According to Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile may have also shifted Earth’s axis by bout 8 centimeters (3 inches). This happened due to the redistribution of mass on the planet (lots of rocks were moved around ...
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NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour landed safely in Florida on Sunday evening. The crew attached a new bus sized module to the International Space Station (ISS) and the largest observation deck ever launched into space.
The Cupola, a 1.5 meters (4.9 ft) Forged Aluminium structure features 7 windows, the central one measuring ...
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Remember those sleepless nights in college? Well, they probably weren’t the best idea to get past that upcoming exam. New research from the University of California (Berkeley) has found that taking a 90 minute nap during the day can boost the brain’s capacity to store new facts by 40 percent.
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“SiO2- ultra thin layering” (that’s the technical name) comes in the form of a liquid glass which can coat surfaces with a 15 to 30 molecules thick (500 times thinner than human hair) film. It is eco-friendly, non-toxic and it protects almost any surface from dirt, bacteria, UV radiation, heat ...
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Wanna know your genetic health risks? How about tracking back your genetic ancestry up to 10.000 years into the past and know what traits you inherited from your caveman grandpa?
Two years ago, the same service used to cost $1000 or more. Pathway Genomics now provides an affordable DNA testing service. According ...
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The biggest particle accelerator in the world is back online after a couple of glitches kept it unoperational for more than a year (some months ago a bird dropped a piece of bread on a section of it causing the 27km machine to shut down. Unbelievable, right?).
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Research done by neuroscientists from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) found that the adult brain can almost instantly change its re-wiring to adapt to new conditions.
People who has lost limbs often report feeling it when touched on the face. What wasn’t known was that the brain can readjust itself within ...
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The human brain has received unprecedented press coverage in the past few years, thanks in large part to big leaps in science’s understanding of what goes on in the space between our ears. Yet, some stubborn myths remain.
For this special installment of Brain & Body, we’re offering insights into which ...
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If you want to live to a hundred, you’d better lighten up. Children of centenarians—who usually inherit both longevity and personality traits from their parents—are on average more outgoing, agreeable, and less neurotic, according to a new study.
That’s because being affable and more social confers health benefits, according ...
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