- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsChildhood cancer survivors have increased, but the majority of those who have survived face chronic health problems, diseases and disability related to treatment, reports a new study. The study is the first to estimate the national preva...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Phys.org: Feature story(Phys.org)—The speed of light, c, is one of the best-known constants, having a value of just under 300,000,000 meters per second in a vacuum. But in some alternative theories of cosmology, the speed of light is not actually constant, but...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Psych Central News
Instances of bullying decreased by 20 percent among students with disabilities after they participated in a social and emotional learning program, according to a new three-year study led by a […] - Monday, April 6, 2015 from The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel: Sci, Space, Tech
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- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals NewsTicks have long been known to inhabit the noses of chimpanzees, presumably because the chimps aren't able to pluck them off during grooming.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Psych Central News
A new study from China suggests learning to accept frustrating experiences, on an unconscious level, helps improve both social functioning and health. Life is full of aborted goals, from dating, […] - Monday, April 6, 2015 from Latest Headlines | Science NewsAmong monogamous mound-building mice, the more closely mates match in a tendency toward anxiety, the sooner they start having babies
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsIn a breakthrough in the understanding of how cancer does its deadly work, researchers have shown that many cancers -- including nearly all pancreatic cancers -- enslave and deform mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, to create an env...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from LiveScience.comThe Dead Sea, famous for salty water (almost 10 times as salty as the ocean), and for having the lowest elevation on Earth at 1,407 feet (429 meters) below sea level, is shrinking. And with it, giant sinkholes have been forming on its sh...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from ScienceAbbey Hull for redOrbit.com - @AbbeyHull4160 Body language is one of the hardest things to figure out—especially on a first date. From your posture to even the unconscious actions of your hands (“Why am I popping my knuckles again?”), al...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from LiveScience.comDoing a few hours of exercise every week will probably help you live longer, but doing a whole lot more exercise doesn't provide much extra benefit, according to a new study.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsPrickly lettuce, a common weed that has long vexed farmers, has potential as a new cash crop providing raw material for rubber production, according to Washington State University scientists.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA study on the safety of human breast milk bought over the Internet found that 10 percent of samples contained added cow's milk. The discovery that purchased samples of human milk may be purposely 'topped off' with cow's milk or infant f...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from SPACE.comA new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York highlights extreme examples of life on Earth, and what they may tell us about life elsewhere in the universe.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science BlogFollowing up on promising results from pilot work, researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System are testing the effects of light therapy on brain function in veterans with Gulf War […]
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsTwo young men sit in an inner-city emergency room. One is getting care for injuries he suffered in a fight, the other, for a sore throat. After getting care, both head back out to an environment of violence and poverty. But, a new study ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsRestricting the number of innings young Major League Baseball pitchers throw does not prevent injuries, according to new research from the University of Waterloo. The study, published in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitnes...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsLong-term analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 9903 demonstrates that the addition of erythropoietin did not improve local-regional control for anemic patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who receive radiation ther...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals NewsCatching a Golden-winged Warbler sounds like a mythical quest. The tiny bird is quite real, though, and a number of researchers track the species. The warblers migrate from the North Woods of the Midwest to Central America every year, an...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsAfter analyzing stroke treatment records, researchers at Rhode Island Hospital in collaboration with researchers from the University of Cincinnati learned that women and men have different reasons for being excluded from receiving the co...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news storiesA sophisticated and brazen theft operation has been brought to attention this month by IBM Security, which refers to it as the "Dyre Wolf Campaign." It has been active and successful, having stolen over $1 million from targeted enterpris...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsApplication of pediatric guidelines for lipid levels for persons 17 to 21 years of age who have elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels would result in statin treatment for more than 400,000 additional young people than the a...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Discovery NewsThe world's biggest particle collider was back in operation Sunday after a two-year upgrade.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsContrary to popular belief, excessive use of first-person singular pronouns such as 'I' and 'me' does not necessarily indicate a narcissistic tendency, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers have developed a new method to activate genes by synthetically creating a key component of the epigenome that controls how our genes are expressed. The new technology allows researchers to turn on specific gene promoters and ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Psych Central News
Emerging research published in the journal Current Biology shows how the brain processes new insights. Scientists from Radboud University in the Netherlands report that they have visualized for the first time how the […] - Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers at the University of Houston have reported developing an efficient conductive electron-transporting polymer, a long-missing puzzle piece that will allow ultra-fast battery applications. The discovery relies upon a 'conjugated...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsPushing new frontiers in dementia research, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore scientists have found a new way to treat dementia by sending electrical impulses to specific areas of the brain to enhance the growth of new brain ce...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from SPACE.comOn April 4th, 2015, some skywatchers were treated to to a total lunar eclipse, which was the shortest 'Blood Moon' this century. The Griffith Observatory in California captured the event.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News"I've always been really fascinated by plants, even from a young age," says Emory biologist Roger Deal. "Their lives are so interesting, even though they are stuck where they are born."
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals NewsScientists have discovered three new species of dragon-esque woodlizards in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador. The new species differ from their closest relatives in scale features, coloration and DNA. The study was published in the open acc...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsAnalysis of suboptimal metabolic pathways gives a more realistic picture of why organisms are able to adapt to new environments, according to researchers at Rice University studying systemic response to hypoxia and exercise.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsQuality of life was good and cognitive function was similar in patients with cardiac arrest who received targeted body-temperature management as a neuroprotective measure in intensive care units in Europe and Australia, according to an a...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Scientific AmericanBooks and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Latest Headlines | Science NewsScience journalist Richard Francis delves into the genetic changes humans have caused in dogs, cats, pigs, horses, camels and more.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Psych Central News
Brazilian researchers announced progress toward the use of implanted stem cells as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Investigations at the D’OR Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) and Federal University […] - Sunday, April 5, 2015 from ScienceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck The 2015 Major League Baseball season officially kicks off tonight, as the Chicago Cubs host the St. Louis Cardinals at iconic Wrigley Field, and it really gets into swing on Monday with a ful...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Scientific AmericanAn inside look at how the atom smasher has been amped up -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Scientific AmericanAre cholesterol-lowering drugs causing dementia-like symptoms in some patients? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers evaluated the impact of organic fertilizer source on growth, fruit quality, and yield of two blackberry cultivars grown in a machine-harvested, organic production system. The liquid corn and fish organic fertilizers used, alt...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsSeveral new designs for 3-D neural tissue constructs are described using stem cells grown on nanofiber scaffolding within a supportive hydrogel.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from SPACE.comWhat were our favorite stories of the week? This week had something for every kind of space fan. Find out our favorite stories of the past seven days below:
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsSeventy percent of glacier ice in British Columbia and Alberta could disappear by the end of the 21st century, creating major problems for local ecosystems, power supplies, and water quality, according to a new study.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA new measurement method has been developed at Hiroshima University, Japan. The aim of this method is to estimate the distribution of aquatic animals using droplet digital polymerase chain reaction in order to quantify the number of targ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from LiveScience.comColorful, spiky and only a few inches long, three new lizard species discovered in the Andes may be the cutest dragon stand-ins on Earth.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals NewsThe females of a reclusive endangered lizard species may be increasing their chances of finding a mate by engaging in unusual behaviour which attracts males from up to 100m away.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsSalt marshes at higher latitudes, including those in densely populated coastal regions of New England and Europe, are more vulnerable to the effects of eutrophication, which, if left unchecked, can trigger intense overgrazing by marsh he...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from RedOrbit News - SpaceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck Unlike most types of stars, which are just as likely as not to have companions and be part of a binary system, an ancient type of variable stars known as RR Lyrae stars seemed to always live o...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsTemperature is one of the key variables in studying the ocean. A fiber-optic sensor developed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers and the US Naval Research Laboratory can register significantly smaller temperature changes, roughl...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Discovery NewsAll floppy ears and hippity-hops, it's hard to resist one bunny picture, let alone 10.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserFor the first time since 2013, protons are swirling around the Large Hadron Collider's 16.8-mile loop, as CERN brings its baby back online after a two-year, $150 million rebuild. With the "God particle" now under its belt , CERN is hopin...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from International Business TimesWith three kids under the age of five and one on the way, there is no denying that “19 Kids and Counting” star Anna Duggar is busy. However, that didn’t stop her from visiting her in-laws over the Easter holiday.
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Top Science TweetsOil workers make one incredible mammoth discovery http://huff.to/1NFEetk
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comAlex Gibney's Scientology documentary " Going Clear " premiered on HBO last week, unveiling a slew of shocking allegations against the Church and previously unknown stories about the celebrities at its center. But just in case you missed...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comCould machines that think someday pose an existential threat to humanity? Some big names in science and tech seem to think so--Stephen Hawking, for one--and they've issued grave warnings about the looming threat of artificial intelligenc...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from MyScienceAcademyThe volcanic features are an important target for future human space exploration because they could provide shelter from cosmic radiation, meteorite impacts and temperature extremes. Lava tubes are tunnels formed from the lava flow of vo...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.com"When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less. The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things. The question is, sa...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceDuring its last major drought, Santa Barbara built a desalination plant. It was never used. Now it's being reopened, but critics say desalination is costly, energy-intensive and may harm marine life.
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Top Science TweetsThis simple GIF will tell you if you need glasses: http://read.bi/1G7LUU4 pic.twitter.com/s201dzE5iy
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Physics News
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - ScienceStargazers around the country were treated to a total lunar eclipse over the weekend - the last chance to witness the spectacle for several years.As the moon passed through Earth's shadow on Saturday night, reaching full eclipse...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from International Business TimesSling TV, Dish Network's pioneering web TV service, choked at the buzzer basketball fans tuned in en masse over the weekend and were unable to enjoy NCAA March Madness because of streaming issues. The company said the error messages were...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comIf you questioned your vision during the infamous dress fiasco , this video may bring some of those feelings back. ASAP Science , a YouTube channel that delivers "your weekly dose of fun and interesting science," created a hybrid image o...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Health News & Science News - Times of IndiaScientists at Europe's particle physics research centre Cern on Sunday restarted their "Big Bang" Large Hadron Collider (LHC), embarking on a new bid to resolve some mysteries of the universe and look for "dark matter".
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Top Science TweetsRats can feel each others' pain: A new study suggests they recognize facial expressions http://pops.ci/hUDcCo pic.twitter.com/UciLthfAnH
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Physics NewsEarlier today, the world's most powerful particle accelerator began its second act. After two years of upgrades and repairs, proton beams once again circulated around the Large Hadron Collider, ...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from MyScienceAcademyIn much the same way that glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Florida Atlantic University and collaborators have identified a new biosensing platform that could be used to remo...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Health News & Science News - Times of IndiaMore than two-thirds of people taking anti-depressant drugs may not actually suffer from depression, claims a new study.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from - Science RSS FeedIt is a common ethical dilemma set by philosophy professors – is it right to kill someone to prevent further deaths?
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Physics NewsLast month, a new superconducting magnet reached its design field of 11.5 Tesla at a temperature nearly as cold as outer space. It is the first successful twin-aperture accelerator magnet made ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comI am taking part in the DNA test from Ancestry because it is going to be super exciting just to find out my ethnicity. Is there anything I can do that would help me locate possible living relatives? Thanks for your time! --Thomas _______...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from NYT > ScienceTechnological advances are making human pilots less necessary in the cockpit. But will passengers board a flight controlled by a robot?
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from NYT > ScienceGertrude Pitkanen Van Orden delivered and sold babies, performed abortions — and mostly evaded legal consequence — in Butte from the 1920s through the 1950s.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from MyScienceAcademyPassive exposure to bleach in the home is linked to higher rates of childhood respiratory and other infections, suggests research published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Although modest, the results are of public h...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comPut away the Ouija board and take out the Pledge. Ghostbusters at Clarkson University in New York are investigating the link between indoor air quality and ghostly sightings, according to Medical Daily. They say toxic mold can trigger ps...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Health News & Science News - Times of IndiaAn intense focus on the role of the co-pilot's mental illness in the Germanwings jetliner crash has raised concerns that it risks unfairly stigmatizing millions of people with mental disorders and making it less likely they will seek tre...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - ScienceThe world's biggest particle accelerator is back in action after a two-year shutdown and upgrade, embarking on a new mission that scientists hope could give them a look into the unseen dark universe.Scientists at the European Organizatio...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from NYT > ScienceBurmese pythons appear to be in the Florida Everglades to stay, just one of a number of unwanted animals that have invaded America.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science - Los Angeles TimesMental health experts say that it was aggression — not just depression — that would have driven 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz to deliberately crash a Germanwings airliner into a mountainside, the copilot breathing evenly as passengers screa...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from MyScienceAcademyA test that costs less than a $1 and yields results in minutes has been shown in newly published studies to be more sensitive and more exact than the current standard test for early-stage prostate cancer. The simple test developed by Uni...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Top Science Tweets... That's no time at all! (via @curiositydotcom) pic.twitter.com/VRNbcZUaTJ
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from MyScienceAcademyUsing a multigenerational experiment UTS research has shown for the first time that when reef fish parents develop from early life at elevated temperatures they can adjust their offspring gender through non-genetic and non-behavioural me...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from NYT > ScienceFarmers are pumping billions of gallons of water from the ground, depleting a resource that was endangered before the drought even began.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserIf you had a time machine, would you go back and kill Hitler before he could lead the Nazis? Men and women both see the benefits of such an act, but men seem more likely to pull the trigger, the Independent reports. Researchers came to t...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from - Science RSS FeedAs many as 80,000 people could be killed in an outbreak of a new kind of superbug and “much of modern medicine” could become unsafe because diseases are becoming resistant to modern drugs, according to a new Government report.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserMaybe you should open up that next "Lucky Winner!" email you get and not automatically dump it in the trash. Because for University of Vermont researcher Charlie C. Nicholson, his spam folder turned out to hold more than the usual dream-...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from NYT > ScienceSeventy years after the first test of the atomic bomb, tourists flock to the New Mexican desert.
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Top Science TweetsIf lab-grown meat were affordable, would you eat it? http://smithmag.co/ujEfcn
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Top Science TweetsHere's the best way to hard-boil your eggs for tomorrow. http://scifri.me/hj0iwx pic.twitter.com/JwERyKm61M
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Top Science TweetsThe longest ever drive by a robo-car just happened - crossing 15 states in nine days http://smithmag.co/YsaANe
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from International Business TimesRolling Stone journalist Sabrina Rubin Erdely, whose 9,000-word article "A Rape On Campus" told the story of an alleged gang rape on the University of Virginia campus involving the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, apologized on Sunday after the...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from NYT > ScienceMurder-suicides, like the one apparently perpetrated by Andreas Lubitz, often have at their roots narcissism, grievance and a desire for infamy.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from MyScienceAcademyInfants have innate knowledge about the world, and when their expectations are defied, they learn best, researchers at Johns Hopkins University found. In a paper that will be published Friday in the journal Science, cognitive psychologis...
- Saturday, April 4, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserFrustrated with dog owners who refuse to clean up after their pets, an increasing number of apartments in Seattle are opting to use DNA testing to identify the culprits. The Seattle Times reports that a company called BioPet Vet Lab from...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentThe Large Hadron Collider restarts after a two-year rebuild, with scientists hoping it will provide answers to fundamental questions about the universe.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from NYT > ScienceFor the first time, the songbirds’ 1,500-mile journey has been documented.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from - Science RSS FeedAs many as 80,000 people could be killed in an outbreak of a new kind of superbug and “much of modern medicine” could become unsafe because diseases are becoming resistant to modern drugs, according to a new Government report.
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Latest science news breaking science news earth news space news technology newsScientists send beams of particles racing through underground tunnels in hunt for invisible material that makes up 84 per cent of universe's matter and binds galaxies
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from International Business TimesThe man who was charged with the February murders of three Muslim students near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is scheduled to be in court Monday for a hearing over the potential for him to face the death penalty. Craig ...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - Science1. Chatham Islands parrot The Chatham Islands once had its own plump and peculiar-looking parrot, with a beak described as halfway between that of a kaka and a kea.Confusion had surrounded a set of large parrot bones collected...
