Science & Technology
ACTA day of action
Dear friends, Politicians across Europe are starting to withdraw their support from the dangerous ACTA treaty. This weekend's mass protest is our moment to bury...
Steve Jobs’ FBI file: a respected innovator with a questionable moral character
Steve Jobs was a man who commanded respect as an innovator but was questioned on his honesty and morality, according to his FBI file, which has...
How Google’s algorithm finds the funniest YouTube video clips
Google’s brain-box researchers have managed to come up with a formula for working out which YouTube video clips are the funniest. Google researchers’ algorithm has...
Cannabis consumers are twice as likely to cause a car crash
A Canadian study found that drivers who use cannabis within three hours of driving are twice as likely to cause a collision as those...
Alzheimer’s brain destructive plaques have been cleared in mice tests
US scientists have discovered how to rapidly clear the destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients while they were testing a cancer...
Aspirin is not the real cause of stomach bleeding, that’s due to helicobacter pylori, say scientists
Scientists have identified helicobacter pylori bacterium as being the real cause of stomach bleeding linked to aspirin, which makes thousands of patients to be...
Fasting may help to combat cancer and boost chemotherapy effectiveness
Scientists from the University of Southern California say fasting for short periods may help to combat cancer and boost the effectiveness of treatments. Their study...
Zinc supplements tripled the survival chances of children with pneumonia
A new study has found that zinc supplements can triple the survival chances of young children with pneumonia who are deficient in the mineral. Taking...
Men inherit heart disease from their fathers via chromosome Y
Experts found that men can inherit heart disease from their father after they have tracked the condition to the Y chromosome that dads pass...
Amasia: the new supercontinent that will be formed over the North Pole in 50 million years
According to a study by Yale University scientists, the Earth will look very different in 200 million years, with the latest prediction that a...
How zebras evolved their black-and-white stripes? They keep away blood-sucking flies, say scientists
How zebras evolved their characteristic black-and-white stripes has been a long time subject of debate among scientists. Now researchers from Hungary and Sweden claim to...
Dramatic improvement in vision after gene therapy in patients with LCA
US researchers revealed that three people who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in...
Avalanche on Mars captured by HiRISE camera aboard NASA spacecraft
Images of an avalanche of fine ice and dust thundering over a cliff near Mars's north pole have been captured by a high resolution...
Iceland’s Loch Ness. Mysterious creature caught on camera in the Lagarfljót lake.
Images of a “serpent-like” sea creature gliding through the waters of an Icelandic river have been captured last week by Hjörtur Kjerúlf. The video shows a...
Martian meteorite given to National History Museum for science
A meteorite from Mars has been given to science to help unravel the Red Planet's secrets. The Natural History Museum (NHM) in London has acquired the...
Whales are stressed by the noise from the ships, researchers have shown
Sea researchers have found that noise from ships causes a high level of stress for whales nearby. Ships' propellers emit sound in the same frequency...
Human brain cells that are exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson’s disease created in the lab
Human brain cells that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease have been successfully created in the lab by US scientists. The breakthrough...
Microsoft’s iconic Start button is missing from the upcoming Windows 8
The Start button, an iconic part of Microsoft's operating system since it was introduced in Windows 95, is missing from the latest test version...
Obesity is infectious, a new study from Yale University claims
Researchers at Yale University found that both obesity and liver disease can be triggered by a family of proteins called inflammasomes that alter the...
Breakthrough discovery: Antarctic Lake Vostok buried under the ice for 20 million years
A breakthrough discovery has been made by Russian scientists after they drilled down through four kilometres of Antarctic ice to Lake Vostok that has...
NASA set to pull the plug on its joint mission to Mars with ESA on ExoMars programme
NASA looks set to pull the plug on its joint missions to Mars with the European Space Agency (ESA), ExoMars programme. NASA has told ESA...
First transplant of a lower jaw created by a 3D printer
A lower jaw created by a 3D printer has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman's face in what doctors say is the first transplant...
ADHD might be linked to repeated general anesthesia in infants
A recent study indicates that infants, under 3 years old, exposed to at least two general anesthesia procedures might have a higher risk of...
Risk of birth defects quadrupled by diabetes
Researchers at Newcastle University, UK, say the risk of birth defects quadruples if the pregnant mother has diabetes. The study, published in the journal Diabetologia,...
Greedy cormorant trying to swallow a 5 lb pike
A greedy cormorant came inland for a meal at the Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve in Kent, UK, and tried desperately to gulp down a huge...
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