Are you tired? Desiccated Thyroid Extract
Are you tired or have you been taking treatment for low thyroid function and still are tired? If so then desiccated thyroid extract may be something for you to explore! […]
Anxiety Boosts Sense of Smell
ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2012) — Anxious people have a heightened sense of smell when it comes to sniffing out a threat, according to a new study by Elizabeth Krusemark and Wen Li from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US. In animals, the sense of smell is an essential tool to […]
Sleeping Too Much or Too Little Can Be Bad for Your Heart
ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2012) — Getting too little sleep — or even too much — appears to spell trouble for the heart. New data reveal that adults who get less than six hours of sleep a night are at significantly greater risk of stroke, heart attack and congestive heart failure. Even […]
Does Death Exist?
Many of us fear death. We believe in death because we have been told we will die. We associate ourselves with the body, and we know that bodies die. But a new scientific theory suggests that death is not the terminal event we think. One well-known aspect of quantum physics […]
Antibiotic crisis – Modern farming and its risks for human health.
Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization warns that resistance to antibiotics could bring “the end of modern medicine as we know it”. Already a scratch on the leg of a child could have fatal consequences. The problem is also caused by modern agriculture, where feeding antibiotics to cattle […]
Traditional Remedy Bitter Cumin Is a Great Source Antioxidant Plant Phenols, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily (May 19, 2011) — Bitter cumin is used extensively in traditional medicine to treat a range of diseases from vitiligo to hyperglycemia. It is considered to be antiparasitic and antimicrobial and science has backed up claims of its use to reduce fever or as a painkiller. New research published in […]
Jordan: Scant rainfall, depleting springs take toll on once-thriving farming community
SOUF/JERASH — Once known for its abundant pure springs and lush green farms, the small town of Souf in Jerash is now severely lacking in fresh water sources. Springs in […]
Viruses Recruited as Killers of Tumors
Source: The New York Times In 1951, a 4-year-old boy with leukemia contracted chickenpox. His liver and spleen, swollen by the cancer, soon returned to normal, and his elevated blood cell count fell to that of a healthy child. His doctors at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology in San Francisco were thrilled […]
A Measured Rebuttal to China Over Solar Panels
Source: NY Times The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday that it would impose tariffs on solar panels imported from China after concluding that the Chinese government provided illegal export subsidies to manufacturers there. The tariffs were smaller, at 2.9 to 4.73 percent, than some American industry executives had expected. At […]
In Search for Alien Life, Researchers Enlist Human Minds
Source: NY Times On a chilly morning last week, Jill Tarter sat in a makeshift corner office facing the Allen Telescope Array, pondering a set of parallel lines that striped a window in her MacBook. Dr. Tarter directs the Center for SETI Research — SETI is the search for extraterrestrial […]
Rocket Plunge to Deep End of the Planet
Source: NY Times For centuries, the daredevils known as submariners have slipped beneath the waves in vehicles made for horizontal travel. Their craft are basically underwater ships. Even submersibles, small vessels that dive unusually deep, follow the horizontal plan. In a stroke, James Cameron has upended the field — […]
In America, TV watches you: CIA to spy on people through household items
Russian TV: With a growing number of ‘smart gadgets,’ spying on homes may start to become much easier. In fact, CIA Chief David Petraeus admitted that Americans were effectively bugging […]
Religion helped the Human Brain to Evolve-Research: A Divine Creator who Cares
Religious Experience Linked to Brain’s Social Regions: By Brandon Keim Brain scans of people who believe in God have found further evidence that religion involves neurological regions vital for social intelligence. […]
NASA Crushes 2012 Mayan Apocalypse Claims
Source: Scientific American Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have put out a new video to address false claims about the “Mayan apocalypse,” a non-event that some people believe will bring the world to an end on Dec. 21. In the video, which was posted online Wednesday (Mar. 7), Don […]
New metamaterial design may usher new generation of solar cells
Nicholas X. Fang, the Brit (1961) and Alex (1949) d’Arbeloff career development associate professor in engineering design in MIT’s department of mechanical engineering, says that most thin materials used to fully capture light are limited to a very narrow range of wavelengths and angles of incidence. The new design uses […]
Strange Effects: The Mystifying History of Neutrino Experiments
Source: Wired.com Late last year, scientists with the OPERA collaboration in Gran Sasso, Italy reported an incredible finding: neutrinos that appeared to be moving faster than the speed of light. The news spread at a barely slower pace, fascinating the public. One thing everyone knows is that a very famous […]
Biggest Solar Storm in Five Years to Hit Earth
Source: Wall Street Journal The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. Massive solar flares that erupted this week on the sun may result in the largest solar storm […]
Initiative advocates use of unconventional water resources to address shortage
by Hana Namrouqa | Mar 06,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Grey water from schools and mosques will be harvested and two ancient reservoirs will be rehabilitated this year under […]
A Challenge to Make Science Crystal Clear
Source: NY Times At 11, Alan Aldawas fascinated by the colorful, translucent undulations of a burning flame. So he asked his teacher, “What is a flame?” “It’s oxidation,” she said. The answer dumbfounded him. A flame is indeed oxidation, a type of chemical reaction that occurs when something burns. But […]