A Fisherman’s Tale—5,000 Year Old Footprints Found in Denmark “Fjord”

Medicine & Technology Nov 15, 2014

Those who have fishermen in the family know that the tales of fishing trips are often folkloric at their best. But would you be surprised to hear that ancient tales of a fishing trip, and perhaps some footprints to document the trip, may be one of the most important archaeological finds of the decade? Well it turns out neither did the pair of fishermen whose ever move was recorded below them in a shifting seabed, 5,000 years ago in the frigid waters of the southern Baltic Sea.

Climate Change May Spark A Wildfire Or Two in Our Future

Nov 14, 2014

In a year with news full of UN summits and celebrity spokespersons speaking out against climate change, further complicated by the emissions we as humans put out, new research says that the incremental changes over the next century may spark some more conversations as well as lightning strikes across the continental United States.

Climate Change May Spark A Wildfire Or Two in Our Future

Nov 14, 2014

In a year with news full of UN summits and celebrity spokespersons speaking out against climate change, further complicated by the emissions we as humans put out, new research says that the incremental changes over the next century may spark some more conversations as well as lightning strikes across the continental United States.

Wildfires May Fill our Future as Climate Change Sparks Lightning

Nov 13, 2014

Anthropogenic climate change, caused by the actions and emissions put forth by humans, has been a major conversation starter in recent months. But new research released today in the journal Science says that we may be looking at a future filled with a few more sparks rather than just warmer summers and rising seas.

Wildfires May Fill our Future as Climate Change Sparks Lightning

Nov 13, 2014

Anthropogenic climate change, caused by the actions and emissions put forth by humans, has been a major conversation starter in recent months. But new research released today in the journal Science says that we may be looking at a future filled with a few more sparks rather than just warmer summers and rising seas.

CERN May Not Have Found Higgs Boson, But They Found A New Director-General

Nov 12, 2014

While earlier this week news surrounded a presumptuous theory that researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in fact had not discovered the elusive Higgs Boson particle as they claimed in 2012, news from the people behind the discovery announced that the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) anticipates an even brighter future with a new Director-General at its helm. Selected at the 173rd closed session held earlier this month, Italian physicist Dr. Fabiola Gianotti will begin her five-year mandate starting on January 1st, 2016.

High-fat Diet May Slow Down Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Premature Aging

Nov 12, 2014

High-fat Diet May Slow Down Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Premature Aging, Study Say

Cat Genome Explains How a Wild Cat Became Domesticated

Nov 12, 2014

Genes reveal how cats became domesticated

Ebola "Wonder Drug" Awaits Clinical Testing, On Its Way To Be Formally Approved

Nov 11, 2014

Ebola "wonder drug" awaits clinical testing, on its way to be formally approved by international organizations

The Man Behind the Theorem—CERN Artwork Pays Homage to John Stuart Bell

Nov 11, 2014

Coming off the toes of Nov. 10 World Science Day for Peace and Development, established by UNESCO in 2001, CERN announced this week that an exhibition held in Belfast, Ireland may reveal another view of famed physicist John Stewart Bell’s extraordinary career. The exhibition entitled Action at a Distance: The Life and Legacy of John Stuart Bell celebrates the 50th anniversary of Bell’s famous theorem that revolutionized the field of quantum theory, and reveals much more than the numbers and variables in the head of the man.

ESA Ready to Give Rosetta’s Philae the Green Light

Nov 11, 2014

It’s been a mission ten years in the making, and after a final green light from mission control tonight, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta Mission will deploy its handy little lander named “Philae” onto the surface of the far off Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko it met up with earlier this summer.

Lactose Intolerance Linked With Lower Cancer Risk

Nov 11, 2014

Lactose Intolerance Linked With Lower Cancer Risk, According to Study

Orphaned Sea Otter Pup Finds New Home Far from the Pacific

Nov 08, 2014

Abandoned four weeks ago, at only a couple of days old, a sea otter pup rescued by the Monterey Bay Aquarium has not only found a second chance, but a new home far from Pacific coast.

Could A Techni-Particle Save Us from the Universe’s Undoing?

Nov 08, 2014

In the preface to a new book entitled “Starmus”, published last month, Cambridge cosmologist Stephen Hawking said that if indeed the particle is the Higgs Boson, then CERN’s discovery could lead to the demise of the universe if its contents were to become unstable. But a new research analysis published this month in the journal Physical Review D, says that Hawking and the rest of the universe may need not fear, because the particle may in fact not be what it appears.

Just Because Bats Are Blind Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Compete

Nov 08, 2014

As species that primarily navigate with their ears and not their eyes, bats are fairly amazing creatures. Their abilities to track predators, prey and hear sounds far beyond what humans can hear, makes these echolocators quite impressive specimens. But new research reveals that their sonar signals may have an additional function as well -- to jam up competitors, and steal their prey.