Chelation, the controversial treatment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is not only ineffective but may be harmful, according to a study conducted by Baylor University researchers. Chelation…

In the early 1990s, scientists were surprised to find that areas near Mercury's poles were unusually bright when observed with radar from Earth, a potential indication that ice might be present.…

Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a super massive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A are shown off by the combined imaging power of the Hubble Space…

If you are obese, it is reasonably well-established that you are not going to exercise and vibration machines that sound like they might be less work, like the kind developed by the Soviets for…

 Astronomers theorize that an as-yet-unidentified form of matter is responsible for 90 percent of the gravity within galaxies and clusters of galaxies but because it is detected via its gravity…

The winners of the 2012 Semantic Web Challenge (SWC), determined by a jury from both academia and industry, were announced at the International Semantic Web Conference held in Boston. The challenge…

A monster black hole has been detected.  With 17 billion solar masses, it is significantly heavier than models predict and could be the most massive black hole known to date. …

Merck Serono, a division of Merck, has donated its 100 millionth praziquantel tablet to the World Health Organization (WHO). Schistosomiasis is the second-most prevalent tropical disease in Africa…

People follow patterns. If you were projecting a future for New York City in the early 1980s, you would have rightfully anticipated a Kurt Russell movie where the city is walled off from the rest of…

Does one’s skull vibrate when chewing biscuits?  The answer is yes, up to a point – that’s according to a recentl experimental study performed by the Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery,…

Evolutionarily speaking, most of the harmful mutations that still exist in people are recent, which makes the case that nature is still out to get us, even in modern times. A study dated the age of…

There are lots of diagnostic tests available outside of the conventional medical system and those include tests for food intolerance, like vega testing, kinesiology, hair "body field analysis"…

"While looking for the decay pi+ ->  e+ nu_e, we focused all our attention on reducing backgrounds, since a prior experiment had set a limit at the level of 10^-6 on the branching ratio. When…

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 so it has seen a lot - but it recently saw something that has not happened since 1997. Seasonal atmospheric circulation direction changes…

A few years ago, my wife had a milestone birthday and decided she wanted to run a marathon.  Now, I don't even like to drive 26 miles much less run that far - that Greek guy is famous because he…

Social authoritarians love big government and lots of regulations - they also tend to love organic food. Now they have met.  The FDA, acting under broad new authority granted by President Obama…

Social authoritarians love big government and lots of regulations - they also tend to love organic food. Now they have met.  The FDA, acting under broad new authority granted by President Obama…

Bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail, 24, insists that his 31-inch arms are solely the result of training and a diet that consists of 7 pounds of protein, 9 pounds of carbohydrates and 3 gallons of water per…

Bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail, 24, insists that his 31-inch arms are solely the result of training and a diet that consists of 7 pounds of protein, 9 pounds of carbohydrates and 3 gallons of water per…

EFSA, the food safety agency for the European Union, definitively rejected the bombshell French report headed by Gilles-Eric Séralini linking genetically modified corn to cancer, saying it failed to…