Laughter may be good medicine for elderly dementia patients – and best of all, it doesn’t have any unpleasant side…
Month: September 2011
Green explosive is a friend of the Earth
A new type of explosive may make blowing things up a little more environmentally friendly, according to a new study.…
Delhi metro first railway to earn UN carbon credits
Delhi Metro has become the world’s first railway network to earn carbon credits from the United Nations for helping cut…
Particles Moved Faster Than Speed of Light?
Neutrinos—ghostly subatomic particles—may have been observed traveling faster than the speed of light, scientists announced this week. If confirmed, the…
Wind Power Now Cheaper Than Natural Gas
Wind power in Brazil now costs less than natural gas. Brazil’s National Electric Power Agency held a series of energy…
Fifty new exoplanets discovered
Astronomers using a telescope in Chile have discovered 50 previously unknown exoplanets. The bumper haul of new worlds includes 16…
Bats Have Fastest Mammal Muscles
By possessing the fastest known mammal muscles bats are able to flex up to 200 times per second. The findings,…
“Hollows” Found on Mercury
The planet Mercury is dotted with holes that appear to be unlike any other landform yet seen in the solar…
Biggest Crocodile Ever Caught?
Caught alive after a three-week hunt, an allegedly 21-foot-long (6.4-meter-long) saltwater crocodile—the biggest crocodile ever caught in the Philippines—is restrained…
Backpack Farms helps to defeat drought
Looking at graphic photos of starving Somalis or reading about the perils of drought in East Africa, one might conclude…