The internet is not just changing the way people live but altering the way our brains work with a neuroscientist arguing that this is an evolutionary change which will put the tech-savvy at the top of the new social order.

 
 Family playing Wii
Contrary to the commonly held belief that computer games make people anti-social, a new research indicates that they bring families together.

 
 Zon Hearing Aid
There are a few who understand technology and even lesser know something of design. Starkey’s designed ‘zon hearing aid’ is a result of a defined approach from the seekers who know them both. What’s cooking in the design clinic isn’t known before it is out, but competitions that honor designs deserve credit for […]

 IC3 Fork
One of the problems with dieting, is juggling all of those fat, calorie, and portion size numbers. Sure, you could walk around with a calculator strapped to your wrist, but you would still have to measure everything and then enter all of those numbers.

 two pollen grains viewed by fluorescence microscopy
An enigma – unique to flowering plants – has been solved by researchers from the University of Leicester (UK) and POSTECH, South Korea.

I Dealt It, But I Am Lowering My Blood Pressure
This is true fact; I read it on the Internet.
The gas that comes from our bodies, our rears, our behinds… That gas that the boys used to set on fire, and laugh, and run from? That gas. Our smelly, embarrassing gas… is under medical investigation as […]

Displaying the impressive “Half-Arnold” look.

There are calls for an inquiry into the training of New Zealand care workers after some Nelson workers claimed they received training on how to help clients achieve sexual satisfaction.
The workers say their former employer, New Zealand Care, has been running seminars with sex toys, showing staff how to help clients […]

 
Brewing BioBeer for better health
A group of college students at Rice University are taking their favorite pastime and turning it into a research project. Their passion? Beer. Their project? Inventing a brew that contains resveratrol, a chemical present in wine that lowers the risk of heart disease and cancer.

The World Future  Society has released a 10-page report forecasting more than 70 major global  developments for the coming year and beyond. The OUTLOOK 2009 report examines  the key trends in technology, the environment, the economy, international  relations, etc., in order to paint a full and credible portrait of our likely  future. Among the most […]

Caveman as Drug User?

Archaeologists Quetta Kaye and Scott Fitzpatrick have confirmed the long-suspected habit of prehistoric man: they used drugs!
They found ceramic bowls, as well as tubes for inhaling drug fumes or powders, which appear to have originated in South America between 100BC and 400BC and were then carried 400 miles to the islands.

The World’s most relaxing room.
Psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman has designed and constructed a large-scale multi-media space that aims to calm even the most stressed out of minds.

 
This device lets surgeons attach small anchors to tissue inside a beating heart by compensating for the heart’s movement. 
Fixing the heart is hard. Certain procedures have to be performed on a stationary organ, so the heart is stopped and the patient put on a cardiopulmonary bypass machine. But stopping the heart increases the risk of […]

 
 FortOss - Nano-Structured Bone Graft
Bone grafts can more closely mimic the chemical structure and composition of natural bone, thanks to a new material. Like other synthetics, the material minimizes the risk of immune rejection, but it’s much better at encouraging cells to grow.

 
Popping so many pills that you sometimes forget to take a medication? The drug companies think they have the answer: combination pills, which aim to treat several ailments in one medication. Indeed, dozens of combo pills are in the works to combat a range of ailments, from asthma and heart disease to arthritis and severe […]

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 Look Mom No Hands
I have no idea how he is able to do this but it is interesting to watch.

Even Our Feline Friends Are Suffering From It
Paranoia has emerged as a 21st century fear, according to a new research.
Yes, a leading psychiatrist at King’s College London has carried out the decade-long research and found that one in four people suffer irrational fears of either being threatened or in danger on a regular basis.

Child protection agencies worry the stunt will attract the wrong type of attention.
Australian teenage girls have been warned over the dangers of painting their phone numbers onto their skin while they sunbathe on public beaches.

 
Washing Your Hands Can Save Your Life
The simple act of washing hands could save thousands of children’s lives every day, mostly in Asia and Africa, the United Nations said on Tuesday, the eve of the first Global Hand-Washing Day.
An estimated 5000 children die daily from diarrhoea, but half of those deaths could be prevented if […]

 
It may be small comfort to anyone sporting a comb-over, but researchers have found a second genetic risk factor for baldness.

 
Want to live a long and healthy life? Make sure you eat chocolate, and drink tea and coffee in moderation daily, says a leading nutritional scientist.

 
Ever got engaged in a fanciful musing of a castle in the air, or a date with Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt?

In this cross-section of a human head, the green fibers represent myelin-sheathed axons traveling from the cortex through the brain and down the spine. (Credit: Image courtesy of UCLA)

Had Griffey been 40, it could be argued, he might not have made the throw in time. That’s because in middle age, we begin to lose myelin […]

Coffee Can Be Breast Shrinking
Ladies, please note — drinking coffee in moderation may be okay, but downing more than three cups daily can shrink the size of your breasts, a new study has revealed.
Researchers in Sweden have carried out the study and claimed that women who take more than three cups of the caffeine-fueled drink […]

 
Very much like the popular Metronaps Energypod, Napshell Sleeping Cocoon, and the Transport Pod Bed, the “Bubble of Silence” has been designed to create the perfect environment to avoid the noisy and stressful world. The exteriors of the Bubble have been influenced by natural ornaments such as shells, pebbles, cocoons and bubbles while the interiors […]

 
Obese people may have a diminished ability to experience the pleasure of eating, prompting them to overindulge to boost their satisfaction, according to a study released on Thursday.