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Half of All Medical Literature My Be False, According to Medical Journal Editor
December 29, 2015In a continuing trend within the scientific community, Dr. Richard Horton, the current editor-in-chief of respected medical journal The Lancet, has announced that a large portion of the medical literature being published today is false, with perhaps up to half... continued
Storms Predicted by UC Climatewatch Slam Much of US
December 28, 2015Storms across the southern and central US have left at least 35 people dead and devastated many communities. While flooding and severe thunderstorms continued in the southeast on Sunday, north Texas and Oklahoma began to experience dramatic temperature drops and... continued
Did the Ancient Romans Visit America?
December 25, 2015Over the years, the long-standing assumption that Christopher Columbus discovered North America has persisted in our history books, despite archaeological evidence that other European explorers landed here well before him, and even set up settlements, as was the case with... continued
2015’s Christmas Season is Forecast to set Record Warm Temperatures
December 24, 2015The eastern half of North America is definitely not dreaming of a white Christmas this season: the forecast is calling for record-breaking warm temperatures this week, with some regions to see temperatures 35º Fahrenheit (19ºC) above normal. Temperatures are expected... continued
Could Ancient Hominids have Survived into the Ice Age?
December 23, 2015A recent study has made a controversial analysis of a fossilized femur, originally excavated from Southwest China's Maludong (‘Red Deer Cave’) in 1989. The study says that the small leg bone in question originally belonged to an early hominid, such... continued
New Memory-Rewriting Therapy can Erase Fear — In Two Minutes!
December 22, 2015Throughout human history, many unfortunate individuals have fallen victim to crippling phobias, from natural fears such as arachnophobia, to fears acquired from traumatic events, leading to PTSD. These conditions can take sometimes years, even lifetimes to cure, and some individuals... continued
Tiny Bone Carving may Upend our Understanding of the Megaliths at Göbekli Tepe
December 19, 2015Researcher Andrew Collins has recently published an article outlining the discovery of the link between carvings that appear on a small bone plaque, and the megaliths at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site where the plaque was found. These carvings may... continued
Hubble Telescope Captures First Predicted Appearance of a Supernova
December 18, 2015In a first for astronomy, a distant supernova has been observed that was previously predicted to appear, has been imaged by a team of astronomers from the University of South Carolina, using the Hubble Space Telescope. The prediction utilized the... continued
Canadian Researchers to Study and Breed Genetically-Superior Bees
December 17, 2015To help combat declining bee populations, Canadian researchers have been granted funding to study the genetic makeup of honeybees, to identify the markers of 12 economically-desired traits that the important insects have; then, they plan to use that knowledge to... continued
Two New Candidates for Planet X have been Announced
December 16, 2015With recent advances in imaging technology pushing the boundaries of astronomy and space exploration more rapidly than ever before, new discoveries within the solar system and beyond are now being made at a breakneck pace. Part of that exploration has... continued