Is it right for you? a young girls story…
A Texas family that attracted national attention — and controversy — for letting its overweight 12-year-old daughter undergo liposuction has gone one step further.

 
Odd shaped fruit.
An apple a day might keep away more than the doctor. HortResearch, a New Zealand company with 400 scientists studying all things fruit, has early data that suggests a specific (mystery) fruit can delay fatigue by 20 percent and increase muscle power by 70 percent.

 
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people over the age of 65, and it affects more than 10 million people in the United States. The disease erodes the macula, the center of the retina, slowly eclipsing central vision and potentially causing blindness. Currently, there is no treatment for dry macular degeneration, […]

Why wait? Plan your vacation today
Want to pep up your love life? Well, then all you need to do is plan “vacation sex” with your partner, for it can do wonders for your heart, mind, and soul, according to a new research. Sex on a holiday allows you to get away from pressures, distractions, worries […]

 
Giving up meat could drastically reduce your carbon footprint, with meat-eaters’ diets responsible for almost twice the emissions of those of vegetarians, a German study said on Tuesday.

Tom Cruise playing Claus von Stauffenberg, leader of the July 20, 1944 plot to kill Hitler
It all started when 11 extras dressed in Nazi army uniforms tumbled out of a World War II-era truck in Berlin during the filming of Tom Cruise’s movie “Valkyrie.” Now, the actors are suing United Studios for $11 million.

 
When we think of the human tongue, we think of a piece of human flesh that serves a lot of purposes, whether it is tasting food, cleaning our lips and mouth, kissing, swallowing and much more. And now, Georgia Tech scientists have come up with a breakthrough technology that is going to add yet another […]

 
Paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum.
That is the sound of an electronic exoskeleton moving the 41-year-old’s legs and propelling him forward — with a proud expression on his face — as passersby stare in surprise.

 
Aided by cotton earplugs and band aids on their fingers to mimic arthritis, hundreds of Americans are flocking to special workshops to discover at first hand what it’s like getting older.

 
Do you know someone who claims to remember their first day of kindergarten? Or a trip they took as a toddler? While some people may be able to recall trivial details from the past, laboratory research shows that the human memory can be remarkably fragile and even inventive.

 
The bear-attack patient after the successful transplant
A Chinese medical team led by Shuzhong Guo of the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an has successfully completed the first transplant to include facial bone in a transplant on a man whose face was slashed by a bear. The Chinese graft included muscles, nerves, blood vessels, cartilage and […]

 
 Its about freakin time aya!!!
Alan Izhar-Bodner, an Israeli inventor, has developed a way for divers to breathe underwater without cumbersome oxygen tanks. His apparatus makes use of the air that is dissolved in water, just like fish do.

 
 Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from Queensland University of Technology’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, said that church windows stained with gold paint purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight.
Scientists have discovered that, in medieval churches, stained glass windows painted with gold purify the air when heated by the sun. The […]

A Special Sauce

Eating reheated spaghetti bolognese could reduce your risk of cancer.
Scientists have discovered that multiple rounds of heating - plus a little extra oil - enhance the health benefits of processed tomatoes.

A Unique Perspective
A former engineer who was disabled and living on benefits has turned his life around - after a stroke rewired his brain and turned him into an artist. Ken Walters suffered multiple spine fractures and massive internal injuries when he was crushed against a wall by a fork lift truck when a driver […]

 
 Flames By Ken Walters
A cerebral haemorrhage turned out to be a blessing in disguise for a British engineer, whose brain was “rewired” to turn him into an artist after the stroke.

 
 An alcohol solution is dripped onto a volunteer’s forearm to collect compounds on the skin’s surface. The sample is then analyzed by gas chromatography.
Skin-cancer tumors give off a characteristic odor profile that could be used for early detection.

Pete Hodgson, the Research, Science and Technology minister of New Zealand was excited when he had his blood pressure measured by a robot.

 
There’s no place like home
The Shopping Cart Shelter was designed as a tool for homeless people who collect bottles from the streets and also need a place to stay that is safe from the elements. The bottles provide a small income, and this is needed in order to sustain themselves.

 
 Angioplasty Balloon
The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the United States each year, and the usual route is to thread a tube to the heart through an artery in the groin.

 
A real-time surgical imaging system (top) displays live video.  Image produced by the new system (bottom) shows a pig’s hind leg after injection of a contrast agent.  
Many cancer patients leave surgery still harboring dangerous tumor cells, while others suffer painful aftereffects because a surgeon has removed too much healthy tissue or nicked a nerve. A […]

Is This Gonna Be A Good Hair Day?

Scientists are looking at human hair on the microscopic level to try to determine the differences between frizzy and silky hair. They hope their research could lead to better shampoos and conditioners, and give people more “good hair days.”

Maybe Future Models Will Come With A Red Zone After 65…
 
The Life Clock was designed by Bertrand Planes and instead of ticking away the minutes until your next break or the end of the work day, it actually ticks away the years of your life. The clock mechanism has been slowed own 61,320 times so […]

 
This weight seat is great for those who have taken an interest in their weight, but not so much interest that they need to stand up and walk to the scale. Also great for eating meals and literally watching the pounds add up.

 
 Olympic Volleyball Player Kerri Walsh
For the longest time I thought the black sinewy thing on Olympic beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh’s shoulder was either a confused Alien face sucker, a horny spider, a bad tattoo decision (a la Mike Tyson), or all of the above. Turns out I was way off, and it’s actually Kinesio […]