Machado Joseph disease (MJD) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with deposits of an aberrant form of the protein ataxin-3 in the brain. The disease is also fatal and the most common…

Humans communicate with machines every day and work is always being done to make interfaces more intuitive, but purely in regard to mechanical aspects. There's no question that the machines are in…

New geological evidence radiometric dating indicates the Grand Canyon may be so old that dinosaurs once lumbered along its rim, pushing back its assumed origins by 40 million to 50 million years. The…

New research shows that even affluent college students who don't need resources will still attempt to trade sexual currency for provisions, said Daniel Kruger, research scientist at the University of…

Discrimination against overweight people is as common as racial discrimination, according to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University. The study also says that…

Married men do less of it than live-in boyfriends but they do twice as much as they did 20 years ago and now it's linked to mental health. What is this magical creation? Housework. Not just…

There’s a strange wave phenomenon that’s plagued rocket scientists for years, a lurking threat with the power to destroy an engine at almost any time. For decades, scientists have had a limited…

If the aging process can’t be stopped, it can at least be predicted, say researchers from Tel Aviv University. They have developed a new biological marker that represents the age of a body’s bones.…

Chemists are describing development of a “revolutionary” process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen, which could be used to cheaply and efficiently power vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel…

A study published in the April 2008 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition(1) suggests an association between high egg consumption and all-cause mortality and the response from the…