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NASA Contractor Accused Of Being Chinese Spy
US government officials have arrested a Chinese scientist bound for Beijing on suspicion of being a spy. The former NASA contractor, Bo Jiang, worked at the National Institute of Aerospace in Hampton, Virginia. Officials allege that he took a laptop belonging to NASA that contained sensitive information to China previously. Jiang was detained at the Dulles International Airport on Saturday … [ Read more ]
“Don’t Feed Me” T-shirts Save Kids From Food Allergies
A new line of T-shirts can help parents protect their kids from food allergies. The “Don’t Feed Me” T-shirts have check boxes next to categories of foods that are considered to be highly allergic. Parents can denote food allergies to dairy, gluten, soy, peanuts and more on the shirt in order to protect their kids at all times. The shirts … [ Read more ]
UGA Study: Early Dating May Lead To Risky Behvaior Later
A study performed by researchers at the University of Georgia reports that dating in middle and high school can lead to risky behavior later in life. The study followed 644 students through 6th to 12th grade and correlated students who never dated in either middle or high school with the highest grades. Researchers believe that students who date and experience … [ Read more ]
Red Lipstick Makes Women Appear Younger
A new study reports that wearing red lipstick can make women look years younger. Researchers used images of Caucasian French women aged 20 to 69 years old and found that as women age, their lips, eyes and eyebrows become paler while their skin tone becomes darker. Red lipstick creates a strong contrast that makes women appear to be younger, even … [ Read more ]
Cockatoos Exhibit Amazing Self-Control
The ability to wait for delayed gratification has been seen as a human trait that is not exhibited by animals. Until now. A new study found that Goffin cockatoos will take a pecan nut, hold it for up to 80 seconds in their mouths without nibbling it and then, exchange it for a more preferable food, such as a cashew … [ Read more ]
More Than 25% Of South African Schoolgirls Have HIV
A new study reports that as many as 28% of schoolgirls in South Africa are HIV positive. The country’s health ministry found that only 4% of schoolboys have the virus, making it clear that these young girls are being infected by grown men. The report also revealed that 94,000 schoolgirls became pregnant in the year 2011. Some of these girls … [ Read more ]
Former Chilean Dictator, Pinochet, Suspected Of Poisoning Poet Pablo Neruda
The body of Pablo Neruda, a Nobel prize winning poet from Chile, will be exhumed on April 8th, 2013. The poet died in 1973 from suspected prostate cancer. However, concerns that he may have been poisoned by former Chilean dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, have led to the scheduled exhumation. According to Neruda’s former driver, the poet was poisoned by Pinochet’s … [ Read more ]
Papal Conclave Leads To Doomsday Speculation
The world is watching as the papal conclave begins in an effort to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Some people believe that this election is the last before doomsday, as two medieval prophecies suggest. One of the prophecies, penned by Nostradamus, claims that the last pope will flee Rome in December when “two suns” appear in the … [ Read more ]
Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life
A team of scientists from NASA has analyzed a rock sample from the Mars Curiosity rover and determined that ancient Mars did, indeed, have the necessary components for supporting life. The rock sample contained the essential elements of sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and phosphorus, all of which are critical for living organisms. Scientists also discovered the presence of minerals … [ Read more ]
Why Women Trail Men In Science And Engineering
Understanding the gender gap between men in women in the fields of engineering and science is a topic of hot debate. In the US, half of the doctorates earned in engineering and science went to women. However, only a small fraction of those women hold positions as professors in those fields. The initial conclusion is that these women forsake their … [ Read more ]
