Oyster Card Hack released

RFID based cards, such as London's Oyster Card, are known to be unsecure and were easily cracked eight months ago. Well, a group of Dutch researchers decided to release a paper on how the Oyster hack worked and the...

Natural Chemical Boundaries avoiding South Hemisphere's Air Contamination

A natural barrier dividing the hemispheres was discovered and explains why the south hemisphere is still with better air quality than the north. "British scientists say they've found a "chemical equator" that...

Inflammatory bowel gene uncovered

" Genetic variations which predispose people to a common inflammatory bowel condition have been uncovered by a team of German and UK researchers. It was known that ulcerative colitis, which affects around 100,000...

Scientists Create Energy-Producing Solar Paint

Soon terawatts of non-polluting electrical energy will be readily and cheaply available from sunlight, even when it's cloudy.  An inexpensive photo-voltaic paint has been invented in the UK and will soon be in...

German Researchers Claim Alzheimer's Breakthrough

" German scientists have developed a new enzyme-blocking method which nearly halts the formation of protein deposits associated with Alzheimer's. Still, it could be years before the treatment becomes reality. For more than a decade, Hans-Ulrich Demuth and his team at a...

'Sumo virus' warning is issued

" A viral skin condition linked to contact sports such as rugby and wrestling has prompted warnings after two deaths in Japan. "Herpes gladiatorum" - dubbed "scrumpox" in the UK - is passed through broken skin. ...

Loneliness 'makes you cold'

"     Loneliness and coldness are often associated in everyday language, but psychologists have found that social isolation does make people feel cold. The University of Toronto team found people feeling excluded said a room was colder than those...

Eating insects: save the planet and munch a moth

As food prices continue to rise, and the world gets hotter, we as humans need to find more ways to conserve our planet and help our species adapt.Well, eating insects could be the answer. I don't know if I could do...

Athletes Asthma caused by low levels of sweat, saliva and tears

It's important to be careful when exercise is practiced, even when all kinds of precautions are taken, bodies react differently to exercise related stress. I can identify with the following article after...

New virus test may stop cervical cancer in rural women

A new rapid test for the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer, has proven to be 90 percent accurate in a trial involving women in rural villages in eastern China.  The trial involved 2,388...

Calling B.S. on the Idea of 'Marijuana Addiction'

"It's laughable that the Feds are pushing the concept of pot addiction when science shows that withdrawal symptoms from caffeine are far worse.The U.S. government believes that America is going to pot -- literally.Earlier this month, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse...

As a massive atom smasher powers up, ‘Big Science’ moves away from the US

Science funding US unstable compared to europe: Moreover, researchers overseas point to a lack of stable funding in the US that is turning the country from widely courted partner to an “Ugly Betty” for some...

New spy gear: reflex biometric technology

This is the stuff that spy movies are made of: digital fingerprints, signature recognition, iris scanning software, and so on.  These days, even common laptops can be easily equipped with a fingerprint scanner...

Roman Empire 'raised HIV threat'

"  The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe could help explain why those living in its former colonies are more vulnerable to HIV. The claim, by French researchers, is that people once ruled by Rome are...

YES - NO ? follow your instinct, subliminal learning

You tend to be an intuitive thinker, and you have found that if you have a strong intuitive feeling about an answer you go with it, and it is usually correct. " New neuroscience study shows that going with your...

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