Artist's impression of an Earth-sized planet in the Kepler 186 system. But what makes one planet more habitable than another? NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech By Jonti Horner, University of…

In 2002 on Christmas Eve, two-year-old Bryce Faber was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a deadly. The toddler's treatment, in addition to surgery, included massive amounts of radiation followed by even…

To Tolkien, the machine represents a means to attain power over others. His orcs -- deformed and ugly creatures, whose hands are sometimes replaced with weapons -- embody this lust for power. LOTR…

Despite high wages, there has been a shortage of primary care physicians in America and the Affordable Care Act, coupled with an increased 'teach to the protocol' environment in medical school, is…

Don't mobile payments make more sense? US Navy By Ethan Zuckerman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Apple’s product launches are covered with breathless enthusiasm usually reserved for royal…

Researchers have solved a puzzle in traffic research, namely why so many people 'jerk' the wheel when they steer a car.  The ability to predict what a driver is going to do in the near future…

Groups like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration set the gold standard worldwide for science - but they are still soundly criticized. Every time the EPA…

Okay, but that's not the way to extract it. fabriceh_com, CC BY-NC-SA By Benjamin Burke, University of Hull In the development of new drugs, taking something from nature and modifying it has been a…

A new study shows that plasma waves buffeting the planet's radiation belts are responsible for scattering charged particles into the atmosphere, creating the most detailed analysis so far of the link…

Acoustic levitation has been done in the past but it required a precise setup where the sound source and reflector were at fixed "resonant" distances. This made controlling the levitating objects…