Cassini Explores North Pole Area of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been sending back spectacular images and providing scientists with valuable data about the Saturn and its many moons since its arrival there in 2004. On October 14th, Cassini returned to Saturn’s ice-covered and 6th largest moon Enceladus, the latest of many trips […]
A Close Look at Saturn Moon’s North Pole; Imitation Skin Senses Pressure
Posted October 16th, 2015 at 7:00 pm (UTC-4)
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Study: Lakes On Ancient Mars; Scientists Say They Know Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer
Posted October 9th, 2015 at 4:34 pm (UTC-4)
New Caltech Study Finds That Mars Once Had Lakes A couple of weeks ago the science world was all a twitter after NASA announced that its scientists had found evidence of flowing water on Mars. The excitement raised expectations that life may exist on the Red Planet since, as some say, where there’s water, there’s life. […]
Researchers Map Plastic Debris in Pacific Ocean
Posted August 24th, 2015 at 7:19 pm (UTC-4)
A team of volunteers, sailing in a flotilla of some thirty vessels, has successfully completed its month long research expedition through the eastern portion of the infamous Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. The first group of boats from the 30 vessel fleet, along with the Ocean Starr, a former NOAA research vehicle which served as […]
Science Scanner: Heart of Space Telescope Survives Deep Freeze, Pain-Free Blood Tests and 3-D Videogames Trigger Player Anger
Posted October 22nd, 2014 at 7:13 pm (UTC-4)
Key Space Telescope Component Passes Deep Freeze Test Officials with the James Webb Space Telescope project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland report success in a crucial test to see if a key component, which they refer to as the ‘heart’ of the space telescope, can take the incredibly cold conditions of space. […]
Mars Mission Could Accelerate Alzheimer’s in Astronauts
Posted January 2nd, 2013 at 8:23 pm (UTC-4)
Traveling into deep space could accelerate the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, an incurable form of dementia, according to a new report. The NASA-funded study assessed how cosmic radiation would impact the astronauts throughout their trip in deep space. The effect of cosmic radiation on the human body has been a concern for the US space agency as […]
Scientist Discover Way to Lose Weight Without Dieting
Posted December 10th, 2012 at 7:12 pm (UTC-4)
British scientists have found you can lose weight without dieting – by replacing high-fat foods with their low-fat counterparts. Writing in the British Medical Journal, researchers from the University of East Anglia found that people who switched out high-fat foods with low-fat substitutes lost about 1.6 kg over six months without any additional dieting. They […]
Scientists Discover Planet Covered in Diamonds
Posted October 22nd, 2012 at 6:34 pm (UTC-4)
Scientists have found a planet outside of our solar system which could be a true diamond in the rough. This gem of a planet is twice Earth’s size, according to the US-Franco team that found it, and its surface appears to be covered in graphite and diamond. Researchers estimate that at least one-third of the […]
Bad Memories? Here, Take a Pill
Posted June 3rd, 2011 at 6:29 pm (UTC-4)
Do you ever wish you could take a pill that would erase a really traumatic memory or at least help take the emotional pain away? A recent study suggests researchers might be on to something like that. The team from the Centre for Studies on Human Stress at the University of Montreal says the drug […]