Rated 4.8/5 by parents & students
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have propounded that teenage parents may be more likely to pass on birth defects to their children. The Study looked at DNA of 24,000 parents and their children found that when the father was 20 or younger, the children had many more mutations than did children of older dads, as well […]
Teenage Parents More Likely To Have Defected Babies, Study Reveals Read More »
Hong Kong – A team of Hong Kong medical doctors have described what appeared to be a pair of fetuses inside the body of a newborn baby girl – an extremely rare medical occurrence. Each fetuses had four limbs, skin, a rib cage, intestines and primitive brain tissue, according to a study published this month in
Weird! Newborn baby pregnant with twins (photo) Read More »
When a lizard loses its tail, it grows back. But how? Scientists have taken a big step closer to answering that question by pinpointing the genes responsible for tail regeneration. And the finding may yield important clues about how to regenerate limbs in humans. For the study, the researchers took a close look at roughly
EXPLAINED: How Lizards Regrow Their Tails Read More »
You don’t need a degree in astrophysics and lots of fancy equipment to detect cosmic rays, those invisible subatomic particles that zoom through space and crash into Earth. All you need is some duct tape and a couple of free apps, and you can turn your smart phone into a pocket cosmic ray detector. “It
How To Turn Your Phone Into A Cosmic Ray Detector Read More »
In 2006, Pluto lost its status as a planet when other bodies in the solar system of similar or greater size were found. The decision to demote it to a ‘dwarf planet’ by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) at the time was highly contentious – and it now seems many still want its planet status
Telepathy is a staple of science fiction–just think of Mr. Spock or the Jedi knights. But new research shows that mind-melds no longer belong only to the world of make-believe. An international team of scientists demonstrated what they call the first direct brain-to-brain communication, sending the words “hola” and “ciao” between two people thousands of
Incredible: Scientists demonstrate First brain-to-brain human communication (Video) Read More »
Ever spent ages swapping batteries in and out of remote controls to find out which ones still have power in them? Next time, just try dropping them on a hard surface and see if they bounce. This is because spent alkaline batteries are more likely to bounce than fresh ones, according to an American electrical
Bouncing Batteries! The simple trick that helps you know if a battery is dead Read More »
A newly discovered asteroid will pass “very close” to Earth on Sunday, NASA says. The space rock is estimated to be 60 feet (18 meters) long. It’s expected to fly over New Zealand about 2:18 p.m. EDT (18:18 GMT). It won’t hit Earth or any of the thousands of satellites orbiting the planet, NASA says.
Sigh: How an Asteroid will Narrowly miss Earth on Sunday Read More »
You may think your microwave is good only for making popcorn or heating up last night’s leftovers. But with a big chocolate bar and a little ingenuity, you can use your microwave to calculate the speed of light. “It’s possible to measure the speed of light in your microwave because microwaves are really a type
Revealed: How To Calculate The Speed Of Light With Your Microwave Read More »
Ever feel like your besties understand you better than anyone? As in, it’s hard to believe you’re not actually related? Yup, us too—which is why we were thrilled (and yet a little unsurprised) that it turns out they might be more linked to us than we think. Geneticists at Yale University and the University of
