2019-03-01
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Does Violent Media Make Us Violent?
February 26, 2013Researchers have studied the links between media violence and violent behavior for years without coming to a definite conclusion about this. Correlating crime data and film release schedules between 1995 and 2004, researchers found that on weekends when violent films... continued
Killer Asteroid? Spray It Away!
February 26, 2013An aerospace and physics researcher has a plan to deflect a killer asteroid by using paint. The idea may sound crazy, but he's working with NASA on the project. Dave Hyland thinks that one possible way to avert an asteroid... continued
There May be Water on the Moon
February 25, 2013If there was water on the moon, we could colonize it (and take an elevator there). Well, there just may be: Traces of water have been detected within the crystalline structure of mineral samples from the lunar highland upper crust... continued
What War Really Costs
February 25, 2013We all know it costs the lives and health of our soldiers, but when old men send young men to war, it costs huge amounts of money too, and now that we're in a recession, we have to ask ourselves:... continued
Something Stinks
February 25, 2013But sometimes things smell good too. But our ability to smell deteriorates over the years, sometimes as early as age 30. By age 60, about half of us will experience a reduction in our ability to smell, and by age... continued
Water World
February 22, 2013When astronomers discovered planet GJ 1214b circling a star more than 47 light-years from Earth in 2009, their data presented two possibilities. Either it was a mini-Neptune shrouded in a thick atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, or it was a... continued
A Heartbreaking Job
February 22, 2013Whether or not you're glad that Obama won re-election, Here's something you should know (and it applies to BOTH sides of the political spectrum): Ten of the nation's 44 presidents likely suffered strokes during their presidencies or after leaving office.... continued
Evidence of an ET Machine?
February 22, 2013A reflecting nebula in the constellation Orion NGC 1999 shows a black cloud near its center. SETI's chief scientist, Seth Shostak, thinks suggests these should be studied in the search for extraterrestrial life. This is called a "Bok globule," named... continued
Massive Sunspot Could Pose Solar Flare Danger
February 22, 2013NASA has warned that a huge solar flare now developing could cause a dangerous solar storm that could disrupt electrical grids on Earth. At present NASA is estimating a 15% chance that sunspot region AR 1678 may generate an X-class... continued
Music Medicine
February 21, 2013Music has been incorporated into medical practice since before the ancient Greeks. However, though practitioners have been convinced of music's health benefits for thousands of years, there had been little peer-reviewed research to back them up, but recent studies are... continued