Self Driving Cars Could Gear Up Internet Revenue

Medicine & Technology Mar 06, 2015

According to a new study by McKinsey and Company, self-driving cars could drive up Internet revenue by billions of dollars per year.

Scientists Have Finally Determined the Weight of Famed Stegosaurus

Mar 06, 2015

Scientists, using a new 3-D scanning technique, have finally been able to make a reasonable estimate of the weight of the world's most famous Stegosaurus, Sophie.

Climate Change Helped Fuel Syrian Civil War

Mar 06, 2015

By now it is pretty clear that we are beginning to experience visible effects resulting from climate change. Melting ice sheets, extreme drought and even heavy rain and snowfall can all be attributed to climate change. But one of the most terrifying results of climate change is the increased threat of war. A new study has found evidence that climate change stoked the fires and helped plunge Syria into civil war.

Ancient Human Jaw Bone Evidence of Earlier Evolution

Mar 05, 2015

A fragment of a jawbone dating back 2.8 million years is evidence that humans evolved more than 400,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Astronomers Discover Planet in Multiple Star System

Mar 05, 2015

Astronomers have discovered a new planet located in a system with three stars and another planet located in a system with not one, not two, not three, but four stars in the system.

Oxygen May Boost Immune Cells Fighting Cancer

Mar 05, 2015

Researchers might have discovered another new weapon in the fight against cancer -- oxygen. In a new study in mice. researchers found that something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells the boost they need to attack cancer cells in the body.

Arctic Ice Thinning Much Faster Than Scientists Thought

Mar 05, 2015

Scientists have discovered that Arctic sea ice, the ice that freezes and floats on waters in the Arctic, is thinning at much faster rate that they previously thought.

Superbug Infects 4 Patients at a Second Los Angeles Hospital

Mar 05, 2015

Four patients have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The superbug in questions has been linked to a type of medical scope that is used on more than a half-million people in the United States each year.

“Alien of the Deep” Makes Its Way to the Australian Museum

Mar 04, 2015

A rare sea creature found off the coast of Australia in January has finally made its way to the Australian Museum for study. The creature, a rare goblin shark often referred to as an "alien of the deep" was originally found off the coast of Australia by a fishermen that has since donated it to the museum.

Military Satellite Explodes in Space

Mar 04, 2015

An aging United States military weather satellite dubbed Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 13 (DMSP-F13) exploded in orbit on February 3. The explosion occurred after the 20-year-old satellite experienced a sudden spike in temperature, producing at least 43 pieces of debris.

Apple And Google Prepare to Patch the FREAK

Mar 04, 2015

Technology companies such as Google and Apple are scrambling to create a patch that will fix a major security flaw that for more than a decade has left their devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited websites that were considered secure.

Flu Only Infects Adults Twice a Decade

Mar 04, 2015

While the dangers of the flu may make headlines every flu season, researchers have calculated that adults over the age of 30 only catch the flu about once every five years.

Short Circuit Leaves Curiosity with One Arm

Mar 04, 2015

NASA has announced that the Mars Curiosity Rover now just has one arm, due to a short circuit that happened while the rover was attempting to retrieve a sample.

Dawn’s Long Journey About to End By Entering Orbit of Ceres

Mar 04, 2015

As the week draws to a close, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin the final climax of its long journey as it enters orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the Main Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Disneyland Measles Outbreak Could Result in Tougher Laws

Mar 04, 2015

In the past it has been easy for parents who did not wish to vaccinate their children to obtain an exemption. In many cases it only required the signing of a piece of paper. However, such exclusions may not be so easy to obtain in the future thanks to this year's highly publicized Disneyland measles outbreak.