Ancient lunar 'fire fountain' mystery solved

  The decades-old mystery of ancient lunar volcanic “fire mountains” may finally have been solved,...

Scientists discover electrical control of cancer cell growth

  Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have identified an...

Are ants taking drugs?!

  New research from the University of Helsinki in Finland has shown that ants will...

Scientists create flu vaccine that may last longer than...

  Every year more than 200,000 people are sent to the hospital with the seasonal...

Greenland glacier loses what may be the largest chunk of ice ever

Earlier this month, Greenland’s massive and rapidly-melting Jakobshavn Glacier lost what some experts believe may have been the largest chunk of ice ever observed,...

woman sexual identity

Women are more flexible in their sexual identity, study says

  Availability of romantic opportunities influences the sexual identity that women associate themselves with—but doesn’t influence men, according to a...

middle east air quality

Could conflict in the Middle East be improving air quality?

  While the ongoing armed conflict and political unrest in the Middle East is far from a good thing, it...

improving prosthetics

Improving prosthetics with 'Disney brooms' and 'pizza cheese
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The pain caused by prostheses, due to irritating contact with the body, is for obvious reasons a major issue...