Cardiovascular Disease #1 Cause of World’s Deaths A new 25 year global study suggests cardiovascular diseases is now the cause of one third of all deaths throughout the world. The study reports that in 2015 nearly 18 million people worldwide died from this family of illnesses, which includes heart attack, congestive heart failure, coronary artery […]
#1 Cause of Death; More Sleep=Less Pain?; Look Younger – Don’t Smile
Posted May 17th, 2017 at 2:30 pm (UTC-4)
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Zika Kills Cells Crucial to Brain Development; Did Volcanoes Cause Mars to Tilt?
Posted March 7th, 2016 at 4:20 pm (UTC-4)
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Study: Zika Virus Infects and Kills Fetal Cerebral Cortex Cells This birth defect can cause babies to be born with an unusually small head and inhibited brain development. The scientists, who made their findings based on experiments performed with lab-grown human stem cells, discovered that the Zika virus is attracted to and infects the cells […]
Science Images of the Month – August 2015
Posted August 31st, 2015 at 7:00 pm (UTC-4)
World’s Largest Single Volcano Found Off Japan Coast
Posted September 6th, 2013 at 5:36 pm (UTC-4)
Researchers have identified the largest volcano ever documented on the planet. It’s even bigger than Hawaii’s legendary Mauna Loa, which remains the biggest active volcano on our planet. Called Tamu Massif, this enormous dormant or inactive volcano is located within the huge underwater mountain range called Shatsky Rise formation about 1609 kilometers east of Japan. […]
Science Images of the Week
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Science Images of the Week
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Scientists Move Closer to Predicting Volcanic Eruptions
Posted June 12th, 2012 at 6:47 pm (UTC-4)
Oregon scientists who correctly predicted the 2011 eruption of the Axial Seamount underwater volcano years before it occurred, now say another underwater volcano off the Oregon coast gave off signals just hours before it erupted. Underwater hydrophones showed a sudden increase in seismic energy about 2.6 hours before the eruption started about 400 kilometers off […]
Coils of Lava Found on Mars
Posted April 27th, 2012 at 10:52 pm (UTC-4)
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An Arizona State University graduate student has discovered unique spiral patterns in solidified lava flows on the surface of Mars. In a paper published in Science, Andrew Ryan describes the snail-like patterns as ranging in size from about one meter to 30 meters across. While lava flows such as these have been found on the […]