Mark Hoffman : Science World Report

Mar 21, 2013 04:04 PM EDT

Arctic Ice Shield In The Focus of NASA Science Flights

NASA's Operation IceBridge scientists have begun another season of research activity over Arctic ice sheets and sea ice with the first of a series of science flights from Greenland completed on Wednesday.

Mar 21, 2013 01:00 PM EDT

Biology Prevents Men to Pursue Friends' Wives

Males become less sexually inclined when interacting with the marital partner of a close friend, according to a study of associated testosterone levels in men.

Mar 20, 2013 10:47 AM EDT

Sexual Function Improves Significantly After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery

Osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, affecting millions of Americans each year, is known to limit sexual activity. New research presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that total hip (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR) surgery improves ...

Mar 20, 2013 10:06 AM EDT

US Military Infrared Missile Detection Satellite Launched Today

An Atlas V launch vehicle rose from the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., today to deliver the second Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO 2) into orbit.

Mar 19, 2013 04:43 PM EDT

Big Progress And Big Business of Cancer Research

The ultimate goal for all actors in cancer research is to find a cure for the disease, which the Swiss Cancer League says will affect one in three people during their lifetime.

Mar 19, 2013 04:10 PM EDT

Real-Time Whole Brain Neuronal Activity Imaging is Becoming Possible With New Technology

A new imaging technology is so fast and has such a high resolution that it can show the activity of single neurons firing in a brain.

Mar 19, 2013 12:10 AM EDT

Unique Genetic Code Of SR1 Bacteria Decrypted

The SR1 bacteria is a group of microbes that live in the human mounth, among many other places, but that have never been cultivated in a laboratory until now.

Mar 18, 2013 03:37 PM EDT

Mysterious Ring Galaxy With Unique Shape Imaged by Hubble [Photo]

A rare variant in the sky around us includes ring galaxies like the one pictured here, bearing the designation Zw II 28.

Mar 18, 2013 02:00 PM EDT

20 Percent of Americans Answer 'No Religion' in Survey

This is the same news every 6 months, because the trend for religious affiliation in the United States goes down since decades and now reached another record low in relation to when it began to be tracked in the 1930s, according to recent analysis of the newly released biannual General Social Survey...

Mar 18, 2013 11:16 AM EDT

Plankton Ingests Different Carbon Dioxide And Nitrogen Ratios Than Estimated

Researchers conducted observations on oceanic plankton that puts solid data behind a phenomenon that is very important for our planets biogeochemical cycles but not well understood until now.

Mar 17, 2013 09:26 PM EDT

Revived Genome of Extinct Frog Will Be Used in Cloning Experiments

This frozen extinct frog cloning experiment has about all the ingredients you could wish for a certain kind of movie -- except its just about a harmless frog. On the other hand, the techniques used to revive this extinct species are being developed to be applied on all kinds of reptiles.

Mar 16, 2013 03:13 PM EDT

Mount Sharp On Mars Seen From Curiosity Rover (Photo)

A new panorama photo from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was released, showing the towering Mount Sharp which will be climbed by the rover in a few weeks