In a recent study performed at Duke University, and published in April in the journal, Memory & Cognition, researchers discovered that your mom calls you the wrong name because you look like your brother or your sister and her brain gets confused. Not only does it happen to your mom, but it happens to everyone …
It was an invitation only event on Tuesday for 150 people in a room without any windows at Harvard. The 150 were represented by scientists, government officials, entrepreneurs, people who call themselves “ethicists” and, of course, lawyers. The meeting, which was held in secret, was to discuss the future of humanity and our DNA. The …
Research performed at three major universities and research centers from around the world have met with spectacular success in using small origami robots to retrieve items from a stomach. The remarkable experiments involved a folded origami robot that is encased in a capsule that is then swallowed by the patient. When the robot gets to …
Toad venom has been around for centuries and has been used, mainly, as a recreational psychedelic drug. The venom itself has a psychedelic agent to it and the taking of toad venom is illegal in the United States but is not in Canada. The chemicals are strong and many of the the toad venom chemicals …
Both Sony and Google are working on research that is designed to have humans wear cameras over their eyes or to actually create tiny micro cameras that will be implanted into people’s eyes. For some reason, these two giant tech companies think it a great idea that others would have actual access to what you …
Discoveries made during this past week in Florida has placed humankind in North America back at least a thousand years further than scientists had previously projected. Tools and the remains of a mastodon, among other findings, were pulled up from a 30 foot deep sinkhole in Florida’s Aucilla River. The exploration was part of a …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation took advantage of an apparent flaw in the security of Mozilla’s browser, Firefox, and hacked into the system. The FBI hacked the system, they say, because they were conducting an investigation into a website that traffics in child pornography. Mozilla found this unacceptable and filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in …
Recent research done by scientists at UCLA has discovered that fructose, a sugar, causes damage and alteration to the genes of the human brain. The research has determined that the fructose will alter the brain to the point where several diseases will possible take hold and develop. Among the afflictions that can be caused by …
Scientists at NASA have announced the discovery of 1,284 other planets in the Milky Way galaxy. In addition, they stated, at least nine of those planets have characteristics similar to Earth’s. The sightings were seen as NASA scientists were going through some latest images and data from the Kepler telescope. The Kepler space telescope has …
Empathy is the ability for so-called “normal” people who possess consciences to be able to feel another person’s emotional distress or pain. A recently published study, however, has raised doubts concerning an over the counter pain medication in that it may reduce the ability to employ empathy. It is known as acetaminophen and is the …