Booster Seats Often Left Behind For Carpooling, Study Shows

As a parent, it can be difficult to keep up with the ever raising healthy and safety bar surrounding things like booster seats. But a new study reveals that certain factors like carpooling can erode tendencies to follow ... Read >

Ketamine Being Explored as ‘Instant’ Depression Treatment

I don't know if it's what the kids are calling it these days, but when I was growing up in the 90's, Ketamine was known as "Special K" and largely associated with the rave scene- which was ... Read >

New Male Contraceptive Involves Zapping Sperm with Ultrasound

Scientists may have discovered a new male contraceptive: zapping sperm with a dose of ultrasound. According to a study carried out on rats, small doses of ultrasound applied to the testicles can stop the production of sperm, lowering ... Read >

Obesity: Lunches Aim to Limit Kids Exposure to Junk Despite Data Indicating School Food Doesn’t Matter

Ah, schools. Is there any place where forging ahead with a useless course of action in the presence of data to the contrary ever so embraced- such as with obesity and school lunches? Michelle Obama has picked childhood ... Read >

Kepler hits jackpot, discovers 26 new planets and 11 new star systems

NASA's Kepler planet-hunting mission has been discovering planet after planet since it was launched back in 2009, but the latest discovery from the team is the biggest batch of new planets yet. NASA and its Kepler space telescope ... Read >

Scientists Move One Step Closer To Invisibility Cloak [Scientific Breakthrough]

Scientists on Thursday announced that they are one step closing to turning Harry Potter fans invisible. A group of researchers has managed to fully high an object from light from all angles. While news of the discover is ... Read >

Oral Human Papillomavirus More Common in Males, Research Finds

Earlier this week, more research was published about the link between oral sex and mouth and throat cancers, totally wet blanketing the next BJ you give or get- and more research into human papillomavirus (HPV) has revealed ... Read >

Scientist: Bird Flu Mutation Studies Have to Continue to Protect People

Yoshihiro Kawaoka is researching a highly lethal airborne version of the H5N1 bird flu virus released a statement on Wednesday saying he must be allowed to continue his research in order to protect the world against future ... Read >

Morgellons Disease Likely Psychological, CDC Finds

Although it only came to prominence in the past decade or so- and was only properly named (by a housewife) in 2002- Morgellons disease, or simply Morgellons, has confounded doctors, patients and researchers for some time. In fact, ... Read >

Autism May Be Helped by ‘Talking Things Through’ in Thoughts

Last week, news that changes to the diagnostic criteria for autism could cut the number of diagnoses was met with a mixed reaction, and many were concerned that those affected by the changes might go without much ... Read >

Oral Sex Again in the Hot Seat For Possibly Giving You Mouth Cancer

There are two camps of people, it seems, by and large, when it comes to oral sex- one that vocally demonstrates their love for and technique regarding oral sex and the other, largely silent and perhaps populated ... Read >

Oldest Dinosaur Nursery Discovered in South Africa

The oldest known dinosaur nesting site has been uncovered by paleontologists in South Africa's Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Dating to 190 million years ago, the dino nursery is said to contain multiple nests, eggs, hatchlings and the ... Read >

Scientists discover ancient popcorn in Peru, possibly 6,700 years old

It's been known for some time that some people have been eating popcorn for a long time--about 5,000 years ago, to be exact--but it turns out the ancient popcorn-eating goes back quite a bit further than originally ... Read >

SpaceX’s ‘Dragon’ capsule set to launch late March

The launch of the first private capsule from Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), dubbed the "Dragon" capsule, had to be put on hold earlier in the month to make time for more testing. Now, NASA has given the ... Read >

Think You Have a Good “Gaydar”? Here’s the Science Behind it…

If you think you've got a good "gaydar", that is, the ability to divine someone's sexual orientation from a casual glance in their direction and nothing more, it may have less to do with some preternatural sixth ... Read >

Researchers behind the extra-contagious avian flu agree to take a pause

One of the biggest fears facing us when it comes to possible pandemics would have to be the dreaded H5N1 avian influenza that scientists believe could be the most dangerous influenza facing man at this point. Or at ... Read >

Coffee and Diabetes: The Surprising Good News For Diabetics

One of the downsides of diabetes- aside from the serious complications, of course- is the introduction of dietary restrictions for people who may not have ever had to monitor their food intake officially- alcohol, sugar and carbohydrates ... Read >

Inspired by BBC Stargazing Live amateur discovers new planet far, far away.

Sorry about the bad play on a Star Wars idiom but it just seem to work in this case given that the discovery of a potential planet is of one located in a galaxy that is only ... Read >

That ‘microrocket’ – well it’s intended for you stomach and other bodily parts [Video]

Let me just say off the top here that the idea of any 'rocket'; no matter how micro, travelling though my internal organs is disturbing to say the least and I don't care what the scientists at ... Read >

Scientists Still Can’t Find G-Spot [Study]

Girls, it's not just your boyfriends and husbands, okay? Even scientists in laboratories equipped with devices, educational materials, diagrams and non-bedroom lighting can't find the g-spot. The elusive orgasm shortcut is called the g-spot for short, but it's ... Read >

Sleep May “Lock In” Bad Memories, Emotions, Study Finds

Although it might be your first impulse to go for a soothing lie down after suffering a trauma, new research shows that sleeping following an upsetting experience or event may cement the feelings, emotions or memories associated ... Read >

Junk Food in Schools Doesn’t Promote Obesity, Study Says

It turns out that allowing kids and families to (gasp!) make their own choices doesn't lead to obesity, a new study has revealed. In my own children's school, not only is casual consumption of home lunches with ingredients ... Read >