Category Archives: Technology

Medical researchers have identified an approved arthritis drug that is effective against amoebas in lab and animal studies, suggesting it could offer a low-dose, low cost treatment for the amoebic infections that cause human dysentery throughout the world.

Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study shows that oxytocin — a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout the body — increased brain function in regions that are known to process social information in children and adolescents … Continue reading →

New simulation study shows that atmosphere warms when pollution intensifies storms. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet clear.

It’s 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning and there’s just been what is truly a heart-stopping moment in the launch business — a last-second launch abort.

It’s 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning and there’s just been what is truly a heart-stopping moment in the launch business — a last-second launch abort.

It’s 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning and there’s just been what is truly a heart-stopping moment in the launch business — a last-second launch abort.

Deep ocean microorganisms are subsisting on nutrients first laid down when dinosaurs still walked the Earth.

Deep ocean microorganisms are subsisting on nutrients first laid down when dinosaurs still walked the Earth.

Deep ocean microorganisms are subsisting on nutrients first laid down when dinosaurs still walked the Earth.

Mongolia is raising concerns that a rare Tyrannosaur specimen now on auction in New York City may have left the country illegally.