Brooke Miller : Science World Report

Sep 12, 2012 07:37 AM EDT

Exposure to Secondhand Smoking Damages Memory: Study

People who live with smokers might be at a great risk. According to the researchers from the Northumbria University, non-smokers who spend more time with smokers or live with them are at a high risk of damaging their memory.

Sep 12, 2012 06:55 AM EDT

Long Forgotten Wasp Holds Key to Control of Annoying Redback Spiders

The wasp Agenioideus nigricornis that was lost more than 200 years ago is now being discovered as a predator of Australia's most common dangerous spider, the redback. And, the scientists are excited as the redback spider is most obnoxious pest of Australian homes and they seem to have found natural ...

Sep 11, 2012 09:00 AM EDT

Physical and Other Activities Sacrificed Online

A new online survey one on 350 students measuring the networking activity and levels of physical activity suggest that, time spent on social networking sites blocks other activities including physical activity.

Sep 11, 2012 08:54 AM EDT

Emotion Detector Developed Using a Genetic Algorithm

The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing carries an interesting of how a computer is being taught to interpret human emotions based on lip pattern.

Sep 11, 2012 08:49 AM EDT

Heavy Drinking Linked to Stroke in Early Life

The study that is being published in the medical Journal of the American Academy of Neurology focuses on the effects of heavy alcohol use on the timeline of stroke and the long term outcome for those who are habituated to it.

Sep 11, 2012 07:08 AM EDT

Frogs With No Tadpole Stage Evolution Surprise Scientists

Frogs have different types of evolution and after the study of nearly 720 species it can be safely said that all tadpoles grow into frogs, but not all frogs start out as tadpoles.

Sep 11, 2012 07:07 AM EDT

Increased Use of Marijuana Linked to Testicular Cancer

A lot of studies have highlighted devastating health effects of 'Marijuana' one of the commonly used illicit drugs in the United States. They vary from having less IQ to increased heart rate and reduced blood pressure.

Sep 11, 2012 07:03 AM EDT

LED Lighting at Night Causes Adverse Effects

A new study focuses on the dangers and harm caused by night time artificial lighting. It projects how the short wavelength illumination of LED lighting, which we have come to know as the 'eco friendly illumination', causes major harm.

Sep 10, 2012 08:47 AM EDT

Archaeologists Find Lost Garden in Richard III Expedition

New evidence has been collected by the archaeologists from the University of Leicester who are on a mission for the lost grave of King Richard III. They found evidence of the lost garden of Robert Herrick - where, historically, it is recorded there was a memorial to Richard III.

Sep 10, 2012 08:44 AM EDT

Endeavour's Final Flight to LA Science Center

Mounted on NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) the space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to make its final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era on Monday Sept.17.

Sep 10, 2012 08:38 AM EDT

Endangered Spider Halts San Antonio Highway Project

An endangered species of spider was traced in the Northwest San Antonio two weeks ago. This eyeless spider called the Braken Bat cave meshweaver is considered an endangered species and has not been seen in more than three decades.

Sep 10, 2012 07:47 AM EDT

Santorini Volcano’s Ballooning Magma Lifts the Island

According to a new survey carried out by an international team led by Oxford University and a scientist from the University of Bristol, the molten rock beneath Santorini's volcano has expanded by 10-20 million cubic meters between January 2011 and April 2012.