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If Alzheimer’s scares you, eat fish weekly
Here's the 1st study to establish a direct relationship between fish consumption, brain structure and the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease.
November 30, 2011
Tiny worms might help humans get to Mars
Scientists have been studying tiny worms might someday help humans get to Mars. They sent 4,000 worms up on the space shuttle Discovery.
November 30, 2011
Declining oxygen in oceans threatens ocean health
A new report from the American Geophysical Union calls for the need for more data, to understand declining oxygen levels in Earth's oceans.
November 30, 2011
Solar sail mission might help clean up low-Earth orbit
NanoSail-D - carrying NASA's 1st-ever solar sail mission in low-Earth orbit - might pave the way for a clean-up of decommissioned satellites and space debris.
November 29, 2011
Cosmic rays from the heart of Cygnus
Young cosmic rays, with energies like those produced in powerful particle accelerators on Earth, are coming from the direction of the constellation Cygnus.
November 29, 2011
ChemCam instrument on Curiosity rover will seek Mars life
Scientists will use the ChemCam instrument on the Mars Curiosity rover to probe for Mars life. It'll focus highly intense, brief blasts of laser light on Mars' surface.
November 29, 2011
James Webb Space Telescope: 5 cool things to know
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next-generation space telescope, following Hubble. It's scheduled to launch in 2018. Here are 5 cool things to know.
November 28, 2011
Jay Zwally: World’s fastest glacier doubled speed in past decade
Since 2001, the Jakoshavn Glacier, the world's fastest flowing glacier, has more than doubled its flow rate and now discharges about 5 percent of the ice leaving the Greenland ice sheet.
November 28, 2011
Deadly man-made strain of bird flu virus: Should they publish?
A science team in the Netherlands used genetic modification to create a deadly man-made strain of bird flu. Now they want to publish. But should they?
November 28, 2011
It’s true. It will all seem better in the morning.
UC Berkeley researchers find that dreaming takes the sting out of painful memories and experiences. So it's true ... It will all seem better in the morning.
November 28, 2011
