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Jun 23, 2012 05:29 AM EDT

Eating Disorders Defy Age Groups

A new study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders erases the stigma that eating disorders are restricted to a particular set of age group. Eating disorders like Anorexia and Bulimia and other petrifying eating disorders are mostly found in teens, this new study claims that even ...

Jun 23, 2012 05:28 AM EDT

Snow Flakes are Fine Particles on Mars

Most of us seem to be quite inquisitive of the latest finding done by the team of exometerologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A team has uncovered certain interesting facts about Martian snow based on the data collected from the orbiting Mars spacecrafts.

Jun 22, 2012 06:46 AM EDT

100 Million Pounds Now Takes You to Moon

Now all it requires is 100 million pounds to visit the moon. After Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the British space company 'Excalibur Almaz' that is based on the Isle of Man, provides the tourists a chance to visit the moon provided they can fund the mission that is worth 100 million pound.

Jun 22, 2012 06:34 AM EDT

Excessive Traffic Noise linked to Heart Attacks: Study

Most of us would agree that traffic sound is annoying and at the same time very stressful. But most of us who spend hours stuck in traffic or are residing near heavy traffic areas, are not aware of the damaging effects of this LOUD SOUND!

Jun 22, 2012 06:16 AM EDT

NASAâ€™s Black Hole Space Telescope Unfolds in Orbit

NASA's new black hole hunting space telescope NuStar, unfolded a 33 foot mast in orbit on the Thursday. This was the last procedure to be completed before it could kick start its mission in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

Jun 08, 2012 02:24 PM EDT

Vampire Graves Found In Bulgaria

A pair of skeletons unearthed in a Bulgarian town off the Black Sea have rods pinned through their chests.

Jun 01, 2012 01:15 PM EDT

Mathematical Model Predicts Burglary Hotspots

Crime tends to cluster, and by studying the likelihood of a house being burglarized, and the movement patterns of burglars, researchers have come up with a model to predict these hotspots.

May 30, 2012 02:09 PM EDT

Indus Valley Civilization Collapsed Because Of Climate Change

Strong evidence shows that the drying of the rivers led to the eventual collapse of one of the greatest old civilizations.

May 28, 2012 11:18 AM EDT

Mayan Collapse Might Have Been Brought On By Shifting Trade Patterns

Changing economic patterns might have played a key role in the collapse of inland Mayan centers around 1,000 years ago.

May 23, 2012 03:59 PM EDT

Banana sourcing policy holds key to feeding the world's growing population says The Co-operative

Banana's may be our answer to the growing food-shortage.

May 23, 2012 12:42 PM EDT

Magic Shows Us How We Perceive

A study from the Barrow's Laboratory of Behavioral Neurophysiology deciphers the way the audience perceives a magic trick.

May 21, 2012 03:36 PM EDT

Squid Ink from Jurassic Period Identical to Modern Squid Ink, U.Va. Study Shows

An international team of researchers, including a University of Virginia professor, has found that two ink sacs from 160-million-year-old giant cephalopod fossils discovered two years ago in England contain the pigment melanin, and that it is essentially identical to the melanin found in the ink sac...