Science
Find your risk of dying in U.S. and Europe E-mail
Sunday, 08 November 2009
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a website that predicts the probability of dying, based on 66 different health causes, in the various states of the United States versus the different countries of Europe, along with comparisons due to gender, age, and race.

 
Got bacteria? Yes, and you are unique! E-mail
Saturday, 07 November 2009
To find out how people differ with respect to bacteria and the onset of human diseases, researchers from Colorado and Missouri checked out 27 different locations on healthy adults. What they found out may surprise you!

 
It's safe to drink rainwater in Australia E-mail
Saturday, 07 November 2009
According to a Monash University study, people in Australia who drink rainwater are just as safe as others.

 
Laser-powered robot works like a space elevator E-mail
Friday, 06 November 2009
The company LaserMotive has developed a laser-powered robot that can climb about one kilometer up a wire into the sky. The company just won part of the 2010 Space Elevator Challenge.

 
Infants most likely to get H1N1; older people most likely to die E-mail
Friday, 06 November 2009
According to a California study of people hospitalized with the H1N1 flu, infants are most likely to be hospitalized with the illness, while people 50 years and older are most likely to die once in the hospital.

 
Third flyby images more of unseen parts of Mercury E-mail
Thursday, 05 November 2009
The NASA Messenger spacecraft has mapped another 6% of the surface of Mercury, leaving only the polar regions of the planet unseen by humans with the aid of spacecraft.

 
Electrifying drive sets new energy benchmark E-mail
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Internode managing director, Simon Hackett, has driven the world’s first fully-electric production supercar 3000 kilometres from Darwin to Adelaide at a cost of $126.11, or four cents a kilometre, and equal to fuel use of 1.6 litres per 100 kilometres.

 
Diet sodas may lead to kidney problems in women E-mail
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Two or more diet sodas each day were found to double a women’s risk of having kidney problems. And, these same two-plus diet-soda per day women had a 30% decrease in their kidney function over the length of the study.

 
Glaciers on Kilimanjaro melting fast E-mail
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
According to scientific measurements made on Kilimanjaro by U.S. researchers, the glaciers found on the mountain in Africa could be gone within 25 years or less.

 
Retirees have less sleep problems E-mail
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
According to a Finnish-led study on sleep, retired people were found to have far fewer sleep disturbances than people still in the work force--assuming, that is, retirement is not a financial problem for them.

 
British find depression linked to processed foods E-mail
Monday, 02 November 2009
A study performed in the United Kingdom found that among middle-aged civil servants, depression was much less of a chance when people ate a diet full of natural foods rather than processed foods.

 
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