Bad news for Texas, the USA and the rest of the world – the Texas Department of State Health Services has just confirmed the first case of Chikungunya in the north of Austin area, more exactly in Williamson County. This comes after only one week after the first case of the West Nile virus of the season was discovered in Travis County. The patient is a man who has just returned in the States after … [Read more...]
Oscar Pistorius Was Found Mentally Responsible By Psychiatric Experts
The trial of Olympic and Paralympic South African athlete kept the headlines this spring, as he admitted to shooting his girlfriend model Reeva Steenkamp in his home in February 2013. To resume the facts, the athlete and his girlfriend were in a Pretoria suburb last year when Oscar Pistorius shot her through a closed toilet door four times. His defense revolved around the "accident" idea: the … [Read more...]
The Utah Water Quality Board Adresses Water Pollution
Recent reports show that there is a serious problem going on with the oxygen levels at Echo and Rockport water reservoirs. State authorities and namely, the Utah Water Quality Board, decided to take immediate measures in order to reduce nutrient pollution in these reservoirs and thus keep the oxygen levels of the reservoirs' waters in normal parameters. What is important to know is that nutrient … [Read more...]
Sweden Returns Pre-Incan Funeral Shroud To Peru
An ancient Peruvian funeral shroud dating back to the pre-Inca period has gone on display in Lima after being returned from Sweden. The Shroud of Gothenburg is described as uniquely complex with more than 80 hues of blue, green, yellow and red woven into a pattern of 32 frames. The shroud is one of four ancient Paracas textiles being returned under an inter-governmental agreement. They were … [Read more...]
Red fire ants form rafts to secure themselves from water [VIDEO]
Every living organism knows how to save its life during calamity. A new study has presented a good example of this fact through red fire ants. According to the researchers, the red fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) save their lives in the rising water levels by rapidly gripping onto their nearest neighbors and forming rafts. Researchers say each ant is denser than water and is in danger of … [Read more...]
Minnesota’s injured moose ignites debate on US wildlife intervetion
An injured moose has initiate debate over whether or not to intervene in the wildlife issues in the United States. A moose was found badly injured with an open wound near its tail, probably due to a wolf attack, in Minnesota. According to the experts, such types of cases in Minnesota underline a huge issue that has been a common affair across the United States and i.e. ‘when to let nature … [Read more...]
eBay Urges To Reset Passwords After Breach
The latest breach of online marketplace eBay’s network enabled the hackers gain access to the personal data of 145 million customers. On Wednesday, the company urged users to change their passwords after the biggest-ever "cyberattack" on a database with encrypted passwords and non-financial data. As of the end of their first quarter, the company has 145 million active … [Read more...]
Prolong exposure to solvents leads to losing your thinking ability and memory.
Did you spent your life doing paint jobs, painting the houses, building, bridges, cars etc. Are you suffering with memory problems? If yes, here is a reason why. A recent study gave us some insights on heavy exposure to solvents and benzene on people's thinking ability and memory. "What it shows is that these chemicals might have more long-term effects than have previously been thought, and … [Read more...]
Scientists create living organism with ‘alien’ DNA
Scientists have made a substantial breakthrough towards creating a new microbial life-form by creating the “semi-synthetic” micro-organism with a radically different genetic code from the rest of life on Earth. For billions of years, the DNA of all life on Earth has been coded from four "base" building blocks, A, T, C and G, which bind in pairs and stack up like a twisting ladder to form the … [Read more...]
Ancient shrimps had earliest cardiovascular system, says study
A new study has found that the ancient shrimps had the earliest cardiovascular system. According to the study, the shrimps had the oldest known cardiovascular system that was 520 millions years ago. The discovery was made following the study of a pristine fossil of the shrimp's heart and blood vessels. The fossil was found in the Yunnan Province southwestern China. According to the … [Read more...]
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