceredOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online One of the downfalls of space travel is that astronauts are limited in the types of food they can eat due to the low gravity environment, but researchers from Cornell University ar...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsWrapping wound dressings around fingers and toes can be tricky, but for burn victims, guarding them against infection is critical. Today, scientists are reporting the development of novel, ultrathin coatings called nanosheets that can cl...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsCyborg technology is bringing us real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultra-flexible circuits. Now taking this human-machine concept to an unprecedented level, pioneering scientists are working on the seamless marriage between elec...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA plastic sponge that sops up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide might ease our tranisition away from polluting fossil fuels to new energy sources like hydrogen. At the 248th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society,...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsLocation. Location. Location. The popular real estate mantra also is equally important to the growing of grapes and the storing of the bottles of the beverage, according to researchers. Those are just two of the many scientific subjects ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsAs the Food and Drug Administration mulls over whether to rein in the use of common antibacterial compounds that are causing growing concern among environmental health experts, scientists are reporting today that many pregnant women and ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsHigh-tech specks called quantum dots could bring brighter, more vibrant color to mass market TVs, tablets and other displays. A scientist from the 3M Company will describe new technology called 3M quantum dot enhancement film that also m...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the mechanism by which a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease causes often crippling muscle weakness in men, in addition to reduced fertility.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsIn March of 2010, the ice sheets in Antarctica vibrated a bit more than usual because of something more than 3,000 miles away: the 8.8-magnitude Chilean earthquake. A new Georgia Institute of Technology study published in Nature Geoscien...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsPhysicists at The Australian National University have created a tractor beam on water, providing a radical new technique that could confine oil spills, manipulate floating objects or explain rips at the beach.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsUniversity College London scientists have discovered a new method to efficiently generate and control currents based on the magnetic nature of electrons in semi-conducting materials, offering a radical way to develop a new generation of ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsBioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have proven that the stiffness of the extracellular matrix used to culture stem cells really does matter. The research team, led by bioengineering professor Adam Engler, also found ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers have discovered a previously unknown cardiac molecule that could provide a key to treating, and preventing, heart failure. The newly discovered molecule provides the heart with a tool to block a protein that orchestrates gene...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsScientists from the University of Leeds have discovered a gene that plays a vital role in blood vessel formation, research which adds to our knowledge of how early life develops.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsScientists have discovered a new form of dystrophin, a protein critical to normal muscle function, and identified the genetic mechanism responsible for its production. Studies of the new protein isoform, published online Aug. 10 in Natur...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsCollaborative three-dimensional sketching is now possible thanks to a system known as Hyve-3D that University of Montreal researchers are presenting today at the SIGGRAPH 2014 conference in Vancouver.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from Universe Today
The orbital airframe structure for the first commercial Dream Chaser mini-shuttle that will launch to Earth orbit just over two years from now has been unveiled by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and program partner Lockheed Martin. Sier... -
Sunday, August 10, 2014 from RedOrbit News - SpaceNational Science Foundation Construction of the highly anticipated Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) can begin now that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has finalized funding. To be located in Chile, LSST is a proposed 8-meter ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from ScienceMonash University Countries need to work together to ensure Antarctic research continues and key questions on the region are answered, researchers say. In an article published in Nature , 75 scientists along with policy makers in 22 coun...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from RedOrbit News - SpaceWhitney Clavin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has received the 2014 AIAA Space Science Award for its ongoing infrared studies of the hidden cosmos. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIA...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsLONDON (Reuters) - A 37-year-old British man who needs a mechanical pump to keep his heart working has kicked off tests to see if gene therapy could help him recover and potentially avoid the need for a heart transplant.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsCOPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's GN Resound is banking on a hearing aid packed with bluetooth-like technology that lets users listen to calls and music from their iPhones as it seeks to steal a march on its rivals, its new chief executiv...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentMaking super-wheels for a 1,000mph car
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceSea stars, commonly referred to as starfish, are experiencing a massive die off. Sea star wasting syndrome has wiped out millions of them along the West Coast — from Mexico to Canada.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from National Geographic NewsCompanies have been cleared to seek seismic noise permits in the Atlantic, but ocean researchers fear for whales.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceAbout 25 percent of people with macular degeneration in both eyes develop clinical depression. But developing strategies for staying engaged in passions and people may cut that risk by more than half.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe processor, named TrueNorth, may eventually excel at calculations that stump today’s supercomputers.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentRural crime is rising, with a spate of sheep rustling and an increase in the theft of farming tools, vehicles and fuel driving up the figures.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentYour photos of the August supermoon
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentHow the art of illusion is helping disabled children
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentWhat are the ethics of using experimental treatment drugs?
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from NYT > ScienceNigerian health officials announced two deaths from the Ebola outbreak that is sweeping West Africa, including a nurse and the naturalized American from Liberia she had been caring for.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThe second of three so-called "supermoons" this year can be seen under clear skies Sunday night, but some argue the term is a bit of a stretch.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from NYT > ScienceDr. Michael Phillips, the director of NYU Langone Medical Center’s infection prevention and control unit, knows that at any time someone might appear carrying a dangerous virus.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentThe Irish Whale and Dolphin Group reminds the public to exercise "extreme caution" around dolphins after a report that a bottlenose dolphin "aggressively" pushed a man underwater off the County Cork coast
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from National Geographic NewsJames Nestor says diving the ocean shows how much we can learn about our planet and its inhabitants—including us.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from National Geographic NewsEasy highway access and the resurgence of a frontier lawlessness has made Falfurrias part of an increasingly vast and lucrative human smuggling hub.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceIt's a mystery how butterflies manage to make their brilliant wing colors, but Yale physicists got a glimpse when they took the question to the lab, breeding dull brown butterflies into purple ones.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThis year's Perseid meteor shower may be hard to see because it coincides with a so-called supermoon. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Caltech professor Mike Brown about the dueling celestial events.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentA woman who trains sea lions at Blackpool Zoo gains a master's degree for researching how they use their whiskers.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceSharks are sensitive to electromagnetic fields, thanks to certain receptors in their snouts. Surfers, divers and others nervous about attacks can strap on field-generating devices for peace of mind.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceAn architectural firm is designing a zoo that will forgo cages, working barriers into a natural landscape. "You won't have a lonely tiger walking around inside a cage," says architect Bjarke Ingels.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceA new study found that listening to music with heavy bass lines — think "We Will Rock You" and "In Da Club" — makes people feel more powerful.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceDr. Frederick Murphy was the first person to see Ebola up close in 1976. He reflects on disease he has come to know over the last 38 years.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceMr. Hastings was a Harvard biochemist whose discovery of how bacteria communicate became the foundation for groundbreaking research in the development of more effective antibiotics.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from National Geographic NewsWith the advance of Sunni militants into the frontier of Iraqi Kurdish territory, the small Yazidi religious minority has fled its homeland of Sinjar. While many are struggling to survive in the mountains, its leaders warn of an existent...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThough more than one million people are thought to use marijuana to treat ailments, there are few rigorous studies showing whether the drug is effective.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceVacation isn’t a luxury. Neither is daydreaming. Don’t skimp.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe current Ebola outbreak, the largest ever, seems likely to surpass all previous known Ebola outbreaks combined, and epidemiologists predict it will take months to control.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 will pass about 9,700 miles from the surface of the moon at 2:16 p.m. Eastern time Sunday.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThe saucer-like Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator went up 190,000 feet to simulate the conditions of an orbital entry at the red planet.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from National Geographic NewsAn experienced Everest climber assesses the impact of the deadly avalanche on climbers and the Sherpas who assist high-altitude expeditions.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from International Business TimesScientists excavating an ancient U.S. cave believed to contain the remains of Ice Age mammals have discovered hundreds of bones of prehistoric animals. The researchers think the animals might have fallen into an ancient sinkhole and died.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from International Business TimesAfter Tropical Storm Iselle caused flooding, road closures and power outages in Hawaii early Friday, Hawaiians may catch a break before absorbing a second punch thrown by approaching Hurricane Julio. Meterologists forecast that Julio, a ...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from International Business TimesIt's time for another highlight in the heavens, with a supermoon on tap for Sunday, when the moon will rise as close to Earth as any full moon this year. A supermoon, according to astrologer who the coined the term, Richard Nolle , is a ...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Science & Health from NewserA pair of surprise discoveries, one in a museum basement and the other from a plane over the desert, highlight the week's list: 6.5K-Year-Old 'Noah' Found in Museum Basement : An ancient skeleton gathering dust in the basement of the Pen...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentAdam Walker is the first Briton to complete the Ocean's 7 challenge, a tough series of long-distance, open-water swims.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from - Science RSS FeedThis Sunday night a supermoon will light up the skies above Britain.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceAn unusually wet monsoon season has painted the desert, normally dusty brown, a lush green. It has been a welcome respite from the years of devastating drought that have plagued the state.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentSwedes flock to social media to muse at the passing of "the world's oldest European eel", which lived in a well to the age of 155.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comLuckily, the two Americans who received ZMapp, the new experimental drug for Ebola, seem to be improving, which holds great promise and hope for thousands of other people but also raises broader ethical issues and questions. The virus wa...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comIn April I asked a group of sixth graders from Beaufort Middle School in North Carolina, "Do I look like a scientist to you?" A young boy sitting in the corner of the room loudly answered, "Uh, yeah. Why not?" I visited this particular m...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentA pilot study suggests an experimental treatment that involves infusing stem cells into the brain may boost recovery after stroke.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentAlastair Leithead visits the San Diego research centre where a serum used on two US Ebola patients was developed.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comWhat, you ask, is better than a feminist robot? A feminist robot with a sweet tooth, obviously. As part of Los Angeles County Museum of Art's second ever Art + Technology Lab , artist Annina Rüst has crafted a robotic installation entitl...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe United Nations health agency said the outbreak warranted extraordinary measures but stopped short of imposing a travel ban.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comThe notoriety of the Tuskegee syphilis study is unparalleled in the field of bioethics. Last week marked the 42nd anniversary of the horrific experiment's termination, and many people took the opportunity to recall Tuskegee and examine i...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science & Health from NewserResearchers in Brazil say they've found a way to curb shark attacks without culling sharks—which, if true, is good news for conservationists who oppose lethal means of controlling sharks in South Africa and Australia, LiveScience reports...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science - Los Angeles TimesBy the time NASA’s flying saucer splashed down in the Pacific in June, the engineers who designed it already knew their experiment had been a huge success. From the control tower at Kauai’s Pacific Missile Range Facility, they had watche...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from MyScienceAcademyFive cool physics tricks, but how do they work?
