Mar 18 In times of stress, men become self-centered, women focus on others By Robert Pursell A new study reveals how men and women react differently to stress. The study, to be published in the May issue of the journal Psychoneuroendicrinology, claims that in times of stress male subjects become more egocentric and less able to… Continue reading
Mar 18 ‘Ripples’ of the Big Bang reveal the beginning of the universe By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Update, 10:52 a.m. Mar. 18 EDT: Video by Stanford University shows Professor Andrei Linde and his wife’s surprise when they are told for the first time there is evidence supporting cosmic inflation theory. “It just overwhelms,” Mr. Linde said. Continue reading
Mar 17 After 1,600 years frozen, Antarctic moss shows ‘unprecedented’ survival By Justin Scuiletti A moss plant that spent around 1,600 years under Antarctic ice has been revived by scientists and is growing anew in a case of “unprecedented millennial-scale survival.”… Continue reading
Mar 17 Scientists find ‘smoking gun’ evidence from the creation of the universe By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists believe that less than a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang, the universe began to rapidly expand as fast as the speed of light. With a radio telescope at the South Pole, scientists followed gravitational waves which… Continue reading
Mar 16 Study finds phone metadata can reveal sensitive personal information By Hari Sreenivasan, News Desk The government has your number, and the meta-data surrounding it. What does that really mean? From the heads of intelligence agencies to the president, they've all said it is not identifiable, but a couple of students at Stanford are finding… Continue reading
Mar 14 Find your slice of birthday in pi By Frank Bi Because it is an irrational number, pi is infinite and never falls into a repeating pattern. Despite its use in mathematics for centuries, research is still being done on pi to determine whether the numbers repeat in a certain frequency. Continue reading
Mar 14 Welcome to Pleistocene Park: Russian scientists say they have a ‘high chance’ of cloning a woolly mammoth By Zachary Treu Woolly mammoth blood and tissue discovered in Siberia in 2013 will give scientists “a high chance” to clone the prehistoric animal, a medical anthropologist told the English-language Siberian Times this week. Paleontologists discovered the carcass of a female… Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch Japan considers energy future after Fukushima By PBS News Hour A disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, has greatly affected how Japanese citizens feel about that energy source. Polls suggest that 80 percent of voters now oppose nuclear power in Japan. But walking away… Continue watching
Mar 12 Why is my baby’s poop this color? By Jenny Marder I’d like to say that our conversations in the early weeks of parenthood focused on how to contribute most effectively to the college fund, establish healthy sleep habits and encourage muscle-building activities like tummy time. They didn’t. They were about… Continue reading