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Researchers warn: New ‘bird flu’ strains close to becoming pandemics
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found there isn’t much stopping the latest strains of the H5N1 and H7N9 flu viruses — also known as the “bird flu” — from being communicable from person to person. MIT News reported on Thursday that new studies showed the viruses could…
Atheists use science like believers use faith in times of stress, says study
A new study suggests that science performs the same function in some people’s lives as faith does in the lives of religious believers. According to Science magazine, individuals placed under stress turned to science as a means of coping with feelings of stress and anxiety in a study which was…
Asteroid the size of a small truck buzzes Earth: NASA
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – An asteroid the size of a small truck zoomed past Earth four times closer than the moon on Saturday, the latest in a parade of visiting celestial objects that has raised awareness of potentially hazardous impacts on the planet. NASA said Asteroid…
New long distance quantum teleportation system ‘extremely reliable’
A new milestone has been reached in the development of a practical quantum teleportation system — researchers have for the first time succeeded in the teleportation of information between two separate clouds of gas atoms, over long-distances. And not just once, the method is apparently already extremely… …
French geographers publish global atlas on sexuality
Where are people most unfaithful? Who uses sex toys? On a darker level, where is child rape more prevalent? French geographers have tried to answer these questions and others in a global atlas on sexuality. From legislation and the dynamics of couples to prostitution and violence, the book maps out…
Detroit’s mountains of petroleum coke (petcoke) are ‘dirtier than the dirtiest fuel’
Byproduct of tar sands production is piling up in Detroit, and environmentalists fear Keystone XL pipeline will bring more It was the dirty secret of Alberta’s tar sands – until the black mountain of petroleum coke on the banks of the Detroit River grew to occupy an entire city block…
Aging Mars rover ‘Opportunity’ makes new water discoveries
Scientists on Friday called NASA’s Opportunity rover gimpy and arthritic, but hailed its new discoveries about early water on Mars made almost 10 years after it was launched toward the Red Planet. The unmanned solar-powered vehicle has just analyzed what may be its oldest rock ever, known as Esperance 6.…
Robot retrievers compete in $1.5 million NASA contest
By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) – Eleven robots faced off in a Massachusetts field on Wednesday, showing off their ability to independently track down objects in a hunt for $1.5 million in prize money at a NASA-sponsored contest aimed at speeding technological development. In the first day of a three-day…
Inbreeding caused albinism of famous ‘Snowflake’ gorilla
Inbreeding was the cause of the albinism of “Snowflake”, the only albino gorilla known to man which was a star attraction of the Barcelona zoo for decades, Spanish researchers said. The gorilla was captured in Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, after hunters killed the rest of its clan and…
Experts re-examine diabetes drug over heart attack risk
Experts are re-examining a clinical trial of the GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug Avandia, restricted in the US and banned in Europe amid concerns it raises heart attack risk, regulators said Wednesday. The purpose is to vote on whether the restrictions should be amended. The Food and Drug Administration said a 28-member…
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