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Was There Ever Life on Mars?

March 14, 2013
An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon--some of the key chemical ingredients for life--in the powder Curiosity drilled out... continued

Drone Base to be Built in Africa

March 13, 2013
Drones are in our future: The US military is planning to open a drone base in Africa in order to gather intelligence on extremist groups in the area. The immediate impetus for a drone base in the region is to... continued

Saint Nix

March 13, 2013
Mother Teresa was no saint, at least according to new research. At a time when we're becoming disillusioned with our Catholic clergy, here's another blow to our beliefs. Psychologists Serge Larivée and Genevieve Chenard analyzed of the published writings about... continued

Smash It on Purpose

March 13, 2013
It's like a video game in the sky: A joint mission between Europe and the US plans to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid in order to prove that incoming space rocks can be knocked off their paths before they... continued

What if Women Ruled

March 12, 2013
What if more women were in leadership positions? Things still wouldn't be perfect, but things might be better: for one thing, we would probably have less war. Women often experience life differently, and that experience affects the way they see--and... continued

Is There a Neanderthal in the House?

March 12, 2013
Bunions bothering you? How about lower back pain, or impacted wisdom teeth? As we humans evolved to walk on two legs, grow larger brains and shorter jaws, bear big babies and live longer, we’ve also experienced some negative consequences on... continued

Bee Venom Kills AIDS

March 12, 2013
A new study show that bee venom can kill the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While we don't recommend getting stung by bees as a preventative, this COULD be incorporated into a protective gel for women. The secret is a toxin... continued

What if Coal Didn’t Pollute

March 11, 2013
We're desperately searching for new oil and gas (with fracking), but we have plenty of coal. China does too, but they use so much of it that their country is hopelessly polluted. If only we could find a way to... continued

End of the Gentle Giants

March 11, 2013
African forest elephants are being poached out of existence. A new study with of largest dataset on forest elephants ever compiled reveals a loss of more than 60% in the past decade, due to slaughtering them for their ivory tusks.... continued

Mining Mars

March 11, 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover has bored into a Martian rock and pulled out its first sample of the planet's insides to analyze. This could be the first step to mining Mars. In New Scientist, Lisa Grossman quotes NASA's Louise Jandura as... continued