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Scientific Explanation for Near-Death Experiences Altogether, scientific evidence suggests that all features of the near-death experience have some basis in …
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Gas Guzzling: Research Outlines 16 Ways to Improve Your Fuel Economy
The News Everyone wants to save gas (and money). We can’t control the price at the pump, but we can …
No Amount of Alcohol Intake is Safe for Driving
The News In the United States, the blood-alcohol limit may be 0.08 percent, but no amount of alcohol seems to …
World’s first accurate simulation of how our galaxy formed
After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way emerged from …
Hypoallergenic Dogs Do Not Produce Less Allergen
The Myth Contrary to popular belief, so-called hypoallergenic dogs do not have lower household allergen levels than other dogs. That’s …
New Report Finds Little Evidence for Any Adverse Effects from Vaccines
The News Vaccines are largely safe, and do not cause autism or diabetes, the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) said …
Research Blip: Number of species on Earth tagged at 8.7 million
The Research According to a new study appearing in the journal Biology, the number of species on Earth is estimated …
Research Blip: Scientists developing pocket sized sensor for detecting date-rape drugs
The News Prof. Fernando Patolsky and Dr. Michael Ioffe of Tel Aviv University‘s Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences have developed …
Still skeptical about AGW? July breaks 9,000 heat records
Even though we should be cautious not to mistake weather for climate, the trends of the last few years are …
Research Blip: Another study showing cell phones do not cause brain cancer
The News Children and teens who use cell phones are not at increased risk of getting brain cancer, according to …
Stem Cell Research Re-Funded
The News A U.S. judge on Wednesday upheld the federal government’s rules that allow funding of human embryonic stem cell …
Yes, You Should Still Feel Bad for the Polar Bears
Have you already forgotten? The plight of the polar bear was widely used as one of the first tactics to …
Research Blip: Blind Folded Rock-Paper-Scissors Players Win More Often
Richard Cook at University College London and colleagues asked 45 adults to play rounds of the game with either one …
Do I Really Need to Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day?
The Science News On the topic of water or fluid intake, the common wisdom is this: Try to drink about …
Some Science Tidbits for the Last Shuttle Launch
It’s a sad time for space-enthusiasts, science-geeks (like myself), and human enterprise in space. Though Atlantis, and the remainder of …
The Multi-Vitamin Fallacy
As a culture of unhealthy people, we are very concerned about our diet. Not just for the calories, but also …
This is Where Our Energy Comes From, and We Waste Half of It
This flow chart of the estimated US energy use in 2009, assembled by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), paints …
Marijuana Growth Uses 1% of All U.S. Energy
[Re-printed from Gizmodo] It might be “all-natural”, but that joint you’re smoking has a serious carbon footprint: marijuana growth uses …
There’s No Need to Whip Race Horses, So Stop Doing It
It seems like whipping an animal repeatedly may make it want to run. In horse racing, little jockey leprechauns strike …
Radiation Visualized
Did you read my last post about airport body scanners and still were confused about the amount of radiation that …
