On Feb. 11, ESA’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), atmospheric reentry demonstrator, successfully completed its first test flight, ending with a splashdown into the Pacific Ocean and one…

Potatoes are an essential food for humans and now two new varieties produced by the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development have been added to the Registry of Commercial…

Health marketing materials used to promote measles vaccine during the 1960s. CDC The news on the current measles outbreak contains plenty of reminders that measles causes brain damage, pneumonia,…

Six months form here, there won't be a single whatsapp user in the world. Why? Because Telegram exists. References:  http://www.whatsapp.com/, https://telegram.org/ PS: Of course I might be…

Worldwide, consumption of healthy foods such as fruit and vegetables has improved during the past two decades, but has been outpaced by the increased intake of unhealthy foods including processed…

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine used algae as a mini-factory to produce a malaria parasite protein. The algae-produced protein, paired with an immune-boosting…

In American Sniper, Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) is the 'sheepdog' – someone who operates in a state of constant, anxious alertness against inevitable attack. Entertainment Weekly Liberal writers have…

What is hiding in the large disk of gas and dust encircling the 20 million-year-old star Beta Pictoris?  In 1984 Beta Pictoris was the very first star discovered to be surrounded by a…

Companies are starting to embrace social media as a viable disclosure channel for product recalls, with the goal of limiting and repairing damage to the firms' reputation. Using a sample of 405…

Sometimes, science means staying awake for two days straight. But losing sleep is a small sacrifice to make, if you want to learn more about tiny bacteria that sicken half a million Americans each…