A new discovery in South Africa has suggested that early Homo sapiens might have used paint kits as 100,000 years ago in order to make, mix and store ochre - the ancient form of paint. However, there has not been any solid evidence of what they used the paints for.
A recent prospective study has found out that Neurosurgery for refractory focal epilepsy keeps adults free of seizures for up to 10 years. The study was conducted by Dr. John S. Duncan, of the Institute of Neurology at University College London, and colleagues. It was found that people were 52 percent free from seizures at five years and 47 percent at 10 years.
UK scientists at Strathclyde and the James Hutton Institute are developing tests for tracing unidentifiable source of the raw materials in designer 'legal high' drugs. Using isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) technique, UK researchers have attempted to reveal the course of a drug's manufacturing procedure which is expected to track the and gather information on manufacturers of bath salts or so-called ‘designer drugs’.
The distribution of dark matter in 25 massive clusters of galaxies is being mapped by NASA scientists using data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The opaque and dense fog between galaxies in the early universe could have been cleared by high energy light from massive stars, according to a new study.
Researchers have discovered a 100,000-year-old workshop in South Africa, which may have been used by early Homo sapiens in order to make, mix and also to stock up ochre - the most primitive form of paint.
NASA has released a new image from its Dawn spacecraft, which shows a mountain three times as high as Mount Everest in the south polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta. Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth above sea level.
The already monstrous Tyrannosaurus Rex is believed to be 30 percent bigger and was much hungrier than previously thought, a new study shows.
Scientists think they have found something of a cure for peanut allergies and allergies to other foods, according to research released Wednesday in the Journal of Immunology.
Study suggests that oral contraception alters a woman’s way of choosing a mate.
CDC announces death toll of 23 due to listeria infection.
Infectious diseases still kill millions of people annually worldwide, though not at the scale of the Black Plague.
With two more deaths being reported from Lousiana, the listeria outbreak has become the deadliest epidemic in the United States in last 25 years.
Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) claim to have found the possible cause for “super-eruptions” in massive volcanoes on the earth that occur every 100,000 years and are known to induce planetary climate change.
A new study has found that the prehistoric predator Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur was even bigger and heavier than it was estimated previously.
Severe seasonal melting has reduced ice floes, floating chunk of ice, in the Arctic Ocean to the thinnest on record, according to researchers. Changes in sea ice thickness and extent also have direct consequences for the ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean, the researchers said.
According to the latest data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s periodic National Survey of Family Growth, about 43 percent of teenagers between ages 15 to 19 have sexual intercourse at least once.
The Black Death, the worst plague in Europe's history, killed between 30 million and 50 million people in the 14th century. Now, after analyzing dozens of skeletons, scientists claim to have cracked its genetic code. They say simple antibiotics available today can beat the disease.
Scientists have managed to map the entire DNA of the Black Death's bubonic plague from the teeth of four 650-year-old skeletons, the remains of victims buried in London's plague pits.
Einstein's general theory of relativity came under attack last month when physicists reported that neutrinos can travel faster than light.
More sexually active American teen males are using condoms the first time they have sex, according to a new study done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More sexually active American teen males are using condoms the first time they have sex, according to a new study done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tuberculosis cases are decreasing for the first time in more than 20 years, the World Health Organization announced on Tuesday. But that progress may be threatened if Congress cuts foreign aid for prevention and treatment programs.
Number crunchers in Missouri and Ohio plan to develop new ways to analyze demographic data that could impact how $400 billion in federal and state are distributed annually.
Though human beings don't have sixth sense and work with only five senses, the most desired sixth sense was present in our fish-like ancestors who lived 500 million years ago.
Over two dozen new free-floating brown dwarfs (sometimes described as failed stars), including a lightweight youngster only about six times heavier than Jupiter, residing inside two young star clusters have been discovered by astronomers.
The oil spill from the stricken container ship has been fouling beaches and many dead seabirds lie on the shore amid thick fuel-oil.
Diamond is the hardest known natural material but according to scientists who formed the new allotrope, the carbon form’s resistance to pressure indicates that it is as strong and sturdy as diamond.
NASA on Tuesday handed over the ownership of retired space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will go on permanent display.
A recent study from the researchers of Norwegian Institute of Public Health suggests that the children whose mothers took folic acid supplement in their early pregnancy weeks were less likely to have severe language delays at the age of 3.
