Prehistoric spider attack frozen in time

U.S. researchers have found what they say is the only fossil ever discovered of a spider attacking prey caught in its web, a 100 million-year-old “snapshot.”In an engagement frozen in time, the extraordinarily rare fossils of the spider and its prey, a wasp, are entombed in a piece of amber, Oregon State University reported Monday.“This juvenile spider was going to make a meal out of a tiny parasitic wasp, but never quite got to it,” said OSU zoology Professor George Poinar Jr., a world expert o

Oct. 9, 2012

SKT T.um opens experience zone for latest technology

SK Telecom T.um, an exhibition center run by information technology company SK Telecom, said Monday that it launched an experience zone with devices using the latest technologies on display. Celebrating its fourth anniversary, the exhibition center went through a series of renovations to offer opportunities for its visitors to experience the latest long term evolution technologies and the newest solutions in education and medicine. The IT company also installed “Smart Robot,” one of the most pop

Oct. 8, 2012

U.S. mulled building flying saucers: documents

The U.S. Air force tried to build a supersonic flying saucer-like aircraft in the 1950s, a recently declassified document revealed.A document made in 1956, entitled “Project 1794, Final Development Summary Report” and disclosed by the National Archives, showed a plan to build a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.If constructed as initially designed, the craft could reach a top speed of Mach 4, and fly at an altitude of 30.5 kilometers with a maximum range of about 1,852 kilometers.The U.S. go

Oct. 8, 2012

New type font said to help dyslexics

 A new font designed for people with dyslexia is now available for use on mobile devices such as tablet computers and smartphones, its U.S. designer says.The font, called OpenDyslexic, was designed by Abelardo Gonzalez, a mobile app designer from New Hampshire who has released the free font to word processors and e-book readers, Medical Xpress reported Monday.Dyslexia is a learning disorder charac

Oct. 8, 2012

Daredevil readies 23-mile free fall

Felix Baumgartner of Austria is pictured before his jump at the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico on March 15. (Red Bull content poll-UPI)An Austrian aerial daredevil planning to leap and free-fall from a balloon 23 miles over New Mexico says he will go supersonic before his parachute opens.Wearing a pressurized suit and helmet, Felix Baumgartner will plummet fro

Oct. 7, 2012

Life found in lake frozen for centuries

Greenland(AFP)The world's most northerly lake, entombed under a layer of ice 2,400 years ago, is thawing and showing a return of organic life, European researchers say.The finding at Kaffeklubben So lake on the coastal plain of northern Greenland is the latest evidence that climate change in polar regions can result in rapid ecological changes, they said."It's kind of the end of the earth," Bianca

Oct. 5, 2012

Boy finds woolly mammoth carcass in Siberia

(Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences)An 11-year-old boy in Russia has discovered the almost-complete 30,000-year-old carcass of a woolly mammoth, Russian media reported.Yevgeny Salinder found the 1,100-pound mammoth in the tundra of the Taymyr peninsula in northern Russia, Moscow News said.Scientists using axes and steam hoses worked for a week to dig it out of the permafrost i

Oct. 5, 2012

Wearable robot can help patients walk again

RALEIGH, North Carolina ― A team of physical therapists strapped the robot onto him, one hit a button and with a faint electronic whir, David Ayscue was suddenly 6 feet tall again.Then Ayscue took a step, and a different future came just a little bit closer for him and millions of others who can’t walk on their own.“I guess this is how a baby feels taking its first steps,” he said. “I can’t describe it. It’s just overwhelming.”Ayscue, 56, was learning how to use a new robotic exoskeleton called

Oct. 4, 2012

How to cope with gastric disorder after Chuseok

Chuseok is over but has left many experiencing gastrointestinal problems such as digestive disturbance, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and heart burn. Overeating, excessive drinking and late-night meals during the holidays are major causes for gastric problems. Chuseok food, mostly oily and high in fat, can weaken the lower esophageal sphincter and causes acid and digestive enzymes from the stomach to flow backwards into the esophagus. Having meals late at night and going to sleep a few minu

Oct. 4, 2012

Tonsillitis

Many people think of tonsillitis when they have throat pain. However, there are many structures in the throat, which is why throat pain does not always indicate tonsillitis. Other causes of throat pain include pharyngitis and laryngitis, and these different conditions have different symptoms, for which there are different treatments.The tonsil tissues help defend against foreign substances from the outside. They play a key immunity role for many years after birth. The palatine tonsils are walnut

Oct. 4, 2012

Deadly snake venom may make painkiller

The deadly venom of the black mamba snake can yield a painkiller as powerful as morphine but without most of the side-effects, French scientists say.One of the speediest and most dangerous snakes found in Africa, the black mamba uses its venom, which contains neurotoxins, to paralyze and kill small animals that are its prey.However, researchers at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology in France discovered its venom also contains a potent painkilling protein called mambalgins.Scien

Oct. 4, 2012