A scientist has discovered a new planet that lies beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt that is the first to join our solar system, for the most part, since Pluto was found back in 1930. It is a dwarf planet that scientists declare is roughly the size of Iowa and is about 8.5 million miles from …
Fear, it seems, is likely the number one thing most people are afraid of. But, has science actually discovered a way to physically block fear, and its partner anxiety, out of our lives? A recent study published in the journal, Nature Neuroscience, has concentrated on the part of the human brain called the amygdala. This, apparently, …
Researchers in China have developed the technology to enable a car to be driven strictly by mind control. It is the hope of the research team that it will bring greater flexibility and freedom to disabled people in the near future. The scientists are from Nankai University, a research university located in the city of …
It is called the Energy Observer and it will be the first green powered ocean going vessel to navigate the world using renewable energy produced as it sails along. The boat is currently undergoing its final preparations in Saint Malo, France and the builders hope to launch their around the world cruise sometime early in …
On Wednesday, a former Marine Corps Sergeant, wounded in Afghanistan, received a double arm transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. John Peck, 31, received two arms, provided by an anonymous donor, in a 13 hour operation headed by surgeon Dr. Simon Talbot who is the hospital’s director of upper body transplants. Peck received …
Last week, the source code for a software known as Mirai was released out on the Dark Web. The source code for this software will allow hackers, or anyone, to create what are known as botnets. The botnets will allow hackers everywhere to attack websites, and other electronic devices, through any device that is connected to …
This week, archaeologists dug up some coins in Japan that originally came from Ancient Rome. To say the scientists were stunned by the discovery would be a severe understatement. The coins were unearthed at a castle site on the island of Okinawa and archaeologists are dating them somewhere between 300-400 AD. The scientists are mystified …
People consider them to be so cute and so charming that they even had their own reality television show. In a recent study out of Spain, however, it has been discovered that Meerkats are actually the most murderous of Earth’s mammals. The little cat like creatures are extremely social creatures and live in groups known …
For the first time, a human baby has been born who was created with three separate sets of parental DNA. The baby was made from the DNA of the biological mother and father as well as from the woman who was the egg donor. However, the parents DNA was nuclear while the donor’s DNA was …
So many people have experienced disaster with Microsoft’s Window 10 that many are, not only furious, but are seeking financial restitution from the software giant. Perhaps the major problem people have been experiencing for the last year has been the fact that Windows 10 will just bully its way into an update without notification or …