Over the course of one summer vacation, Tyler Ludlum went from being a healthy 10-year-old, looking forward to the pool, to an emotionally and physically traumatized preteen who’d traded both of his feet, and half the fingers on his right hand, for his life.
It could have been prevented if he – or those around him – had been vaccinated.
Giraffe-sized pterosaurs may have pole-vaulted with their arms to launch themselves, just as vampire bats do, scientists now suggest.
Once airborne, these giant reptiles could have flown vast distances, even crossing continents, they added.
A bizarre brown and yellow blob discovered in a man-made lake in Newport News, Va., last week set off wild speculation.
Some people thought the 4-foot blob was a leftover Halloween prank, perhaps a fake lake monster.
Others thought it might be an alien cocoon pod, such as those seen in films like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Still others guessed that it might be the bloated corpse of a large snake or other animal.
YOU step into your diving suit and pull a helmet over your head. The helmet immediately starts to fill with liquid, but you don’t panic, you simply begin breathing in the fluid as you would air.
No, this is not a scene from the movie The Abyss (pictured), but the brainchild of inventor Arnold Lande, a retired heart and lung surgeon formerly based at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
via Divers could breathe deep with liquid-filled lungs – tech – 10 November 2010 – New Scientist.
Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people’s names and, in some cases, their friends’ names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information – WSJ.com.
Future Mars outposts or colonies may seem more distant than ever with NASA’s exploration plans in flux, but the rocket technology that could someday propel a human mission to the red planet in as little as 40 days may already exist.
NO ONE ever tells you how dangerous this stuff can be: they just go on pumping it out, hour after hour, day after day. You’re consuming it right now, without a clue about the possible consequences. The worst thing is, evolution has predisposed your brain to crave it as much as your body craves fat and sugar. And these days – as with fat and sugar – you can get it everywhere.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt admonished in a 1932 commencement address that “it is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.” FDR had the revival of a depressed U.S. economy in mind, but scientists experimenting with treating brain disorders with fetal cell transplants have taken his aphorism to heart.
Higher concentrations of bisphenol A—a common ingredient in plastics found in products ranging from polyester to water bottles—have been linked to heart disease, according to a new follow-up study. A similar study was performed by the same team in 2008 using older data from a survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
With its winners and losers, politics is a lot like sports. Now biologists have the testosterone—or lack thereof—to prove it. Specifically, they have found that male voters who back a losing candidate experience a drop in the hormone.
Robot bunnies deployed in Florida to fight invasive pythons
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Researchers found a creative new solution to track down the snakes.
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NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and southern U.S. states. The red "jellyfish" could help researchers learn more about ...