Teeny tiny diamonds that are scattered across North America have some
scientists believing a "swarm" of comets hit Earth about 13,000 years ago and caused enough disruption to send the planet into a cold spell.
Scientists say that the freezing spell would have been enough to drive mammoths and other creatures into extinction and would transcend any biblical theories. In fact, the researches describe the comet pattern as a series of blinding explosions in the atmosphere equivalent to thousands of atomic bombs.
To foil or to plastic wrap: that is the
age-old question that's been around longer than I've known how to cook. So which keeps food fresher longer? The answer is that it all depends on what you're aiming to preserve.
A recent experiment suggests
spiked eggnog may be safer to drink than its PG counterpart.
NPR attempted to solve the age-old mystery of whether adding alcohol to
eggnog, which contains raw eggs, eliminates risk of food poisoning. To answer the question, NPR sought the help of
Rockefeller University microbiologist Vince Fischetti.
For those of you who never understood how your college boyfriend could eat delivery pizza every night, we may have found your answer.
A study of 8,900 Danish schoolchildren at the
University of Copenhagen has found that
girls are better at recognizing tastes than boys, particularly when it comes to sweet and sour. Since males and females have the same number of tastebuds, the difference lies in how they process taste impressions.
Scientists think the moon's polar craters, which never see sunlight,
could contain ice. A lunar water supply means that astronauts would be able to use the moon as a home base for space exploration. The US, EU, Japan,
India, and
China already have
plans for permanent moon bases to be set up around 2025.
For only $149 fanatical parents can
find out where their children's natural athletic talents lie, potentially securing years of enjoyable Saturday mornings on the sidelines cheering on their winning kids.
The new genetic test analyzes DNA to determine whether a child would excel more in endurance sports, such as cross country running, speed and power sports, like football and sprinting, or whether they'd be good at both.
Predetermining a kid's talents before he or she experiences athletic activities seems like it could limit chances for childhood fun.
This age-old claim is both fact as well as fiction.
Turkey does contain tryptophan, an amino acid that often converts to serotonin, a sleep-regulating neurotransmitter. But in order to truly experience the side effects of tryptophan, one would need to eat copious amounts of turkey on an empty stomach.
The shellfish known as the oyster has long been thought to have aphrodisiac properties, but now researchers at Louisiana State University have come up with yet another reason to eat
them: they may help
prevent and treat cancer.
Oysters contain fat compounds called ceramides, which researchers found can restrict the growth of breast-cancer cells as well as prevent the formation of blood vessels, which inhibits cancer from spreading. In a seven-day study, cancer growth
decreased by 57 percent.
Last week we learned of a study that showed
chemicals in beer can inhibit cancer. This week studies indicate that
wine may protect against Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
One recently released study, which began in 1968 at Gothenburg University in Sweden, demonstrated that a group of wine-drinkers had a significantly below-average rate of dementia, versus other women who regularly drank beer or spirits.
While we recently learned that
Americans are drinking less beer, perhaps they should reconsider.
Recent studies show that xanthohumol, a chemical found in hops, can inhibit enzymes that trigger cancer as well as help detoxify the body of carcinogens.
In addition,
other researchers at Rice University are trying to genetically engineer brewing yeast in order to create beer loaded with resveratrol, a cancer-preventing compound.
