Discover five bizarre and fascinating New Year's Eve superstitions from around the world to bring luck, prosperity, and adventure to your celebrations.
Only one-fifth of the "new year, new me" crowd was found to follow through with their fitness goals for more than a year after signing up for gym membership. Read to learn more.
A restoration work at the Temple of Esna in Egypt unveiled an ancient painting of the gods depicted at a New Year’s scene. Continue reading the article to find out more.
Mark Zuckerberg has finally decided what his New Year's resolution will be and has declared 2015 the "year of books" inviting his followers to join him reading one book every two weeks.
Approvals for medicine in the United States have reached their highest levels in eighteen years, and recommendations for new drugs in Europe also came at a rapid rate, driven by expensive new treatments for cancer and other rare and serious diseases. After enduring wave after wave of patent losses on some of their larger, more popular drugs, pharmaceutical firms are beginning to recover by bringing new medicines to the market, while also improving their productivity.
A new study has discovered that the year you were born can influence your risk for obesity. New research that appeared in the journal PNAS Early Edition has found that the year you were born can influence your risk for obesity.
While their families and colleagues must undoubtedly think about them 24 hours a day, it seems that most residents of Earth never find themselves pondering what life must be like for the elite six astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) just outside our atmosphere. Orbiting the Earth in a giant space-bound laboratory, life can get pretty interesting. And something even as innocuous as the ball drop of a new year can turn into something entirely note-worthy.
In terms of discoveries and technological advancements, 2014 marked an important year for NASA. In fact the US space agency made huge strides towards its goal of sending astronauts to Mars. And these achievements were reached through a combination of front-line testing and scientific findings, while at the same time examining our own planet and the vast universe around it.
A new study has shown the link between the body and brain is stronger than initially thought. In the study, people who imagined themselves exercising not only strengthened their brain but also strengthen their muscles and slowed down muscle atrophy.
The European Space Agency compiled the five months' worth of pictures down to a 6 minute video that, while depicting space in the most accurate way, feels like science fiction to watch. The video shows natural phenomena such as auroras, lightening and other intense weather patterns like us earth-dwellers have never seen before. It even shows the most breathtaking views of lit-up cities, deep blue oceans, stars and clouds.
