Home  »  Headline News

Thanks for the Memories!

March 11, 2015
Everyday, Science Fiction creeps ever closer to becoming Science Fact. In the newest issue of Nature Neuroscience, scientists in France reported their success in implanting false memories in mice. Karim Benchenane and his colleagues at the Industrial Physics and Chemistry... continued

The Red Giant and the White (Degenerate) Dwarf: A Grimm Tale of Star-Crossed Love

March 10, 2015
Imagine flying to the moon in a mere 5-minutes. To do so, you’d have to be travelling at the rate of 746 miles per second or 2.7 million miles per hour. This is faster than any star in our galaxy... continued

Weekender: Why is This Winter so Ferocious and What Lies Ahead?

March 7, 2015
By Whitley Strieber The eastern half of the United States is experiencing one of the harshest winters ever recorded. In many places both snow accumulation and temperature lows are breaking century old records. Because of all this cold air and... continued

Human Beings – 2.0

March 6, 2015
Many people believe that an evolutionary upgrade in human cognitive abilities is evident in many members of the youngest generation. All you have to do is go to YouTube and search for Child Prodigies to see examples of very young... continued

Time Travel is Possible, Say Scientists

March 4, 2015
The subject of time travel has intrigued both scientists and science-fiction writers alike for centuries, but now scientists are suggesting that the concept is theoretically sound. Back in September of this year, UK physicist, Professor Brian Cox, declared that time... continued

Of Mice & Men & Gene Research

March 3, 2015
More than 5 million years ago, the evolutionary path of humans split from that of other primates. And now – after a mere 25 years of intensive research – scientists in Dresden, Germany have identified the gene responsible for creating... continued

Is the Western Medical Establishment Killing Us with Kindness?

February 27, 2015
We’ve all heard for dozens of years of innovative cancer cures confiscated by the government. Often, the innovation had to do with esoteric technologies that could be mistaken for quackery by the uninitiated. But what happens when a miraculous cure... continued

The Parallels Between a Crater and a Triangle

February 26, 2015
Huge new craters are spontaneously opening up in the melting permafrost in northern Russia. Though the exact cause is as yet undermined, the sudden appearance of an enormous new crater surrounded by 20 little ones – within six miles of... continued

Self-Preservation: A Recipe for Immortality

February 25, 2015
Here is a Japanese version of the recipe: 1st 1000 days: Subsist on a diet of water, seeds and nuts. 2nd 1000 days: Eat only roots, pine bark and a special tea made from the sap of the Chinese lacquer... continued

Weekender: The Damage Done Under the Sun

February 20, 2015
To tan or not to tan – that is the question. Given the long-standing prejudice against ‘people of color’ – it’s ironic that people without much color to their skin risk their health to acquire more. And now it turns... continued