600 former EPA officials demand investigation into Trump administration over California threats

Nearly 600 former Environmental Protection Agency officials have called for an investigation into whether the agency’s…

Clock ticks as SpaceX builds craft for NASA

Two weeks ago, the head of NASA seemed sick of waiting for SpaceX and Boeing Co.…

Bacteria contradict Darwin: Survival of the friendliest

New microbial research at the University of Copenhagen suggests that ‘survival of the friendliest’ outweighs ‘survival…

Slower walkers have older brains and bodies at 45

The walking speed of 45-year-olds can be used as a marker of their aging brains and…

New test diagnoses Lyme disease within 15 minutes

Current testing for Lyme disease, called the standard 2-tiered approach or the STT, involves running two…

Under time pressure, people tell us what we want to hear

When asked to answer questions quickly and impulsively, people tend to respond with a socially desirable…

Overweight before age 40 increases the cancer risk

The risk of cancer increases considerably if you gain weight before the age of 40. …

Habitual tea drinking modulates brain efficiency: Evidence from brain connectivity evaluation

The researchers recruited healthy older participants to two groups according to their history of tea drinking…

Aleksei Leonov, First Man to Walk in Space, Dies at 85

The Russian cosmonaut’s thrilling feat in 1965 nearly cost him his life, but raised Soviet prestige…

PIA23489: Terra Cimmeria

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…