Lost Darwin Fossils Rediscovered 150-Years Later

British scientists have discovered a "treasure trove" of Charles Darwin fossils that have been lost for more than 150-years. The discovery was made in an old wooden cabinet in the British Geological Survey. Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal ... Read >

SpaceX delays mission to International Space Station

California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced today that it has delayed the launch of its "Dragon" space capsule. SpaceX's capsule was scheduled to launch on February 7 aboard its Falcon 9 on a mission to the International Space ... Read >

First Photograph of a Black Hole Could be Coming Soon

Scientists have long known about the existence of black holes but they've never actually been able to see one. Black holes are typically invisible because the immense gravity sucks in all the light. Researchers are hopeful, however, ... Read >

Scientists To Explore For Organisms In Hidden Antarctic Lake

A team of British engineers is looking for alien life.  No, not for the kind in flying saucers.  These aliens are right here on Earth.  2 miles beneath the Antarctic Ice Plain is a hidden lake know ... Read >

Russian Mars Probe Lands in Pacific West of Chile

Russian made Mars Lander Phobos-Grunt crashed into the Pacific Ocean a little more than 700 miles off the coast of Chile a few hours ago.  The probe, which was originally intended to land on Mars' moon Phobos ... Read >

Sugar found to help halt esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer is the eighth leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and the fifth biggest in the United Kingdom so any new tools that enable doctors to detect and help fight it is probably ... Read >

Friday the 13th is Bad Luck For the Economy: Hundreds of Millions Lost to Scaredy Cats

Some superstitions are rooted in the natural world, fact, history or other data that in essence may have, at one time, made them important survival tactics for homo sapiens- before the advent of modern housing, for instance, ... Read >

Breast Cancer and Deodorant: A Study Lends Credence to the Rumor?

I have a new theory. If anyone wants to raise awareness of a risk, the very last thing they should ever do is email forward it to everyone they know to raise awareness. You've probably been getting emails ... Read >

Saturn-like Ringed Planet Observed Outside Solar System

"Saturn on steroids" - that's the description applied to a newly discovered extrasolar ringed planet that orbits a star like our own. University of Rochester Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Eric Mamajek is leading a team of ... Read >

In-Vitro Fertilization: Experts Say 3 Embryos Too Much, 2 Should Suffice

In-vitro fertilization, or IVF, is something many couples struggling with fertility become intimately- and expensively- familiar with when trying to conceive. The process can be trying- emotionally, financially and with respect to a ticking clock- and pressures are ... Read >

Real Life “Tatooine”: Star Wars Like Planet Found

On Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's home planet, two suns rose and set everyday.  Astronomers have confirmed that Tatooine is not the only one.  There re many more planets out there who rotate around twin stars. Kepler-34 b which was ... Read >

Higgs Boson Research Might Unlock Mysteries of Particle Physics, Scientists Say

The presumed existence of the Higgs boson particle- or as it is known colloquially and much to the chagrin of proper scientists, the God particle- promises to bestow upon humanity a huge level up when it comes ... Read >

New Venomous Viper Species Found in Tanzania

The world's newest snake is a fierce looking fellow.  He has Black and yellow scales devil horns.  Matilda's Horned Viper made its debut today in an issue of Zootaxa.  It is the newest species of snake and ... Read >

Herpes and HIV Viruses Enter US Through Smuggled African Bush Meat

Illegal shipments of African bushmeat have been analyzed and found to contain Herpes and HIV Precursor Simian Foamy Virus a new study revealed.  The study examined confiscated bushmeat at five major US airports. The meat was analyzed using ... Read >

‘Extinct’ Tortoise of Darwin’s Theories May Still Live, Yale Scientists Posit

By definition, it's not so often we encounter a "rare opportunity to resuscitate a species that we thought we’d lost"- but Yale scientists working on reviving some lost species via what has been nicknamed "The Lazarus Project" ... Read >

Hubble spots the most distant galaxy cluster ever observed

Utilizing the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers have discovered a cluster of developing galaxies an astonishing 13.1 billion light-years from Earth, making the galaxy clusters the oldest and most distant galaxy clusters ever observed. Discovered during ... Read >

Depression and Vitamin D Levels Linked in Study

It's been said that Vitamin D and its overall repercussions for health are a bit trendy right now, but a very large study- the largest of its kind- by psychiatrists at UT Southwestern Medical Center indicates that Vitamin ... Read >

Myocardial Infarction Outcomes Worse in US, Shorter Hospital Stays Could Be a Factor

Patients suffering from myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack, in the United States are more likely to visit the hospital a second time in the 30 days following the cardiac incident than those in ... Read >

CO2 Emissions Will Help Fight Off Ice Age [Research]

While carbon emissions are often at the hot topic center of the global warming debate one group of scientists say CO2 could have one positive side effect, helping us avoid another ice age. The last Ice Age ended ... Read >

Migraines Only Slightly Improved With Acupuncture Compared to ‘Sham,’ Study Indicates

It's probably worth admitting up front that I have very little belief in or patience for things like acupuncture, and the minute you start talking about blocked fields of vague energy, you kind of lose me. Still, polite ... Read >

ADHD in Kids Improves With ‘Healthy Diet,’ Elimination Has Little to No Effect

The use of diet to affect or improve ADHD in kids is a semi-controversial approach to treating the condition, but new data released indicates that foods consumed by kids with ADHD may have a significant effect on ... Read >

Hawkfish Can Change Gender For Sake Of The Population [Study]

Researchers at Hiroshima University in Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan, have found that the hawkfish, a multi-colored reef dweller has the capability to transform from female to male when population numbers require extra help or a dominate male is removed from ... Read >