Listening to your iPod or mp3 player for several hours at a time could put your hearing at risk, according to the least fun science article ever written. The editorial, published today in the…

In the last two decades there has been a dramatic rise in the use of psychotropic medications to treat children. One in every fifty Americans is now considered permanently disabled by mental illness,…

The reduced risk of cardiovascular disease seen in people who eat a Mediterranean diet may be attributable to the phenolic components of virgin olive oil, which repress several pro-inflammatory genes…

The authors of a new study in Nature Methods say they have discovered 2,363 new DNA sequences corresponding to 730 regions on the human genome not charted in the reference map of the human genome. "A…

Modest weight loss appears to reverse many of the damaging changes often seen in the immune cells of obese people, particularly those with Type 2 diabetes, according to a new research. The recent…

It's well known that serious air pollution can cause of all kinds of nasty health problems - headaches, nausea, allergic reactions, chronic respiratory disease, lung cancer and heart disease counted…

Research conducted at the University of Alberta confirms that fat people are often labeled lazy simply because of their size. The new study found that when a thin person was seen laying down…

In a study study likely to increase travelers' trust in the TSA, Duke university researchers say identifying a prohibited item such as a water bottle may keep airport security from detecting harder…

The mark of any great comic genius is being able to ridicule two groups at once and still be funny.  A few days back Dilbert took on homepathy and he got in some ancient kooks as well.  If…

Some Observations On Book Learning First you learn the rules of words, But next you unlearn all that guff, And wierd your words into absurds, It's much more fun than grammar stuff. Baby's First…

3 NASA employees out of the 22,000 people about to lose their jobs sat in a room full of loyal Democrats and listened to President Barack Obama talk about how much he loved NASA.  Then he talked…

As we’ve just had income tax time in the U.S., I’ve been hearing a bunch of silliness associated with it. I thought I’d talk about two of my favourite (well, for some value of “favourite”) tax…

Eyjafjallajökull - Thats Easy For You To Say ! Eyja   fjalla   jökull It's not LL as in miller. It's TL as in antler. Stress is on syllables shown in bold. "Eyja" - island - ayuh…

"The common curse of mankind - folly and ignorance." - Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida "And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastical tyranny's the worst." - Daniel Defoe, Jure…

Researchers say they have found another potential risk factor for breast cancer--Grandma's diet. Georgetown University scientists say that pregnant rats that ate a high fat diet not only increased…

NASA's Terra satellite has captured another image of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull-Fimmvörduháls volcano ash cloud, now moving into Germany. Eyjafjallajökull continues to spew ash into the air and the…

Moral behavior may increase our capacity for willpower and physical endurance, according to new research from Harvard University. Participants in the new study who did good deeds -- or even just…

A common treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes could one day help smokers avoid lung cancer, say scientists at the National Cancer Institute. Metformin decreases levels of insulin-like growth…

Many Americans go to foreign news sources for coverage of the war in Iraq and Palestinian-Israeli conflict because western media outlets censor gruesome war-time images, according to a study in Media…

In 2009, the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company launched a dissolvable nicotine product called Camel Orbs. The mint look-a-likes are intended as a temporary form of nicotine for smokers in settings where…