A new composite image  from NASA shows the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4151...and, well...if you have seen the film versions of "The Lord of the Rings" you know what it looks like.…

MINNEAPOLIS, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BridgePoint Medical, Inc., a private company developing innovative and proprietary technology in the field of interventional cardiology for crossing…

In case you were living under the science equivalent of a rock, the Journal of Cosmology published a study by a NASA researcher stating, essentially, that fossilized bacteria had been found on Earth…

BALTIMORE, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Esophageal Cancer is the fastest increasing cancer diagnosis in the Western World - up more than 400 percent in the past 20 years - and it usually a death…

It sounds great - teach ambiguity by introducing complex questions that do not have easy answers.    The problem is that a lot of students aren't going to get what they need out of classes…

It may not be in favor today but urine was used in medicine for millenia. In Rome,  Richard Sugg at the Guardian tells us, Pliny the Elder recommended fresh urine for the treatment of "…

Biodegradable sneakers?   Anything with 'green' slapped on it is going to sell to a certain audience but, as science always knew and the public discovered about ethanol, just because activists…

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (http://www.sonicfoundry.com/) , the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting, lecture capture and knowledge…

The weather is a formidable foe for all, save one - the United States Postal Service. Herodotus' words on the New York General Post Office near Penn Station often stand in as the unofficial USPS…

NEW YORK and LONDON, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MarketAxess Holdings Inc. , the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging…