Dripping ‘Blob’ Under Western U.S.:
There are very few places in the world where dynamic activity taking place beneath Earth’s surface goes undetected.

A new meaning to “back to the bible”
A biological anthropologist from Appalachian State University working with an undergraduate student from Appalachian, an evolutionary biologist from UNC Greensboro, and a team of archaeologists from Deccan College (Pune, India) recently reported analysis of a 4000-year-old skeleton from India bearing evidence of leprosy.

 
TO BE…OR NOT TO BE
Neuroscientists feel they are much closer to an accepted unified theory about how the brain processes speech and language, according to a scientist at Georgetown University Medical Center who first laid the concepts a decade ago and who has now published a review article confirming the theory.

Get the bug spray its movie time
 
Last month, I was sorting through the mail after work. Amid the plastic windowed envelopes offering lower interest rates on credit cards and thick glossy catalogs touting everything from a ladder to help an arthritic dog climb onto your bed to a $6,000 coyote skin throw rug, I found [...]

 
Not exactly the latest fashion…. but brilliant!
Light switches, TV remote controls and even house keys could become a thing of the past thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Europe that lets users perform everyday tasks with thoughts alone.

Taking your office with you reaches a whole new level
Need to carve out some personal space but can’t afford to hire Frank Gehry for the renovation? No problem. Modular wall kits let you be the architect-without really knowing what you’re doing.

 
Oily fish, such as Mackerel are full of vitamin D
Eating oily fish, rich in vitamin D, may be vital in keeping your brain healthy as you age, according to a new study.

Men are the weaker sex
Scientists have found that boys are more likely to develop complications during a mother’s pregnancy and carry greater risk of difficult or premature delivery.

 
The ice circle measures 2.5miles across and was spotted on Lake Baikal
This strange almost perfect ‘ice circle’ has appeared on a frozen lake in Siberia. 
While scientists have ruled out UFO involvement, they are puzzled as to how the mysterious, 2.5mile-wide geological phenomenon has formed in Lake Baikal.

 
Autonomous Living Unit
Designer Eduardo McIntosh has proposed a way of putting all the functions of a home into a single chair. (Pics)

 
Andrew Krasnow with his ‘Palette’ made of skin from people who donated their bodies to medical science 
Some will find it shocking, macabre, echoing the worst allegations of Nazi atrocities. An American artist has spent the past 20 years making sculptures out of human skin.