The need to be available to friends 24/7 forces teens to text while sleeping and they are unaware that they are 'sleep texting'. Experts believe that sleep texting is on the rise and slowly becoming a common occurrence among teens.
Astonishing news about the end of the universe--and this is NO joke--were announced today, saying as much that the Higgs boson particles are unstable and will one day cause the destruction of our whole universe by swallowing it. Ongoing calculations by scientists about the Higgs boson particle that ...
One of the most exciting, and with $1.5 billion also most expensive experiments aboard the International Space Station, is poised to be put into the spotlight in two weeks, when the first comprehensive paper with results about the hunt for dark matter will be published.
Maternal nutrition is very important to a developing embryon and to the health of the child later in life.
Researchers announced the discovery of tiny amounts of water in the moon rocks brought to Earth by the Apollo missions, which in turn could invalidate the current theory of how our Moon was formed in the first place.
A new study reports that bladder regeneration is capitalizing on the potential of two distinct cell populations harvested from a patient's healthy bone marrow.
A new species of whale discovered from a California highway project in Laguna Canyon is giving Moby Dick a run for his money.
A new study from the University of Otago, New Zealand shows that children and adolescents who watch a lot of television are more likely to have antisocial or criminal behavior when they become adults.
A new report from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows that 29.9 million pounds of antibiotics were sold in America for meat and poultry production. Unfortunately, Tamiflu used in animal feed could be increasing antibiotic resistance in people.
Research shows that a "back-up" team of secondary brain areas immediately activates when one brain area loses functionality, replacing not only the unavailable area but also its confederates and allows the individual’s thought process to continue with no decrease in comprehension performance.
Seals can use their touch-sensitive whiskers to size up their prey, according to new research.
The International Space Station is hosting sensitive disease research to examine how a microgravity environment affects virulence.