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 Is That Really Alien Life? Scientists Worry Over False-Positive Signs Read More » Alien of the Deep Has Needle-Sharp Teeth & a Shiny Head Lure Read More » Why 10,000-Year-Old Gravity-Defying Rocks Haven't Toppled Read More » Space Station Cosmonauts Taking Spacewalk Today: Watch It Live Read More » 'Fantastic Four' Jettisons Space-Age Origins of Marvel's First Family Read More » Woman Loses Vision After Mosquito Bites A woman who caught chikungunya fever while vacationing in the Caribbean wound up losing some of the vision in her right eye permanently, according to a new report of her case. The findings suggest that vision problems may be an underreported effect of the mosquito-transmitted virus, which has spread in recent years from Africa and Asia to the Caribbean, Latin America and parts of the United States, the report's authors said. "Sight-threatening visual loss can be a late complication of infection with chikungunya," said Dr. Abhijit Mohite, who treated the woman and co-authored the report of her case. Read More »Want 1, 2 or 3 Kids? Study Estimates When to Start Building Your Family More and more couples are postponing having children as they try to balance their careers and other life goals with their desire to have kids. Researchers estimated the maximum age at which a woman should start trying to become pregnant, depending on how many children she wants to have and whether she is open to using in vitro fertilization (IVF), given that fertility declines progressively with a woman's age. For example, the results showed that couples who want a 90 percent chance of having at least one child and who don't want to use IVF should start trying to get pregnant no later than when the woman is 32. Read More »Ancient Mayan Tablet with Hieroglyphics Honors Lowly King Read More » 5 Ways Cecil the Lion Helped Scientists Understand Big Cats When an American big-game hunter shot and killed a famous lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe last month, he did more than kill an animal — he killed an important research subject. Cecil, a 13-year-old male Southwest African lion, had been part of an ecological study in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park since 2008. The initiative was developed by researchers at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and is one of several conservation projects managed by the university's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU). Read More »Nepal Quake Could Have Been Much Deadlier, Scientists Say Read More » US House panel asks NASA why it isn't probing SpaceX blast Read More » Cosmonauts embark on six-hour spacewalk outside ISS Read More » Tesla Unveils Snakelike Robot Charger for Electric Cars Read More » Astronauts Snack on Space-Grown Lettuce for First Time Read More » New tadpole disease affecting frogs across globe, scientists find Tadpoles are contracting a new, highly infectious disease that may be threatening frog populations worldwide, British scientists have found. A parasitic disease caused by single-celled microbes known as "protists" was found in the livers of tadpole samples taken from six countries across three continents, the scientists said in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal on Monday. "Global frog populations are suffering serious declines and infectious disease has been shown to be a significant factor," said Thomas Richards of Exeter University, who co-led the study. Read More »New tadpole disease affecting frogs across globe, scientists find Read More » | ||||
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| NASA Contest Offers $25,000 for Earthquake Detection Ideas Read More » Potentially Dazzling Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week Read More » New Jelly-Bean-Size 'Masked' Frog Discovered in the Andes Read More » | ||||
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| Boeing Gets $6.6 Million More for XS-1 Military Space Plane
Overuse of Workout Supplements Highlights Men's Body Image Issues Some men who use excessive amounts of workout supplements such as protein powders and bars may have eating disorders, new research suggests. Researchers found that, of the 195 men in the study, 29 percent said they were concerned about their own use of workout supplements. Moreover, 8 percent of the men said their doctor had told them to cut back on workout supplements or stop using them, and 3 percent had been hospitalized for problems with their liver or kidneys due to their use of such supplements. Read More »US Military Awards New Contracts for XS-1 Space Plane
Why Does Plague Still Occur in the Western US? Three cases of plague have occurred in the United States in recent months, and although the illness is rare, it's not uncommon to have a few cases here each year. Most recently, a girl in California became sickened with plague after visiting Yosemite National Park and the nearby Stanislaus National Forest in mid-July, according to the California Department of Public Health. There were also two deaths from plague in Colorado this summer — in early June, a 16-year-old boy in Larimer County died, and this week, an adult in Pueblo City died. Read More »Can Sexting Have Benefits for Couples? Sexting is common among U.S. adults, and although the practice is often portrayed as risky or just bad behavior, it may have benefits for couples, a new study suggests. About 74 percent said they sexted when they were in a committed relationship, and 43 percent said they sexted during a causal relationship. What's more, sexting appeared to have some benefits: People who sexted more had higher levels of sexual satisfaction, the study found. Read More » | ||||||
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