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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Psych Central NewsA recently published study suggests a new class of drug may act as a dimmer switch to control schizophrenia. The approach is heralded as a method to manage the symptoms of schizophrenia without some of the side effects associated with cu...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from SPACE.comThe Perseid meteor shower should be most spectacular late Tuesday into early Wednesday, experts say. You can watch live feeds of the Perseids here at Space.com starting at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday, courtesy of the Slooh Community Observatory a...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research is helping scientists figure out the neurobiology behind habit formation. Wendy Wood, Ph.D., a social psychologist at the University of Southern California, said, “much of our daily lives are taken up by habits that we...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Scientific AmericanWhy turning down the thermostat could help win the battle of the bulge -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Psych Central NewsEmerging research finds that working with images of extreme violence increases the risk of psychological trauma to journalists – including post-traumatic stress disorder. A study, published by JRSM Open, shows that frequent, repetitive v...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Wired ScienceLeon Steele Every 27 minutes, someone in the US dies of an opioid overdose. And all of those 19,500 annual deaths—whether from prescription pain meds or heroin—could be prevented with the fast-acting antidote naloxone. It adh...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Psych Central NewsAn emerging theory suggests exposure to narrative fiction can improve an individual’s ability to understand what other people are thinking or feeling. Dr. Raymond Mar, a psychologist at York University in Canada, said, “we understa...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from ScienceApril Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online For the millions of coffee drinkers out there, the caffeinated is a daily necessity. For the world at large, coffee is a multi-billion dollar a year business that depends on the unpre...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from ScienceRayshell Clapper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Many studies show the benefits of music , including creative inspiration, stress relief, and intellectual abilities. Studies on the latter have mostly focused on students in afflue...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA new technique transforming stinky, air-polluting landfill gas could produce the sweet smell of success as it leads to development of a fuel cell generating clean electricity for homes, offices and hospitals, researchers say. The advanc...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsAs hemp makes a comeback in the US after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene, long-touted as the model material for supercapacitors. The...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsCriminals are smuggling an estimated $30 billion in US currency into Mexico each year from the United States, but help could be on the way for border guards, researchers will report here today. The answer to the problem: a portable devic...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsWhether or not humans are the only empathic beings is still under debate. In a new study, researchers directly compared the 'yawn contagion' effect between humans and bonobos -- our closest evolutionary cousins. By doing so they were abl...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThey are the largest fish in the world but the impact of this majestic and charismatic animal on the economy of the island nation of the Maldives was largely unknown. A new study by scientists of the Maldives Whale Shark Research Program...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comThe Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak overnight on Tuesday (Aug. 12) and early Wednesday morning.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comThe Space Camp Hall of Fame, founded in 2007, added three new members to its ranks. The 2014 class includes astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, former astronaut trainer Michelle Ham and the founder of Space Camp Turkey, Kaya Tuncer.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comThe New Horizons probe used its onboard telescope to record a video of Charon orbiting Pluto. The movie is composed of 12 individual images taken July 19-24 — one year before the spacecraft's flyby of the distant dwarf planet.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanA pair of aging airplanes that have flown into more than 100 hurricanes to provide data for U.S. meteorologists are receiving a retrofit this month that will leave just one available to fly when... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comTo capture celestial conjunctions, you only need a tripod and camera.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanPharmaceutical pollutants in water seem to improve survival among hatchlings of at least one species -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comAll-Sky (ultra wide-field) cameras, in 6 U.S. locations, captured the incandescent death of multiple meteors from the annual shower (peaks August 11-13, 2014). Though post “Supermoon,” the still-bright satellite will reduce meteor strike...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanMore than 100 scientists have signed a published letter asserting that author Nicholas Wade misappropriated their work for the arguments he made in A Troublesome Inheritance -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from LiveScience.comPrimitive creatures known as rangeomorphs vanished from the seas because they couldn't harvest nutrients from the water column and because they became prey to fast-moving Cambrian creatures, a 3D reconstruction suggests.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanThese small, rotating columns of air can result from a mini-weather system that occurs when one piece of ground heats up faster than the ground surrounding it on a hot, calm, dry day -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future NowPlastic bottles jumpthemap / YouTube You may have heard by now that bisphenol A, a chemical commonly-used to make hard plastic and is found in many water bottles, can have harmful health effects. Due to evidence suggesting BPA can impair...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanOn Wednesday, four mathematicians will receive the prestigious Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Seoul. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsResearchers have reported registering three possible occasions of the total destruction of stars by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsExperts believe a molecule in parasitic worms could help explain why worm infections can effectively treat a range of autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. The study successfully id...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsImmigration to the US may result in increased smoking in Latino and Asian women, according to new research by sociologists. The current study found that accounting for gender differences in aspects of acculturation (including time spent ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsClimate change is having a direct negative effect on the Great Lakes, including impacts to recreational value, drinking water potential, and becoming more suited to invasive species and infectious pathogens, according to a researcher. On...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsA promising method of treating male infertility using a synthetic version of the sperm-originated protein known as PAWP has been developed by researchers. The research promises to diagnose and treat cases of male factor infertility where...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsNew research shows the importance of social support for women preparing for STEM careers. "Gender stereotypes manifest in a variety of ways in a work environment, such as conflicting role expectations, a lack of authority and a variety o...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsResearchers investigating erosion at Jerusalem's Western Wall found that limestone with very small crystals eroded up to 100 times faster and had sometimes receded by tens of centimeters, potentially weakening the wall's structure. The r...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsNanocubes are anything but child's play. Scientists have used them to create surprisingly yarn-like strands: They showed that given the right conditions, cube-shaped nanoparticles are able to align into winding helical structures. Their ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsThe protein mTOR is a central controller of growth and metabolism. Deregulation of mTOR signaling increases the risk of developing metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cancer. Researchers now describe how aberrant mTOR signal...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsSurprising results research could lead to new ways to help the visually impaired better navigate everyday life. A handheld torch uses infra-red sensors to "see" objects in front of it. When the torch detects an object, it emits a vibrati...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsEverything you ever wanted to know about quantum simulators summed up in a new review. A quantum simulator is a device that actively uses quantum effects to answer questions on model systems. This review outlines various approaches used ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsResearchers have investigated erosion in the different kinds of limestone in the Western Wall at the foot of Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Stones made up of large crystals were almost unchanged in 2000 years, while limestone with small cryst...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsMany human metabolic functions only run smoothly if the acid level in the body remains neutral and stable. For humans, normal blood pH values lie between 7.35 and 7.45. By way of comparison, an empty stomach is extremely acidic, with a p...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanBefore they can see Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, the astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) must complete an epic to-do list. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future NowA violent and chaotic-looking mass of gas and dust is seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image of a nearby supernova remnant. Flickr CC by 2.0 . @PopSci - opposites attract. / magnetism and romance / easily summed up. - #Sciku — Alan M ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanA long-cherished view of how and why feathers evolved has now been overturned -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from LiveScience.comAn underwater robot designed to unobtrusively tail great white sharks got a sneak attack from a shark.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comPhotographers around the world ventured outside Sunday (Aug. 10) to snap photos of the bright, full 'supermoon' rising in the night sky.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comNASA’s New Horizons snapped the big dwarf planet and its nearby moon for 5 days (July 19th-24th, 2014). Charon is 750 - 753 miles diameter, the largest known compared to the size of its host planet. Some consider Pluto-Charon a binary pl...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future NowWolf eel Richard Salas Richard Salas began studying photography in college the same summer Jaws was released. The ocean was a part of the cultural conversation, but the general feeling was of fear, not awe. Though Jaws may not look so...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from SPACE.comSpace.com readers sent in their best shots of the August 2014 'supermoon.'
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanLegal ivory markets that are supposed to only deal in stockpiles and antiques inevitably launder poached ivory. Close them all, says WCS vice president for species conservation. David Biello... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanA gamma wave is a rapid, electrical oscillation in the brain. A scan of the academic literature shows that gamma waves may be involved with learning memory and attention—and, when perturbed,... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Scientific AmericanA star 890,000 light-years away patrols our galactic frontier -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentFour of the world's emerging economies have claimed that they are far ahead of developed countries in their efforts to slow climate change.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentA lion cub has led forest rangers to its mother's corpse in an Indian sanctuary, an act described by officials as very unusual behaviour.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentEdinburgh Zoo said it 'believes' its panda Tian Tian is pregnant and may give birth at the end of the month.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentResearch carried out at Aberdeen University suggests hen harriers can co-exist with profitable grouse shooting.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentUntested drugs can be used to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus, the World Health Organization says.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentUnder sea feeding grounds for young fish are being lost at the same rate as Amazonian rain forests and could damage the fishing industry, scientists in Swansea warn.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentUK satellite captures video of Planet Earth
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > ScienceResearch suggests that reducing or neutralizing one variety of the APOE gene would not harm the brain, while making Alzheimer’s less likely.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > ScienceMore than 60 people have died from the virus in a tiny village in Sierra Leone, and now people there worry that a quarantine will cut off their food and supplies.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > ScienceA herbicide-resistant weed known as palmer amaranth or carelessweed has devastated Southern cotton fields and is poised to wreak havoc in the Midwest, partly because of farming practices.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentPhysicists make the purest silicon ever seen, solving a supply problem for research into quantum computers.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentThe prospects for this year's grouse shooting season, which has just begun, are said to be "unusually favourable".
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceIf a long-term drought continues, “most of the big trees could be gone” within a century, a United States Geological Survey ecologist says.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceA new digital editing tool can simulate the unseen sides of objects in photographs, even estimating the color, textures and lighting around the object.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceA telescope in Chile captures a clear, detailed image of Messier 33, a neighbor of the Milky Way.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceTo better understand climate swings, scientists are honing robots that can dive deeper and find out more about the temperature of the oceans.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceAs culturally familiar is the sticky, spun threads are, scientists are just learning how spiders produce it.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Reuters: Science NewsMIAMI Fla. (Reuters) - A pair of aging airplanes that have flown into more than 100 hurricanes to provide data for U.S. meteorologists are receiving a retrofit this month that will leave just one available to fly when storms threaten the...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceWomen researchers report that sexual harassment and assault are common at field sites and in universities
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentStargazers have been taking images of the spectacular ''supermoon'' overnight, where the moon appears bigger and brighter than usual because of its proximity to the earth.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceLetters to the editor and online comments.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceBioengineers for the first time produced a kind of rudimentary brain in a dish, a discovery that could eventually be used to study disease, injury and treatment.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceNotwithstanding their name, African wild dogs are “true altruists,” researchers say, essentially willing to sacrifice their lives for the pack, and are slowly coming back from near extinction.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceColorado Gov. Hickenlooper has declared a compromise to avert a fight over oil and gas drilling. It's meant to solve fracking-related disputes, but it also serves Democrats' political interests.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from National Geographic NewsUse of an untested Ebola drug stirs the ethics debate on whether experimental therapies can be used in Africa.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceBernhard Edmaier’s latest book of stunning photographs of Earth’s topography focuses on the vibrant, dazzling and almost unlikely colors that abound in nature.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceThe craze to embrace all things shark during Discovery's "Shark Week" in August is exploding onto menus. But the hype doesn't hide the fact that many of these creatures are endangered.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe discovery of a small network of brain cells holds the potential to advance to treatment of eating disorders in people.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NYT > ScienceUnicef and the World Health Organization said they would seek to vaccinate four million children, but it was unclear whether Islamist militants would agree.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from National Geographic NewsIn the face of increasingly devastating wildfires in the arid West, firefighters are turning to new technology.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentRegional varieties of wine have distinct chemical “fingerprints” which can authenticate their origin and quality, scientists report.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentAustralian physicists have discovered how to control the movement of a floating object using wave patterns.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from International Business TimesChina announced that it would launch its first recoverable moon orbiter before the end of 2014 as a test model for its new lunar probe, the Chang’e-5, Chinese state-owned Xinhua reported Sunday. The orbiter’s main mission will be to tes...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from International Business TimesSunday marked this year’s biggest and brightest Supermoon, with the Earth’s natural satellite at its closest distance from the planet. Dubbed as “Super Moon Monday,” the Earth’s closest celestial neighbor appeared nearly seven percent bi...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from International Business TimesIn a bid to better understand the early aftermath of an accidental oil spill, a team of American and European researchers has conducted a new study in the North Sea, which is expected to provide valuable insights into how to respond in t...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from International Business TimesThe annual Perseid meteor shower finds itself in an unusual situation -- competing for attention in August with the supermoon . August's full moon will pose a problem for the Perseids as the bright light will black out dimmer meteors.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from International Business TimesThe August supermoon will rise Sunday night although plenty of stargazers saw a preview of the large, bright moon Saturday. August's full moon is the second of three for the summer, the first in July and the next in September.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from International Business TimesThe August supermoon will shine brightly in the night sky on Sunday and marks the second of three such full moons for the summer — but there is another reason to take note of the event. In terms of timing, August's full moon will occur w...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comWhat’s the smallest thing in the universe? That's a complicated question. After all, fundamental particles are what physicists call the most basic building blocks of matter, and they are so minute that no current technology--nor any tech...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comTHIS month, many Americans will take time off from work to go on vacation, catch up on household projects and simply be with family and friends. And many of us will feel guilty for doing so. We will worry about all of the emails piling u...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentElectricity company EDF temporarily shuts down two of its nuclear power stations, Heysham 1 and Hartlepool.
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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 Latest science news breaking science news earth news space news technology newsAmazing images of the the biggest and brightest full moon of the year
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Latest science news breaking science news earth news space news technology newsA new gene therapy developed by Imperial College, London, is offering hope to Britons who are forced to use heart pumps while waiting for a transplant
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from English pravda.ru - Science - ArticlesThe epidemic of the deadly Ebola virus that was born in the depths of the jungle, has been spreading around the world with an unprecedented speed lately. It turns out that there is a vaccine against Ebola. Pentagon scientists were develo...
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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 - Science RSS FeedScientists investigating the source of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa believe that the latest outbreak can be traced back to a two-year-old toddler in Guinea.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from - Science RSS FeedA new report into the sleeping habits of astronauts has revealed that when it comes to getting some shut eye, even the peace and quiet of space doesn’t help.
