Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming

"The LiveScience Magazine has published a Top 10 global warming side-effects that not everyone knows about. Global warming is, actually, not only about ice melting in the Arctic and temperature rising. It could turn into very strange things. "

Premature Tropical Storm Not Due to Global Warming, Scientists Say

"The first named Atlantic storm of 2007 crept in today well before the season's official June 1 start, raising the question of whether global warming is responsible for the early arrival. Flowers, tree leaves, birds and other signs of spring have appeared earlier in recent...

Simple Injection Shows Promise for Treating Paralysis

" Paralyzed lab rodents with spinal cord injuries apparently regained some ability to walk six weeks after a simple injection of biodegradable soap-like molecules that helped nerves regenerate. The research could have implications for humans with similar injuries. "It will...

Deep-Sea Eruption Detected in Progress (LiveScience.com)

" LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Mon Nov 27, 4:40 PM ET Scientists made their first discovery of a volcanic eruption in progress 1.5 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The event was predicted at a site where earthquake activity had increased. The eruption was...

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Study: Office Bullies Create Workplace 'Warzone' (SPACE.com)

" Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Tue Oct 31, 5:00 PM ET The office might be far from the playground, but it’s not off limits to bullies. From a screaming boss to snubbing colleagues, bullies can create a “war zone” in the workplace....

Amazon River Flowed Backwards in Ancient Times (SPACE.com / LiveScience....

" Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Thu Oct 26, 12:30 PM ET South America's winding Amazon River flows in an easterly direction across the continent, dumping water into the Atlantic Ocean. But in eons past, it flowed from east-to-west and, for a time, in both...

Scientists Create Cloak of Partial Invisibility (SPACE.com / LiveScience...

" Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Thu Oct 19, 11:15 AM ET Scientists have created a cloaking device that can reroute certain wavelengths of light, forcing them around objects like water flowing around boulders in a stream. To creatures or machines that see...

Teenager Plays Video Game Just By Thinking (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Thu Oct 12, 2:30 PM ET The days of attacking aliens with a joystick could soon be over thanks to a breakthrough technique where a teenager played Space Invaders using only signals from his brain . With a technique that...

Marijuana's Key Ingredient Might Fight Alzheimer's (SPACE.com / LiveScie...

" Charles Q. Choi Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Thu Oct 5, 10:15 AM ET The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's than any currently approved drugs...

New Photos Reveal 1935 Airship at Bottom of Pacific Ocean (SPACE.com / L...

" LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com Thu Sep 28, 8:53 AM ET On Feb. 12, 1935, during severe weather off Point Sur, Calif., a U.S. Navy " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> U.S. Navy flying machine called the USS Macon fell from the sky, plunged into the Pacific...

Breast Implants Linked to Higher Suicide Rate (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Wed Sep 20, 10:30 AM ET Boosting breast size with plastic surgery has been linked to a significantly higher suicide rate among women in a new 15-year study. While overall risk of health problems did not change, the...

Floating Ocean Windmills Designed to Generate More Power (SPACE.com / Li...

" Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Mon Sep 18, 4:45 PM ET Windmills that would float hundreds of miles out at sea could one day help satisfy our energy needs without being eyesores from land, scientists said today. Offshore wind turbines are not new, but they...

Zit Myths Cleared Up (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Corey Binns Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Tue Sep 5, 12:45 AM ET Zits are a familiar foe, plugging the pores of people young and old, all around the world. Acne is the most common skin disorder in the United States. An estimated 80 percent of all people between the...

Pacific Crab Invades Atlantic (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

" Andrea Thompson LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Wed Sep 6, 5:00 PM ET There's a new face appearing on Atlantic Ocean "most wanted" posters: the Dungeness crab. Marine scientists are worried that this west coast crab could be invading east coast waters after it was...