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Oct 01, 2013 07:57 AM EDT

NASA Cassini Discovers Plastic on Saturn's Alien Moon, Titan

Plastic is used in thousands of household items. But propylene, the chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other products, isn't only found on Earth. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has also detected the material on Saturn's moon, Titan.

Sep 30, 2013 02:15 PM EDT

Growing a Brain: Small Brain Biopsies Create Cells for Treatments

Growing a brain may not be as farfetched as you might think. Scientists have moved closer to growing "therapeutic" brain cells in a lab that can then be re-integrated back into patients' brains to treat a wide range of neurological conditions. The finding could be huge in the field of medicine.

Sep 30, 2013 01:18 PM EDT

Childhood Abuse Impacts Adult Health

Childhood abuse and the lack of parental affection can last a lifetime. Now, scientists have linked this type of psychological damage to multiple health risks in adulthood. The findings reveal that abuse doesn't only take its toll mentally; it also takes its toll physically.

Sep 30, 2013 12:35 PM EDT

Immense Prehistoric Ice Sheets Discovered in Arctic

Massive ice sheets spanned the world during the ice ages during the Pleistocene. Now, scientists have discovered that one of these ice sheets was located on a seamount off the north-eastern coast of Russia. The findings reveal for the first time that within the past 800,000 years that ice sheets als...

Sep 30, 2013 11:40 AM EDT

Scientists Discover How to Create Gasoline with E. Coli

Could we power our cars with microorganisms? It may just be possible. Scientists have successfully produced 580 mg of gasoline per liter of cultured broth by converting in vivo generated fatty acid.

Sep 30, 2013 10:45 AM EDT

Black Holes with Hair: Dirty Instead of Clean

Black holes may not be as smooth as scientists once believed. One theory seems to indicate that these black holes may have "hair." The findings could lead to a new understanding of black holes, which could impact future models.

Sep 30, 2013 10:10 AM EDT

Viral Infection in Mothers May Increase Autism Risk in Children

Scientists continue to delve into autism research, trying to discover what factors make a child more susceptible to the disease. Now, they've discovered that activating a mother's immune system during her pregnancy disrupts the development of neural cells in the brain of her offspring and damages th...

Sep 30, 2013 09:08 AM EDT

NASA Sunrise Mission Reveals Sun's Atmosphere in New Images

NASA scientists are learning a little bit more about the sun's atmosphere. Three months after the flight of the solar observatory SUNRISE, researchers have gathered new information about a layer on the sun called the chromosphere, learning a bit more about our nearest star.

Sep 30, 2013 08:27 AM EDT

Particle Accelerator on a Chip

Could particle accelerators be small enough to fit on a grain of rice? Apparently they could in the future. Scientists have used a laser to accelerate electrons at a rate 10 times higher than conventional technology in a nanostructured glass chip. The findings could dramatically alter the way we use...

Sep 28, 2013 08:14 AM EDT

Glow-in-the-Dark, Competing Sperm Reveal How New Species Form

It's a new take on evolution. It turns out that sperm competition can drive the formation of new species. The findings reveal a little bit more about how female promiscuity can actually aid the process of evolution.

Sep 28, 2013 08:13 AM EDT

Singing Mice Protect Their Turf with Song

Did you know that some mice sing? Two species of tawny brown singing mice live deep within the mountain cloud forests of Coast Rica and Panama. Now, scientists have discovered that these mice sing in order to protect their turf.

Sep 28, 2013 08:13 AM EDT

Link Between Skull and Two-Legged Walking in Mammals

What do your skull and the way you walk have in common? Quite a lot, according to anthropologists. It turns out that there's a direct link between upright two-legged walking and the position of the foramen magnum, a hole in the base of the skull that transmits the spinal cord.