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EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threat to Public

OK on the title you would probalby think either one of two things: 1. “Winner for ‘No Kidding’ article of the day.”, or 2. “It’s about time.”
For me it was neither. Well a little of the first one, but upon reading about 2 sentences of the article I was already coming to the conclusion that [...]

Worms Able to Control Lifespan At High Temperatures

A common research worm called Caenorhabditis elegans (c. elegans for short) was found to not only regulate its response to hotter environments, but also to control the pace of its aging as a result of that heat, according to new research at the University of California, San Francisco.
Before this discovery cold-blooded animals were thought to [...]

2 Million Year-old Ocean Species Survies Breathing Iron

A new species of microbes was discovered in an unlikely place recently. It was dark, cold, and lacked oxygen. Scientist believed that life in this area was not possible, but a reservoir of briny liquid buried deep beneath an Antarctic glacier supports hardy microbes that have lived in isolation for millions of years, researchers report [...]

Stem Cells Greatly Increase Bone Healing Process

In February the Orthopaedic Research Society meeting revealed that of 145 patients who had an unhealed bone fracture – half of them for six months or longer – 93 percent showed significant healing and pain control after being on teriparatide for only eight to 12 weeks.
Teriparatide, or Forteo, was approved by the FDA in 2002 [...]

Greenhouse on the Moon?

Odyssey Moon, a team competing for a $30 million purse in the Google Lunar X Prize contest, officially joined forces with another private space firm Friday to deliver the first greenhouse to the moon as part the “Lunar Oasis” project.
“Imagine a bright flower on a plant in a crystal clear growth chamber on the surface [...]

Birds! You Should Fear Them!

People have said for years that after seeing Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds they could never look at a bird the same way. Well scientists have revealed something interesting that certain birds may really be watching us and changing their actions because of it. >:)
So to try and make you fear birds more than you [...]

Hydrogen Storage System Making Cars Closer to Reality

If you want to debate the usefulness of developing hydrogen cars, or some other method let’s save that for you. I’m not going to give the pros and cons of these here. You all can swing from the chandeliers and debate that amongst yourselves. I am going to talk about the new development being made [...]