Mystery giant eyeball found on Fla. beach

(FWCC- UPI)A giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach this week is probably that of a large squid, wildlife experts said of the softball-size peeper.The mysterious eye washed up on Pompano Beach where it was found by a beachcomber who gave it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday, National Geographic reported.FWCC scientists put the impressive eye on ice and

Oct. 14, 2012

Reports: Smaller iPad to be revealed Oct. 23

Apple Inc. is set to reveal a smaller, cheaper version of the iPad at an event on Oct. 23, according to several reports published Friday.The reports from Bloomberg News, Reuters and the AllThingsD blog are based on unnamed sources with ``familiar with the plans.''Apple Inc. hasn't said anything about a smaller tablet, a concept company founder Steve Jobs derided two years ago. But company watchers

Oct. 13, 2012

Distant planet may be mostly diamond

llustration of the interior of 55 Cancri e — an extremely hot planet with a surface of mostly graphite surrounding a thick layer of diamond, below which is a layer of silicon-based minerals and a molten iron core at the center. (Haven Giguere)A rocky planet twice Earth's size orbiting a nearby star in our Milky Way galaxy is partly made of diamond, U.S. astronomers say.Scientists at Yale Universit

Oct. 12, 2012

Samsung unveils Galaxy S3 mini

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top smartphone maker, on Friday unveiled its Galaxy S3 mini phone, a compact version of the flagship Galaxy S3 device, to cater to consumers looking for a practical option.   The 4-inch smartphone is powered by Jelly Bean, the latest version of the Android operating system, and runs on a dual-core processor, Samsung said in a press release, noting the device is

Oct. 12, 2012

NASA releases dramatic nebula images

The first systematic survey of planetary nebulas in our cosmic neighborhood has produced a galley of striking images of distant dying stars, NASA says.Images of four planetary nebulas have been released from the first survey of such objects made with NASA‘s orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory.They are part of a survey of 21 planetary nebulas within about 5,000 light years of the Earth, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., reported Thursday.The observatory controls Chandr

Oct. 12, 2012

Chimps said attacking humans in Africa

Habitat loss may be the cause of some violent attacks by chimpanzees on humans in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, scientists say.At least one person, a child, has been killed in recent months in a chimpanzee attack just south of Virunga National Park in the area around the city of Goma, park officials said.The park lies on the border between the DRC, Uganda and Rwanda.A woman attempted to scare the chimp away to protect the child but the chimp reacted aggressively, said Al

Oct. 12, 2012

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia commonly occurs in adult women aged between 20 and 60 years old. There are broad areas of the body that are painful and there is chronic pain in the musculoskeletal pain. Patients often complain of fatigue, sleep disturbance and sub-chronic spasticity, irritable bowel syndrome, edema, poor circulation in the fingers or extremities, anxiety and depression and loss of function. An important characteristic of the pain is pressure pain, which occurs when a certain part of the body is pr

Oct. 11, 2012

Breast cancer quadruples in 15 years

Number of patients in their 50s and 60s has sharply increasedThe number of Korean women diagnosed with breast cancer quadrupled over the last 15 years due to a more westernized lifestyle and lower birth and breastfeeding rates, health experts said. According to a report by the Korea Breast Cancer Society, the number of patients with the disease surged to 16,398 in 2010 from 3,801 in 1996. The number of breast cancer patients in the population per 100,000 people also jumped to 67.2 in 2010 from 1

Oct. 11, 2012

Mars rover photograph shows strange object

This image released by NASA on October 4, 2012 shows NASA`s Mars rover Curiosity as it cut a wheel scuff mark into a wind-formed ripple at the "Rocknest" site. (AFP-Yonhap News)A mysterious object photographed by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is a "shred of plastic material, likely benign," probably shed by the rover, engineers say.The bright object showed up on photos sent to Earth by the rover as

Oct. 11, 2012

‘Jurassic Park’ dino rebirth not possible

The concept of reconstructing dinosaurs from ancient DNA is unlikely since genetic material can only last 1 million years, Australian researchers say.While short fragments of DNA could possibly survive up to a million years, more complex sequences of genetic material would only have a half-life of around 158,000, dealing a blow to thoughts of living bringing dinosaurs back to life as featured in the storyline of the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park,” they said.Scientists made that determination after a

Oct. 11, 2012

Next-generation OLED TVs, smart devices to be showcased at electronics show

The Korea Electronics Show 2012, which will run until Friday, is showcasing a wide array of electronics goods, from next-generation televisions using the organic light-emitting diode display technology to smart home appliances and gadgets.Under the theme “What IT Will Be,” the 43rd edition of the show, which kicked off on Tuesday, is taking place at the Korea International Exhibition Center, or KINTEX, in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province.With 600 companies participating, including Samsung Electronics an

Oct. 10, 2012

Korean TV to go all-digital by year’s end

Korea prepares to shut down analog broadcasts by DecemberUlsan resident Kim Min-yong is not an avid television watcher, but he was surprised to find his analog TV not working when he turned it on two months ago.“All it showed on the screen were black and white lines and I couldn’t get it to work although I tried struggling with the antenna and the remote control,” he said.This is what is most likely to happen to those who fail to follow the government’s announcement that it will cease analog TV

Oct. 10, 2012

Study: Learning a language changes brain

(MCT)LUND, Sweden (UPI) -- Intensive learning of a new language can make certain areas of the brain increase in size, Swedish researchers say.Scientists studied young recruits at the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy who learned a new language at a very fast pace, going from having no knowledge of a language such as Arabic, Russian or Dari to speaking it fluently in the space of 13 months.M

Oct. 9, 2012

Warcraft playing candidate under fire

Maine Republicans are criticizing a Democratic state Senate candidate for her “disturbing alter ego” in online game ‘World of Warcraft.’The Maine Republican party has created a website, collensworld.com, to compile comments Democratic candidate Colleen Lachowicz, 48, has made while playing or writing about the online game, the New York Daily News reported Monday.“So I‘m a level 68 orc rogue girl. That means I stab things ... a lot. Who would have thought that a peace-lovin’, social worker and de

Oct. 9, 2012

Florida man eats bugs, dies

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- A 32-year-old Florida man ate dozens of cockroaches and worms to win a contest and then he died, authorities said.Edward Archbold of West Palm Beach went outside after winning the contest at the Ben Siegal Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach Friday and collapsed. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, The Miami Herald reported.An autopsy was to be perf

Oct. 9, 2012