Catherine Griffin : Science World Report

Jan 16, 2013 10:12 AM EST

Deaf Twins Euthanized; New Research Could Help

Public controversy has come to a boil over the twins in Belgium who decided to be euthanized after learning that they were going to lose their sight.

Jan 16, 2013 09:26 AM EST

Can Leadership be Inherited? New Study Suggests Leaders Born

A new study published online in Leadership Quarterly indicates that our DNA may have more to do with our leadership abilities than we first realized.

Jan 15, 2013 04:31 PM EST

Doomsday Clock Signifies Humanity’s Imminent Demise; The Apocalypse is Nigh

In order to signify humanity's imminent demise, a group of scientists have updated the infamous Doomsday Clock to read five minutes before midnight.

Jan 15, 2013 03:39 PM EST

Flu Near You Tracks Epidemic Across US (See Map)

The flu is continuing the spread across the United States with cities such as Boston experiencing more than 10 times as many cases as this time last year.

Jan 15, 2013 02:15 PM EST

Black Carbon Causes Twice as Much Global Warming

Black carbon may be the second most important man-made agent of climate change, and may have two times more impact on global warming than previously realized.

Jan 15, 2013 12:05 PM EST

Star Birth Mystery Solved; New Research Reveals Why

For years, astronomers have wondered why a super-dense gas cloud near our Milky Way galaxy’s core was not “birthing” more stars. Now they have found out why.

Jan 15, 2013 10:59 AM EST

Solar Flare Threat to Increase in 2013; AR1654 Sunspot Grows

A massive sunspot known as AR1654 recently unleashed a M1-class flare into space, only one classification under the most severe X-class.

Jan 15, 2013 10:12 AM EST

Do Multivitamins Interfere with Cancer Treatments?

James Watson, the Nobel Prize winning scientist who helped discover the double helix structure of DNA, claims that multivitamins could interfere with traditional cancer treatments.

Jan 15, 2013 09:29 AM EST

Chimps Have a Sense of Fair Play; New Study Reveals

New findings from researchers at Emory University suggest that these primates have a sense of fairness, an attribute that was once thought to be uniquely human.

Jan 14, 2013 05:03 PM EST