August 17, 2017 According to researchers, Sriracha lovers are masochists Sriracha might be the world’s new favorite condiment -- but it is also a trigger for the hidden masochist in all of us.
August 17, 2017 The next Einstein? America's best and brightest minds From curing blindness to building safer bridges to specialized 3-D that can save lives, American innovators are taking on science’s biggest challenges.
August 16, 2017 Live forever? Scientists say human bodies have no detectable maximum lifespan Last year, an academic research paper was published, arguing that maximum life expectancy is up to 125 years, but no longer. A newly-published piece of research disagrees in a big way.
July 12, 2017 Why Arizona Gets Scorched by Severe Wildfires A lightning strike and a house fire that ignited a propane tank are among the immediate causes of the wildfires torching thousands of Arizona acres, media reports say.
July 4, 2017 EPA-funded lab faked research results on respiratory illnesses, whistleblower lawsuit claims Duke University has admitted that a research lab technician falsified or fabricated research data, some of which went into successful applications for major grants from the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as other government agencies.
June 29, 2017 First, lab-grown reptile skin -- next, mutant ninja turtles? Scientists have engineered reptile skin in the lab. From the skin, which belongs to the endangered green turtle, the scientists grew a devastating virus with the hopes to better understand and fight the disease in the species.
June 28, 2017 A bizarre new form of liquid water is discovered Liquid water comes in two forms — low density and high density, scientists have found.
June 8, 2017 Scientists just did something even Einstein didn't think was possible Researchers just confirmed a theory originally proposed by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago, and it's something that even the famed physicist thought was impossible.
June 2, 2017 Startup buys young blood, injects it into older people It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it's real: Ambrosia, a startup from entrepreneur Jesse Karmazin, pays for the blood of people under the age of 25, then sells anyone over age 35 a transfusion of the younger blood for $8,000—the only US company to offer such a service, Vanity Fair reports.
April 11, 2017 Who in the universe is listening to The Beatles? <p>On Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles took the state at the Ed Sullivan Theater for their first U.S. show. The TV broadcast, carried by very high frequence waves, traveled at the speed of light to 73 million viewers, then out into space. Those waves are now nearly 300 trillion miles away -- and still traveling.</p>
