Test From Pentagon - Find 10 Red Balloons

Darpa, the American Pentagon's research agency is offering a prize of $40,000 to the first person or group that can find the 10 red balloons that they planted in continental U.S.A.  " The goal is to learn...

New Experimental Osteoporosis Drug Without Apparent Side Effects

The experimental drug denosumab seems to treat osteoporosis equally well as existing drugs, but without the side effects. Side effects from the osteoporosis drugs Boniva, Fosamax and Reclast include cancer and even disintegration of bone in the jaw. Denosumab is currently...

Cancer Treatment Kills Tumors by 'Cooking'

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Doctors at Cleveland Clinic are offering a new treatment for the most deadly form of brain cancer.  Their new experimental treatment literally 'zaps' the tumor away.  This new laser...

West Hollywood Dermatologist Indicted

Looks like a silly West Hollywood dermatologist wanted to shoot up his patients with unapproved drugs.  What do you think?" December 19, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by injury lawyers in Los Angeles, a popular West Hollywood dermatologist David Cary...

Medical Marijuana, Then and Now

Medical Marijuana, Then and Now The latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany includes a report on the oldest known marijuana stash, nearly two pounds found in the grave of a Gushi shaman who was buried 2,700 years ago in the Gobi Desert near Turpan....

[Crowd-powered] Program brings Web's collective wisdom to patent process

AKA "Peer-to-patent", this process posts patent applications online for the public to review, helping to uncover cases of "prior art" and obvious ideas that shouldn't be patented, and helping the Patent Office to cut down on mistakes and through paperwork."WASHINGTON (AP) --...

Japanese Elephant Better at Math than American Students

Yup, it's true. It really is true."The elephant's memory is legendary, but in a large, gray surprise to science, the mighty Asian elephant turns out to have a distinct flair for math as well Under carefully controlled experimental conditions — essentially...

Attention couch potatoes: exercise pill in the works

"Exercise pill" is a great oxymoron.  I'm sure it could provide great benefit to people who cannot exercise but I'm not so sure about its application for couch potatoes. Right now, if you're a mouse, you...

Loud bar music makes people drink more

Blame the DJ: a new French study has found that loud bar music makes people drink more and drink faster.""Previous research had shown that fast music can cause fast drinking, and that music versus no music can cause a person to spend more time in a bar," said Nicolas Gueguen,...

Loud music makes people drink faster

When you're at a loud club, do you ever feel like the bass is cheering you on: "chug chug chug?" I don't either, but some new research suggests that loud music increases drinking speed from about 15 minutes a beer...

Retinal transplant boosts vision

There has been a big discovery for the causes of blindness in old age. Researchers at the University of Louisville have successfully used foetal retinal cells to boost the vision in the old age blind cases. "An experimental transplant of cells into the eyes of patients with...

Google Introduces a Cartoonlike Method for Talking in Chat Rooms

"On Tuesday the company introduced Lively, an online tool that allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with friends and other Internet users in virtual chat rooms. The rooms can be added to any blog or Web site. Google unveiled...

vienna vegetable orchestra

What will they think of next!? The YouTube footage shows the vegetable orchestra during shopping, preparations and some clips of one of our live shows."The Vegetable Orchestra performs music solely on instruments...

Baby mammoth will ‘live’ 500 years

"Scientists say the body of a prehistoric mammoth, found in Russia, can be preserved for another 500 years. The frozen remains, weighing 50kg, were discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals May last...

Google developers need you for Gmail!

"NEWDELHI: Wish you had a say on how your email works, the features, looks and etal? You actually have if you are a Gmail user. The search giant Google hasintroduced Gmail Labs that takes experimentation right to the users. The Lab has launched 13 settings for users to...

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