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Andrew Wakefield Sues BMJ For Discrediting Autism/MMR Study

If you're in any way familiar with the controversy surrounding vaccines and autism, you probably know the name Andrew Wakefield. Wakefield is the doctor that brought the controversial link between autism and the MMR vaccine into the mainstream- ... Read >

Moon Mineral Discovered Inside Ancient Earth Rock

When Astronauts in 1969 brought back a sample of moon rock scientists didn't know what to expect, not it turns out that one of the minerals is actually available right here on Earth. Scientists examining billion-year-old rocks in ... Read >

Meet the Hasselhoff Crab [Video]

A new species of crab discovered by British scientists has been christened the "The Hasselhoff Crab" or "The Hoff," on account of its hairy chest. The frequently bare-chested actor was sadly unavailable for comment. The Hoff crab was ... Read >

Stephen Hawking Turns 70 This Month, Baffles Lou Gehrig Researchers

Stephen Hawking will turn 70-years-old on Sunday and while that milestone occurs for millions of people around the world the achievement is something of a miracle for Hawking. Diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease when he was only 21-years-old ... Read >

Scientists Use Bacteria To Create LED Display

Forget a "power saving" appliance, how would you like to own a piece of "electronics" that doesn't require any power whatsoever. That's the goal from a team of UC San Diego scientists who this week revealed a ... Read >

Report: The Air Force Using Secret Space Plane To Spy on China

The Super Secret X37b unmanned space aircraft was launched into orbit 10 months ago. Its capabilities...classified. It mission...classified. Its return date...classified. According to Spaceflight magazine, there is a theory. The craft is in space spying on China. The orbital ... Read >

Fish Filmed Mimicking Octopus Mimicking Fish

New footage of an octopus and a fish shows a confusing game of copycat taking place, deep in the oceans around Indonesia. Video shot by researcher Godehard Kopp of the University of Gottingen in Germany shows a 'mimic octopus' ... Read >

HIV Vaccine Protects Monkeys from the Virus

A new weapon has been created in the fight against HIV. Researchers have developed a vaccine that protects rhesus monkey from an extremely virulent form of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), which is distantly related to the virus ... Read >

Parasitic Fly Turning Honeybees Into “Zombies” [Video]

Parasitic flies are the new found culprit of what many researchers are calling "Colony Collapse Disorder" among honey bees. Honey bees are one of the most helpful insects on Earth as the pollinate a lot of crops ... Read >

Hydrothermal Vent Exploration in Antarctic Reveals Yeti Crabs, Ghost Octopi

A recent exploration of hydrothermal vents in the deepest seas around the Antarctic has thrown up several new species - including hairy-chested Yeti Crabs and Ghost Octopi! Expedition leader and professor of zoology at Oxford University Alex Rogers ... Read >

Mouse Sperm Grown In Lab, Considered Viable During Early Testing

Researchers in Israel and Germany have successfully created mouse sperm in a laboratory. Scientists are attempting to find a way in which infertile men could eventually father their own children through the use of artificially created sperm. To ... Read >

Study Shows Stem Cell Shots Reverse Aging… In Mice At Least

According to a new study, injecting young stem cells into aging subjects could help you live longer and stronger - well, it works on mice at least. The study, published today in the scientific journal Nature Communications, detailed ... Read >

Close the Lid When You Flush or Risk Disease, Experts Say

This is one of those things that you should read, file back in your head and not think too much directly upon. Researchers say that putting the lid down when you flush the toilet is a great way ... Read >

Depression Can Be Alleviated By Good Works For Others, Research Discovers

Sometimes, those little positive-thinking pic posts on Facebook and Tumblr can seem a bit much, particularly when you're in a none-too-pleasant mood yourself. But new research into depression seems to indicate that while the idea of puking rainbows ... Read >

Diabetes Spurs Sleep Difficulties in Some Young Sufferers, Study Suggests

Juveniles with Type 1 Diabetes often have a bit to contend with as far as managing and living with the effects of the condition, but it appears many of them also struggle with disordered sleep, a new ... Read >

New study suggests causal link between hurricanes and earthquakes

Make fun of them as you will but many of the New Age type folks believe that everything that happens on this planet is linked in one way or another and even though we might make fun ... Read >

Phobos-Grunt, Toxic Russian Mars Probe To Crash to Earth in January

Russia's doomed Mars Probe, Phobos-Grunt is going to come crashing back into the Earth's atmosphere in late January, and it is entirely possible that dozens of pieces may survive the reentry according to scientists. Russian scientists are supposedly ... Read >