NASA's achievements are commendable considering its results between 1960 and 1970, especially for putting men on the moon. However, NASA's recent performance and its discoveries are considered to be of no practical value for mankind. There are various other causes that require funds in the United States rather than allocating more funds for NASA.
Vampire bats' ability to sink their teeth into prey's body without missing the vein and feed on rich blood has provided fodder for a number of myths. Scientists say it is the bats' highly evolved noses that guided them in the dark. But how the nose helped in spotting blood remained a mystery.
Eating junk food increases calories, but eating healthier food will increase your monthly food bill.
The gene responsible for barring the formation of fingerprints during fetal growth has been identified.
Humanity has come to terms with being alone in the wilderness of the universe with every single speculation on spotting intelligent extra terrestrial life yielding no result. Aliens thus exist only in our imagination fueled by colorful fictitious characters.
Vibrations from the devastating earthquake that hit Japan in March 2011, triggering a massive tsunami, had almost reached the outer space, a new study has revealed.
Scientists announced on Thursday that they saw dark, finger-like features appearing and extending down some Martian slopes during late spring through summer, which fade in the winter and return during next spring.
Researchers found that eating more potassium, the most expensive of the four nutrients, can add some $380 to the average person's food costs yearly.
NASA spacecraft will launch a five-year journey on Friday to conduct a deep examination of the interior of the largest planet in the solar system to see if there is actually a hidden core below the thick atmosphere.
Latest news from 'ufologists' is about the mysterious sunken object discovered by a team of ocean explorers on the floor of Sea of Bothnia (northern Baltic Sea). The round object measuring 60 meters in diameter has been dubbed "unusual" and according to Peter Lindberg, the initiator of the expeditions, he "has never seen anything like it."
Scientists have found the heat-sensing mechanism that vampire bats used to detect and hunt their next meal. These bloodsuckers have specially evolved nerves located near the nose, which they use to identify the highest concentration of blood close to the skin of their prey. Researchers knew that the pits on vampire bats' noses enable them to find blood, but they weren't sure how it happened.
Scientists have discovered a new phenomenon on the surface of Mars which can potentially prove that seasonal water, and therefore life, could exist in the Red Planet. This new finding can help scientists big time in their search for life on Mars.
Swedish treasure hunters discovered a mysterious object on the bottom of the sea floor that resembles a crashed UFO. The Ocean Explorer team on June 19 marveled at the baffling discovery of a 60-foot-wide disc found lying in the mud at the bottom of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is between Finland and Sweden, some 285 feet below the surface of the Baltic Sea.
The new U.S nutritional guidelines advise Americans to intake more potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D and calcium.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., from Arkansas, is voluntarily recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg. That strain of salmonella has killed one person and left about 77 others sick, and the recall is considered the third-largest in U.S. history, according to reports.
The collision of two moons orbiting Earth may have resulted in the planet's present-day lopsided moon, scientists say. Research published on Wednesday in the journal Nature states that in its younger years, Earth's moon was shadowed by a lightweight companion that was about one-thirteenth of its mass.
Men who have sex with men remain the group most heavily affected by new HIV infections, according to a CDC officials. The agency estimates that these cases represent only 2 percent of the U.S. population, and accounted for 61 percent of all new HIV infections in 2009. Young males were most severely affected, representing 27 percent of new infections in 2009.
Eating enough healthy food to satisfy the government's nutritional guidelines can be prohibitively expensive, with potassium alone adding $380 to the average person's grocery bill, a study found.
New study breaks ground in fertility research.
A team of Swedish sea treasure hunters have uncovered a peculiar object on the bottom of the sea floor, arousing speculation that it could likely be a UFO or another modern marvel.
Inexpensive ways to add nutrients such as, potatoes and beans for potassium and dietary fiber to a person's diet are hard to come by, and a recent study published in Health Affairs, only confirms the obvious toll on one's pockets for healthier food items.
Newly released data on HIV revealed that the rate of new infections has for a decade been stuck at 50,000 a year, with the rate of new infections for young bisexual or gay men, particularly African-Americans, rising sharply.
Parents beware! The car seat that you purchase for your child may contain 60 percent of toxic chemicals, according to a study published Wednesday. Although, the good news is that some seats were found to be almost toxic-free. Here's a list of the most and least toxic child car seats to buy for your children.
36 million pounds of turkey have been recalled from the Minnesota-based company Cargill. The recall was announced Wednesday after a Salmonella outbreak which reportedly killed one California resident and sickened at least 77 others.
Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno are going into space
NASA is tracking the tropical storm Emily as it approaches Haiti and other nations.
Vampire bats can locate hotspots or blood vessels in their prey using infrared vein sensors on their lips, a new research claims. A study discovered that unlike other variants of bats, this species of blood-sucking vampire bats do not track prey by producing a constant stream of high-pitched sounds and then analyzing the echoes.
The rate of new HIV infections in the United States has plateaued at about 50,000 a year for the last decade, but young gay and bisexual men, particularly African-Americans, have suffered an increase.
Ninety-six hidden open star clusters were found in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers said. The stars are not visible in the visible-light spectrum because they are masked by clouds of dust but the ESO's VISTRA infrared survey telescope is able to see through the massive amounts of dust.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has extended the use of 3D imaging technology to screen oesophageal and colon cancer. The new imaging system is based on Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and has the advantage of detecting underlying microscopic pre-cancerous tissues.
