International Space Station

NASA Picks Eight New Future Astronauts: Four Men and Four Women

NASA’s newest set of eight astronaut candidates includes a female F/A 18 fighter pilot and a female helicopter pilot. Two more women, both scientists, have been selected to complete ... Full Story Here →
Jiuquan Launch Center

Space Race: China Catching Up Fast with the Launch of the Manned Shenzhou-10

China is catching up fast in the space race. On June 11 it has successfully launched its fifth manned space mission, sending on a 15-day space trek three Chinese astronauts: Commander ... Full Story Here →
Yoghurt

Breakthrough Study Reveals Additional Benefits of Probiotics

Researchers from the UCLA School of Medicine have found out that probiotics affect brain areas that mediate functions such as reasoning and emotions. The findings of this breakthrough ... Full Story Here →
Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Human Embryonic Stem Cells Successfully Cloned for the First Time

Human embryonic stem cells have been successfully cloned by scientists by “transferring the nucleus of another cell.” Researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University and ... Full Story Here →
SB-HIA Solar Impulse

Solar Impulse Successfully Completes First Leg of Trans-Continental Flight

The Solar Impulse is 100% powered by solar energy. It started out from Moffett Airfield near San Francisco Bay and flew day and night relying solely on solar panels and batteries on ... Full Story Here →
President Barack Obama

President Obama Welcomes Young Inventors to the White House Science Fair

Science Fair winners from all over the United States recently displayed their wares at the White House. Young inventors and innovators from all across the nation gathered together for ... Full Story Here →
Melanoma

Merck & Co.’s New Cancer Drug, Lambrolizumab, Joins Gang of Breakthrough Meds

Merck & Co. has announced that Lambrolizumab has recently been branded a breakthrough medication. This designation is a significant milestone for this therapy for advanced melanoma ... Full Story Here →
Breast Cancer Cell

Male Hormone Blockage Provides Alternative Route for Breast Cancer Eradication

A research carried out by the University of Colorado Cancer Center has established the link between male sex hormones and breast cancer development. It was recently found out that breast ... Full Story Here →
Stephen Hawking in Cambridge

Cosmologist Stephen Hawking Visits Stem Cell Lab in Cedars-Sinai

British cosmologist, author and theoretical physicist, 71-year old Stephen Hawking is afflicted with Lou Gehrig’s disease since he was only 21. Last Tuesday he visited the stem cell ... Full Story Here →
CMS-Higgs Event

Higgs Boson, Big Bang Theory Particle Discovery is Confirmed

Physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research or CERN have discovered a new particle last summer. However, they held back the information as they wanted to be very sure ... Full Story Here →
Great Plague of London

Burial Site of Great Plague Victims Found in London

British authorities know that a burial site for the victims of the Great Plague or Black Death in most parts of Europe that occurred from 1348 to 1350 was around the city of London. ... Full Story Here →
HIV

Early Drug Treatment Cures American Baby with HIV

It could be said that early detection and early medical intervention can cure a disease that even confounds medical experts. The proof is a baby girl from Mississippi who was born with ... Full Story Here →
Woman sleeping

What Prevents You From Having A Good Night’s Sleep?

How many times have you experienced this? You went to bed early because you felt so tired and sleepy and yet when you wake up the next morning, you still feel tired and sluggish. You ... Full Story Here →
Human eye reflecting the sun

Chip Implant Improves Functional Vision in Retinosa Pigmentosa Patients

Retinosa pigmentosa (RP) is a hereditary degenerative disease that causes loss of vision in humans. The macular area of the retina has the highest concentration of photoreceptors, and ... Full Story Here →
Chebarkul meteorite sample

Scientists Flock to Russia in Search of Meteorite Fragments

In search of meteorite fragments There’s some good news about the meteorite, which fell to Earth and caused a lot of damage. The Chelyabinsk meteorite is thought to have crashed ... Full Story Here →
Mars Rover

Peeking into Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover, a car-sized exploration rover on Mars, has drilled into the surface of the red planet and collected a sample of soil for the first time in history. The hole, ... Full Story Here →
Sea Urchin

Experts Believe Sea Urchin Is Key to Capture Carbon Dioxide Emissions

The sea urchin, a relative of starfish and sand dollars, according to experts may be the key to create a process for carbon capture. It has been recognized around the world that carbon ... Full Story Here →