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We’re All Gonna Die: Oxycholesterol

In teh world of avoiding trans fats, regular fat, calories, cholesterol, and any other killer of the year, scientists have surmised that it is “Oxycholesterol” that is the biggest risk to heart disease.
While we have heard of LDL cholesterol, better known as “bad cholesterol”, probably as young as sitting at your preschool furniture, and that [...]

Comet Dust Contains Building Blocks of Life

For hundreds of year the theory that the building blocks of life on Earth came from somewhere else has been discussed. Particularly from falling matter onto the planet from space.
A building block of proteins found in samples from an icy comet’s halo suggests that the ingredients of life could have hitched a ride to [...]

Ford Announces Intelligent System For Hybrid Re-charging

Ford Motor Co., and its partners have unveiled that they are testing one of the industry’s first vehicle-to-electric grid communications and control systems, which enables electric vehicles to interface with the grid for optimal recharging.
What this means is that instead of just plugging your car in when you pop in the house after work, you [...]

Over 350 New Species Discovered in Himalayas

A treasure of new species have been uncovered in the eastern Himalayas over the last decade. Such species as a “flying frog”, the world’s smallest deer, and even a 100 million year-old gecko (been doing Geico commercials that long its seems).
A decade of research carried out by scientists in remote mountain areas endangered by [...]

Kill Every Fly You See

Well…I guess you can wait until further notice, but scientists have been testing micro flying robots. While the story doesn’t say that the use of these robots will be to spy on you, you conspiracy buffs should be happy to know that I am saying it for them.
The actual story was entitle Micro [...]

Creating Bown Fat to Possibly Help Obesity

Everyone would like an easy way to treat their weight problems. While just taking a weight loss pill seems to be the easiest way, scientists may be working on another way of “do nothing to lose” weight treatment. Something they refer to as “brown fat”.
“Brown adipose tissue (Brown fat) is coming to the forefront of [...]