Oxford neuroscientist asserts radical Islam, cults and child abuse may be curable like a mental illness

Religious fundamentalism and child abuse may one day be treated in the same way as mental illness, a neuroscientist speculated as a recent speaking engagement. Kathleen Taylor, a research scientist at Oxford University’s Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, says strong negative beliefs could be eradicated using techniques already in the More...

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By Butter Bracco On Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
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Details emerge on 30 genetically modified babies born after experiments from New Jersey lab

The world’s first genetically modified humans have been created, 30 healthy babies in fact were born, according to new reports. The Daily Mail summarized the reports in a May 7 article that details the “series More...

By Kaye Wonderhouse On Monday, May 6th, 2013
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Arkansas experiences first snowfall in May on record, which began in 1819

Since record-keeping began in 1819, Arkansas never had snow fall in May; that was until Friday. Reports are going viral across the Internet on Monday of the historic weather condition. The previous latest snowfall More...

By Brandon Jones On Monday, March 4th, 2013
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Texas researchers claim Hindenburg accident cause by static electricity, Britain to air documentary

The Hindenburg crash of 1937 is one of the most famous disasters in aviation history. But despite its fame, the cause of the crash has never been determined. A new study from the South West Research Institute in More...

By Kaye Wonderhouse On Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
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Rock hunters busy as shards from Russian meteorite selling for up to $10,000

Russian rock hunters have struck out on their own to find fragments of the meteorite that exploded in the sky over Chelyabinsk on Friday morning, amid reports that pieces are fetching as much $10,000. (initial report More...

By Brandon Jones On Friday, February 8th, 2013
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3D printer generates viable human stem cells

Imagine if you could take living cells, load them into a printer, and squirt out a 3D tissue that could develop into a kidney or a heart. Scientists are one step closer to that reality, now that they have developed More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
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Scientists now claim earthworms causing climate change

Earthworms improve soil fertility but result in a net increase in greenhouse gases, study concludes and the new buzzword is The Earthworm Dilemma. photo Michael Linnenbach Move over humans, the earthworms could More...

By Robert Herriman On Thursday, January 17th, 2013
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Bangladesh bats found to have Ebola antibodies according to study

Rousettus aegyptiacus–the Egyptian fruit batImage/Zoharby via Wikimedia Commons Newly published research shows that a percentage of fruit bats in Bangladesh were found to have Ebola virus antibodies, suggesting More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
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New bee species named ‘Bazinga’ as homage to ‘Big Bang Theory’ and Jim Parson’s Sheldon Cooper

“Big Bang Theory” physicist Sheldon Cooper has a new claim to fame – a new species of bee is named after his favorite phrase: Bazinga! Nemésio & Ferrari 2012 Brazilian biologist Andre Nemesio More...

By Stephen Nevets On Saturday, December 15th, 2012
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‘Brain removal tool’ discovered in ancient mummy skull

A brain-removal tool used by ancient Egyptian embalmers has been discovered lodged in the skull of a female mummy that dates back around 2,400 years, scientists reported Thursday. CT scans of a 2,400-year-old female More...