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May 21, 2012 01:58 PM EDT

Fifteen-Year-Old Creates Non-Invasive Pancreatic Cancer Detection Tool

Jack Andraka, 15, of Crownsville, Md. was awarded first place for his new method to detect pancreatic cancer at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public. Based on diabetic test paper, Jack created a simple dip-stick sensor to test bl...

May 21, 2012 07:19 AM EDT

Dinosaur Skeleton Fetches $1.05 Million at Disputed U.S. Auction

A nearly intact skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus sold for $1.05 million at auction in New York on Sunday, although the sale has been disputed by the Mongolian government, which has questioned whether it was obtained legally.

May 20, 2012 05:14 PM EDT

The Dalai Lama Supports 2045â€™s Avatar Project

The 2045 initiative has received the blessing and support from the Dalai Lama, as it prepares to announce the second Global Future 2045 Congress, being held in New York, June, 2013.

May 18, 2012 11:47 AM EDT

Frequent Cooking Will Help You Live Longer

A new study published in Public Health Nutrition links frequent cooking to a longer life.

May 18, 2012 09:19 AM EDT

Teaching Creativity to Children from a Galaxy Away

Playing make-believe is more than a childhood pasttime. According to psychologists, it's also crucial to building creativity, giving a child the ability to consider alternative realities and perspectives. And this type of thinking is essential to future development, aiding interpersonal and problem-...

May 17, 2012 02:27 PM EDT

Ancient Giant Turtle Fossil Revealed

Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State University have found just such a specimen - the fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant that lived in what is now Colombia.

May 17, 2012 12:33 PM EDT

Parents Are Happier than Non-parents, New Research Suggests

New research by psychologists at three North American universities, including the University of British Columbia, finds that parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning from life than non-parents.

May 17, 2012 09:40 AM EDT

Historic, 19th Century Shipwreck Discovered in Northern Gulf of Mexico

During a recent Gulf of Mexico expedition, NOAA, BOEM and partners discovered an historic wooden-hulled vessel which is believed to have sunk as long as 200 years ago. Scientists on board the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer used underwater robots with lights and high definition cameras to view remnants o...

May 16, 2012 01:27 PM EDT

OMG! Texting Ups Truthfulness, New iPhone Study Suggests

Text messaging is a surprisingly good way to get candid responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study to be presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.

May 16, 2012 12:35 PM EDT

Ancient Tree-ring Records from Southwest US Suggest Today's Megafires Are Truly Unusual

Today's mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from two distinct climate periods.

May 16, 2012 11:32 AM EDT

Astronomers Discovered Ancient Egyptian Observations of a Variable Star

The study of the "Demon star", Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of this eclipsing binary star has been connected to good prognoses three millennia ago. This result has rai...

May 15, 2012 04:51 PM EDT

Sulphur and Iron Compounds Common in Old Shipwrecks

Sulphur and iron compounds have now been found in shipwrecks both in the Baltic and off the west coast of Sweden. The group behind the results, presented in the Journal of Archaeological Science, includes scientists from the University of Gothenburg and Stockholm University.