Will robot prostitution become a reality?

Robot prostitutes could become commonplace in the future.In their paper “Robots, men and sex tourism,” published in the journal Futures, Ian Yeoman and Michelle Mars of the Victoria Management School in Wellington, New Zealand, explore a science-fiction prospect of android prostitutes being legalized in Amsterdam by 2050, and how it would impact the economies of countries, as well as on global sex trafficking and the exploitation of sex workers.The possible production and availability of such pl

April 18, 2012

Dinosaurs put eggs in wrong evolutionary basket: scientists

The fact that land-bound dinosaurs laid eggs is what sealed their fate of mass extinction millions of years ago while live birthing mammals went on to thrive, scientists said Wednesday. Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buerhle has a chuckle with "Baby T Rex" animated figure which threw out the first pitch before the game against the Detroit Tigers at at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois, Augu

April 18, 2012

Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun

The M1.7-class solar flare (NASA/GSFC/SDO)The sun unleashed a beautiful prominence eruption from its east limb on Monday, sending out super-heated plasma.The solar flare occurred at 1745 GMT and registered as a moderate M1.7-class on the scale of sun storms.From news reports<관련 한글 기사>화려한 태양 표면 폭발 '플레어' 발생화려한 태양 플레어가 그리니치표준시로 16일 오후 5시 45분(한국시간 17일 오전 1시 45분)경 발생했다. 플레어는 태양 표면에서 일어나는 폭발로 강력한 방사능이 다

April 17, 2012

Martian impact craters may be hiding life

If there is life on Mars it may be lurking in craters formed by asteroid impacts on the planet's surface, as has happened on Earth, Scottish scientists say.This undated image provided by NASA shows the Gale Crater on Mars. (AP-Yonhap News)Researchers at the University of Edinburgh said organisms have been found living deep beneath a site in Chesapeake Bay in the United States where an asteroid cra

April 17, 2012

Blood type matters in some diseases: study

People with blood type A may be susceptible to certain strains of rotavirus infections, Science Daily reported Sunday.Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas have found that strains of the virus seem to find their way into human cells by recognizing antigens found in blood type A. Rotavirus is most common cause of severe dehydration and diarrhea in infants, from which about half a million people die every year.The strains of the virus known as P14 and P9 were observed to bind

April 16, 2012

Intelligence and worrying may have co-evolved: study

A recent study by U.S. researchers suggests that intelligence may have co-evolved with worrying, Science Daily reported Thursday. Brain activity during the intellectual process involves depletion of the nutrient choline in the sub-cortical white matter, which is also true of the process of worrying, Dr. Jeremy Coplan from SUNY Downstate Medical center and his colleagues found. This suggests that excessive worrying, which is generally viewed as a negative trait may actually be a beneficial trait

April 15, 2012

Mystery object seen falling from sky

LITCHFIELD, Conn. (UPI) -- Connecticut authorities said they have been unable to locate a mysterious object seen falling from the sky by witnesses including a state trooper.The Connecticut State Police said the glowing green object, which some witnesses described as being the size of a whale, was seen falling from the sky in the Litchfield area around 2 a.m. Thursday morning, and is believed to ha

April 13, 2012

NASA robots found life on Mars in 1976, scientists say

This is an artist's drawing of one of the twin Mars rovers as it would look on the planet's surface. The rovers have survived more than five years, far beyond their design date. (NASA/JPL/Cornell/MCT)Scientists have concluded from reviewing data of 1976 Mars Viking rovers that bacteria existed on Mars.The original consensus of scientists has been that the experiment found geological, not biologica

April 13, 2012

Oft-misunderstood lupus comes out of the shadows

DETROIT ― The day Sharon Harris graduated from Florida A&M University was supposed to be one of jubilation.But Harris was exhausted and weak.She attributed it to the stress of final exams, preparing for graduation and working three part-time jobs.But the moment her mother arrived from Detroit that December day in 2001, she knew something was seriously wrong. Just one look at her daughter’s face told her it couldn’t be only stress. In addition to exhaustion, Harris’s skin was blotchy and discolor

April 12, 2012

Prevalence of autism in children continues to climb, report shows

KANSAS CITY, Missouri ― Lauren Shouse wonders why her third child, Luke, is autistic. Was it his difficult birth? Was it something inherited that made her 6-year-old so stubborn and unwilling to speak?“You would like to know what causes it so you can do all you can to prevent it,” said Shouse, of Weston, Mo. “It would be wonderful if we knew why.”Medical researchers have the same hope, made all the more urgent Thursday with the release of new numbers showing that the prevalence of autism among t

April 12, 2012

Bulimia serious among young people

Park Ju-yong, 20, is always conscious of what he eats. He is constantly on a diet, trying to minimize and moderate the foods he eats. Whenever the stress of suppressing his appetite becomes unbearable, he buys loads of food ― bread, butter, instant noodles, pizza, donuts, fried chicken and so forth ― and starts binge eating. But the pleasure of eating does not last long. After feeling a severe sense of guilt, he takes laxatives that will sweep away what he has eaten. “I don’t know what I am doin

April 12, 2012

Scientists find out why smart people are smart

Scientists have succeeded in pointing out the parts of the brain that are essential for intellectual functions, the Science Daily reported Tuesday. A multi-national study found out that coordinated works of several brain areas are necessary in order to process a thought.Lead researcher Aron Barbey said the brain’s ability to add up all the information from verbal, visual, spatial and executive processes is key to intellectual function. Study showed that the brain regions involved in the thinking

April 12, 2012