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 green light for the capsule to launch, and SpaceX says that a launch is expected in late March.
SpaceX has already successfully completed a trial run
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
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 least it was until recently when researchers at both Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands and the University of Wisconsin discovered a way to develop a strain of the H5N1 that was capable of passing easily between ferrets. This is important because ferrets are used as models of how
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 can affect the condition, but what about coffee?
Americans in particular have a strange, nearly masochistic relationship with coffee- the comedian Jerry Seinfeld once pointed out that we so revere the beverage that we call the machine that makes it “Mister.” And indeed, coffee is one of
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 visible, if you can call it that, due to data collected by the Kepler telescope.
The driving force behind the possible discovery didn’t come from a recognized astronomer but rather an amateur by the name of Chris Holmes who was motivated to check out the data collected via the Planethunters.org web site after watching watching the
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 the University of California, San Diego, say about it.
The scientists are of course saying that we have nothing to fear from these self-propelled yet controllable “microrockets” and in fact they could be the next great diagnostic tool made available for doctors.
These “microrockets” don’t need any external power
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 full name is the Grafenberg spot, after the doctor that first officially acknowledged it in 1950. Described in medical literature as a small protuberance on the area in the distal anterior vaginal wall, experts, couples and people who
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 with the occurrence in your brain.
A study out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst was published in the Journal of Neuroscience, and more than 100 healthy adults were included in the research to explore the effects of sleep on processing of trauma. All were showed images- some
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 deemed “unhealthy” verboten, but this year a draconian policy was enacted prohibiting birthday cupcakes and parties within the walls of the gulag. Instead of the one cupcake a week average children were consuming to celebrate occasions in the past- as well as holiday
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 Holloway, made the discovery. Falcon Lang said:
“It took me a while just to convince myself that it was Darwin’s signature on the slide… Inside the drawer were hundreds of beautiful glass slides made by polishing fossil plants
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