The bacteria GFAJ-1 at 5 micrometers, Image Source: Gizmodo.com
A new life form called GFAJ-1 has been discovered by NASA, it was revealed yesterday. continue reading...
There are more differences between men and women than meets the eye! Thankfully, there’s an explanation for the ice cream cravings, sudden tears and silent treatment. continue reading...
Scientific American has created a very cool interactive article that looks at 12 ways the world will be altered forever as we know it. Some are super cool, some are super scary, but all are fascinating. Below is the list of events, but be sure to click through to the article for a lot more information and interactivity. continue reading...
Can’t help being the life of the party? Maybe you were just born that way. Researchers from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego have found that our place in a social network is influenced in part by our genes, according to new findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. continue reading...
Scientists have found a hormone that simultaneously leads to an hour-glass figure, the desire to continue trading-up men, high confidence, a desire to have sex outside of one’s current relationship, a symmetrical face, large breasts and a low waist-to-hip ratio. They are referring to this gene as the Marilyn Monroe hormone, as they estimate she would have had high levels of this ovarian steroid hormone, called oestradoil. Read more… continue reading...
Science has apparently proven, for the most part, that our behavior is influenced most by genetics. To easily illustrate their point, the specialist involved in the related study uses the example of hair color. You are born with a certain color of hair. You can change it, but you have to keep working at it, and if you don’t, you’ll revert back to what is natural. It is the same with behavior. This effectively means that people are predisposed to bad behaviors. Read more… continue reading...
