Tag: Science

New Study Indicates Coronaviruses Can survive a week

If the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV (now also called COVID-19 virus) is anything like its family members, a new study suggests it could survive on inanimate objects for well over a week. 

China reports more than 200 infections with new coronavirus from

Beijing and Shenzhen both have cases; South Korea becomes third affected country outside China

Trial suggests fasting 14 hours a day helps diabetes and weight

An interesting new clinical study is suggesting restricting food intake to a 10-hour window each day may be a simple yet beneficial way to help treat metabolic syndromes such as diabetes or heart disease. The 12-week pilot study revealed the eating intervention, in conjunction with prescribed…

Dallas Ebola Patient exposed school Age Children

Multiple school age  children in Texas may have been exposed to Ebola by the first patient diagnosed with the virus…

Keep 32 could keep you cavity free

New chemical makes teeth cavity proof

A new chemical molecule that kills the germs that cause cavities could be added to tooth paste in a years time.  The…

Higgs Boson explained in comic format

For most, the Higgs Boson discovery is absolutely meaningless, yet it could usher in a new age of technology, materials and advances…

Rats laugh when you tickle them

While there still is no cure for cancer, Scientists have discovered if you tickle rats, they apparently laugh. This study on  animal…

Allergic to Meat from Bug Bite

A bite from the lone star tick  may trigger an allergic reaction to meat  according to University of Virginia researchers.

Ginseng fights cancer fatigue

Ginseng was found to counteract the fatigue that is associated with cancer, according a new study. In a double blind…

Drug resistant Gonorrhoea makes for sad times for Mr Happy

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned  of a spreading  drug resistance sexually transmitted disease (STI) gonorrhoea.

Morgellons Disease

Imagine the sensation of bugs crawling under your skin, having short term memory loss and cognitive impairment, dry, cracked skin itchy skin. Just when you thought it couldn’t be any worse, your skin begins to produce small fibers that glow. If this is you, you’re not insane, you just happen to have Morgellons Disease.

The strange fibers have produced a plethora of conspiracy theorists websites. Here is one —Link

How to increase your Metabolism

So you want to shed unwanted weight, boost your metablolism, not feel like you’re going to have a heart attack running ten feet, then here is how to get started.

Coffee and Tea is good for you and me

Every cup of coffee a person drinks per day may lower the risk of diabetes by 7%.

Ten foods that can help you live longer

For years folks have said, eat healthy to stay healthy.  Here are 10 very simple foods that can help you live longer, stay healthier and give you the reflexes needed to ward off hordes of brain eating zombies

Mad Science Experiments

Can a remote control help in a bullfight? What if there were 28 hours in a day? Does a dog take a robot dog for real? This website is devoted to scientific experiments that tried to answer such questions. Some truly ingenious – others less so.. —Link

Research shows smallpox vacine may protect against HIV

Laboratory trials suggested that immunity to smallpox triggered by the smallpox vaccine can inhibit the replication of the AIDS virus, the researchers said in the journal BMC Immunology.