The mathematically challenged tend to feel that they're doomed to their fate, but a small study suggests that a mild form of electrical brain simulation can improve student's mental math and memorization abilities — and even more interestingly, the effects appear to be long-lasting.
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The mathematically challenged tend to feel that they're doomed to their fate, but a small study suggests that a mild form of electrical brain simulation can improve student's mental math and memorization abilities — and even more interestingly, the effects appear to be long-lasting.
Researchers believe they may have located the rumored-yet-unconfirmed city of la Ciudad Blanca, the “White City” thought to have been described by Hernan Cortez to King Charles V in 1526. Cortez and others thought the fabled city to be a huge metropolis filled with riches but it was never....
The spy satellite that was donated to NASA in 2012 might be one of the next objects in line to be sent to Mars.
The satellite was one of two that were built for a National Reconnaissance Office program called Future Imagery Architecture. Unfortunately, the program was terminated in....
The search for a far-off twin of Earth has turned up two of the most intriguing candidates yet.
Scientists say these new worlds are the right size and distance from their parent star, so that you might expect to find liquid water on their surface.
It is impossible to....
Scientists make 'laboratory-grown' kidney
by redbull (#2) 39 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
A kidney "grown" in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say.
Similar techniques to make simple body parts have already been used in patients, but the kidney is one of the most complicated organs made so far.
Why such a fuss about extinction?
by redbull (#2) 60 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
What is wrong with extinction? I realise this question is the conservation equivalent of a landmine - or an elephant trap. And that it is likely to ruffle a lot of fur.
But I ask because I am merely wondering whether we sometimes forget a grim reality of the story of life on Earth -....
Giant squid genetics reveal family secrets
by redbull (#2) 65 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
Giant squid around the world are "basically identical" despite looking very different, scientists say.
The super-sized cephalopods live deep in the oceans and are little-known by the scientific community.
An international team of researchers investigated rare samples of....
Neanderthal large eyes 'caused their demise'
by redbull (#2) 72 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they became extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing.
This ability enabled our....
Ten extraordinary Pentagon mind experiments
by redbull (#2) 73 days ago (http://www.bbc.com)
It’s been 30 years since the first message was sent over initial nodes of the Arpanet, the Pentagon-sponsored precursor to the internet. But this month, researchers announced something that could be equally historic: the passing of messages between two rat brains, the first step toward what....
Japan quake 'heard at edge of space'
by redbull (#2) 74 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
The great Tohoku earthquake in Japan two years ago was so big its effects were even felt at the edge of space.
Scientists say the Magnitude 9.0 tremor on 11 March 2011 sent a ripple of sound through the atmosphere that was picked up by the Goce satellite.
Its....
Will we ever… regenerate limbs?
by redbull (#2) 77 days ago (http://www.bbc.com)
n Spider-Man comics, scientist Curt Connors injects himself with a serum based on lizard DNA and re-grows his amputated arm. He also transforms into a giant humanoid lizard and becomes evil. Unfortunate side-effects aside, the Lizard’s story reflects a real and longstanding scientific quest –....
Scientists say babies decipher speech as early as three months before birth.
The evidence comes from detailed brain scans of 12 infants born prematurely.
At just 28 weeks' gestation, the babies appeared to discriminate between different syllables like "ga" and "ba" as....
As American science students struggle to compete with the global competition, Oklahoma is moving forward with a law that could ban Biology teachers from failing students who argue that humans co-existed with dinosaurs. The state legislator’s committee in charge of education standards has....
An asteroid as large as an Olympic swimming pool will race past the Earth on Friday at a distance of just 27,700km (17,200mi) - the closest ever predicted for an object of that size.
It will pass closer even than the geosynchronous satellites that orbit the Earth, but there is no....
Earth's close brush with asteroid
by redbull (#2) 108 days ago (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
A rock which weighs about as much as an aircraft carrier is approaching Earth - but there is no danger of a direct strike.
This Nasa animation shows the rock getting close to Earth..
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