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Is Aging an Accident of Evolution?
Written on 26 May, 2009 at 7:58 in Featured, Science | viewed 324 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Prevailing theory of aging challenged by Stanford University Medical School researchers. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage similar to rust. The Stanford findings suggest specific genetic instructions drive the process. If they are right, science might one day find ways of switching the signals off and halting or even reversing aging. Full Story : DailyGalaxy.com….
Russia’s Dark Horse Plan to Get to Mars
Written on 22 May, 2009 at 11:30 in Featured, Science | viewed 282 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Instead of aiming straight for Mars, the Russians are going after Phobos, the larger of its two little satellites and one of the oddest objects around. Their probe, called Fobos-Grunt (“Phobos soil” in Russian), will not only land on Phobos but also scoop up some samples of the surface and send them to Earth. Phobos is very different from our moon. It is a potato-shaped rock measuring only 12 miles by 17 miles, nearly as dark as coal, and dominated by a six-mile-wide crater called Stickney. Full Story : DiscoverMagazine.com….
NASA Rover Sees Variable Environmental History at Martian Crater
Written on 21 May, 2009 at 16:56 in Featured, Science | viewed 300 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
One of NASA’s two Mars rovers has recorded a compelling saga of environmental changes that occurred over billions of years at a Martian crater. The Mars rover, Opportunity, surveyed the rim and interior of Victoria Crater on the Red Planet from September 2006 through August 2008. The rover revealed the effects of wind and water. The data show water repeatedly came and left billions of years ago. Wind persisted much longer, heaping sand into dunes between ancient water episodes. Full Story : NASA.gov…..
Space Station Crew Drinks Recycled Urine
Written on 21 May, 2009 at 12:59 in Featured, Science | viewed 283 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
After the astronauts on the International Space Station finished up their communications with Space Shuttle Atlantis yesterday, the crew on the Space Station did something that no other astronaut has ever done before - drank recycled urine and sweat. The previous shuttle crew that recently returned to Earth brought back samples of the recycled water to make sure it was safe to drink, and all tests came back fine. Full Story : TechFragments.com….
Study says Beautiful people earn more Money
Written on 17 May, 2009 at 12:35 in Featured, Science | viewed 328 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Good-looking men and women have a greater confidence that gives them an edge in the job market, a study from the University of Florida showed. “We’ve found that, even accounting for intelligence, a person’s feeling of self-worth is enhanced by how attractive they are and this, in turn, results in higher pay,” Timothy Judge, the study’s lead author said. Full Story : UPI.com….
Can happiness be inherited?
Written on 14 May, 2009 at 13:53 in Featured, Science | viewed 271 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Dr. Halabe Bucay suggests that a wide range of chemicals that our brain generates when we are in different moods could affect ‘germ cells’ (eggs and sperm), the cells that ultimately produce the next generation. Such natural chemicals could affect the way that specific genes are expressed in the germ cells, and hence how a child develops. Brain chemicals such as endorphins, and drugs, such as marijuana and heroin are known to have significant effects on sperm and eggs. Full Story : Physorg.com…..
Teenagers Are Becoming Increasingly Logical
Written on 12 May, 2009 at 20:15 in Featured, Science | viewed 350 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A research project at the University of Gothenburg has been testing large groups of 13-year-olds in Sweden since the early 1960s using the same intelligence test. The tests have taken place at approximately five year intervals and consist of an inductive-logic test, a verbal test and a spatial test. The most recent study, shows that today’s teenagers are achieving demonstrably better results in the logic test than was the case fifty years ago. Teenagers’ spatial capacity, the so-called power of spatial imagination, is higher now than it was in the 1960s. Full Story : ScienceDaily.com….
Constant sunlight linked to summer suicide spike
Written on 8 May, 2009 at 10:38 in Featured, Science | viewed 189 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Suicide rates in Greenland increase during the summer, peaking in June. The researchers found that most suicides occurred in young men and that violent methods, such as shooting, hanging and jumping, accounted for 95% of all suicides. The authors speculate that light-generated imbalances in turnover of the neurotransmitter serotonin may lead to increased impulsiveness that, in combination with lack of sleep, may explain the increased suicide rates in the summer. Full Story : Physorg.com…..
NASA rescue mission aims to revive Hubble Telescope
Written on 7 May, 2009 at 11:01 in Featured, Science | viewed 742 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The Hubble Space Telescope, one of the greatest scientific instruments of all time, is about to get an extreme makeover — an overhaul so delicate and risky that NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld likens it to “brain surgery.” The seven-member crew of space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to blast off Monday in an attempt to fix it. Full Story : USAToday.com…..
New research study reveals origin of volcano’s carbon-based lavas
Written on 6 May, 2009 at 22:49 in Featured, Science | viewed 265 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Scientists studying the world’s most unusual volcano have discovered the reason behind its unique carbon-based lavas. The new geochemical analyzes reveals that an extremely small degree of partial melting of typical minerals in the earth’s upper mantle is the source of the rare carbon-derived lava erupting from Tanzania’s Oldoinyo Lengai volcano. Full Story : Eurekalert….
Emotional support leads to sporting success
Written on 1 May, 2009 at 11:35 in Featured, Science | viewed 269 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Sportsmen and women could get the edge on their opponents by accepting more emotional support in their personal and professional lives. A study by the University of Exeter, published in the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, shows the extent to which a sympathetic ear or regular words of encouragement can improve sports performance. Full Story : Physorg.com….
First Face Cream to Remove Wrinkles
Written on 29 Apr, 2009 at 22:47 in Featured, Science | viewed 479 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
The scientist who invented the revolutionary skin cream spoke yesterday of the secret, military-style operation which he hopes will up-end the multi-billion-pound global cosmetics industry. Stewart Long, chief scientific adviser to Boots, said the 160-year-old Nottingham company had stockpiled “warehouses full” of the cream ahead of today’s publication of an independent scientific evaluation of the product. Full Story : Independent.co.uk…..
SKorean experts claim to have cloned glowing dogs
Written on 28 Apr, 2009 at 21:35 in Featured, Science | viewed 417 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that glow red using cloning techniques that could help develop cures for human diseases. The four dogs, all named “Ruppy” - a combination of the words “ruby” and “puppy” - look like typical beagles by daylight. But they glow red under ultraviolet light, and the dogs’ nails and abdomens, which have thin skins, look red even to the naked eye. Full Story : Physorg.com……
People with higher IQs make wiser economic choices, study finds
Written on 27 Apr, 2009 at 23:15 in Featured, Science | viewed 323 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
According to a new study with researchers from the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities and Morris campuses, people with better cognitive skills, in particular higher IQ, were more willing to take calculated risks and to save their money and made more consistent choices. They were also more likely to be cooperative in a strategic situation, and exhibited higher “social awareness” in that they more accurately forecasted others’ behavior. Full Story : Physorg.com…..
First Gardens on the Moon by 2012!
Written on 27 Apr, 2009 at 12:10 in Featured, Science | viewed 351 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Groundbreaking advancements in the realm of space engineering may soon see the moon sown with the first gardens to grow on the lunar surface. As part of the Google Lunar X Prize, Paragon Space Development Corporation has recently teamed with Odyssey Moon to develop a pressurized mini greenhouse to deploy on the surface of the moon, grow a plant from seed, and hopefully see it flower and seed itself. It’s a complicated endeavor, but it marks a critical stage of development for extending life beyond the confines of our planet. Full Story : Inhabitat.com……
Viagra rival ‘can be rubbed directly into skin’
Written on 27 Apr, 2009 at 2:59 in Science | viewed 316 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A new generation of anti-impotency drugs that are rubbed into the skin could prove more effective than Viagra, research indicates. Scientists in the United States have successfully tested the new technique – which involves tiny objects called nanoparticles – on rats and believe it could also be used to help humans. Full Story : Telegraph….
(Continue reading)Former NASA Astronaut: Governments Concealing Truth About Extraterrestrial Life
Written on 22 Apr, 2009 at 12:47 in Featured, Science | viewed 1,424 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Mitchell, who was part of the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission, asserted Monday that extraterrestrial life exists, and that the truth is being concealed by the U.S. and other governments. He delivered his remarks during an appearance at the National Press Club following the conclusion of the fifth annual X-Conference, a meeting of UFO activists and researchers studying the possibility of alien life forms. Full Story : Thirdeyeconcept.com….
Star crust is 10 billion times stronger than steel
Written on 16 Apr, 2009 at 12:20 in Featured, Science | viewed 299 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The crust of neutron stars is 10 billion times stronger than steel, according to new simulations. That makes the surface of these ultra-dense stars tough enough to support long-lived bulges that could produce gravitational waves detectable by experiments on Earth. Neutron stars are the cores left behind when relatively massive stars explode in supernovae. Full Story : Newscientist………
Scientists Say Personality Decided at birth
Written on 13 Apr, 2009 at 14:27 in Featured, Science | viewed 452 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Personality types are linked with structural differences in the brain, a recent study found. “This study shows that personality traits are something you are born with, but their full expression can be modulated during development with the right approach,” said Professor Venneri, who carried out the study with colleagues from the University of Parma in Italy and Washington University in St Louis. Full Story : NZherald…..
Scientists find ‘pleasure nerves’
Written on 13 Apr, 2009 at 10:35 in Featured, Science | viewed 340 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A team, including scientists from the Unilever company, have identified a class of nerve fibres in the skin which specifically send pleasure messages. They say the study, published in Nature Neuroscience, could help understand how touch sustains human relationships. Full Story : BBC.com…..