Facebook Helped Kick Off a 20-Fold Registration Spike for Desperately Needed Organ Donors
Last May, Facebook began allowing users to post their organ donor status on their profile timelines
A New 3D Map of the Universe Covers More Than 100 Million Light-Years
The map makes infinity seem comprehensible by depicting the structures of galaxy clusters, dark matter and open patches of lonely space
Cyborg Cockroaches May Become New Teaching Tools in Neuroscience Classes
Roach neurons aren’t that different than human neurons, making the RoboRoach a learning tool for all sorts of basic principles of neuroscience
New At-Home Test Could Tell Women If Their Pregnancy Has Terminated
Women who both do and do not want to be pregnant could benefit from the new test
Colorado Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Threatens World’s Highest Suspension Bridge
A series of three wildfires are currently tearing through Colorado
Gold Nanoparticles May Be the Future of Male Contraception
A twist in the on-going quest for a male contraceptive
A Space-Based Telescope for the People Wants Your Support
An asteroid mining company wants your money to put a satellite telescope that you can control into space
For the First Time, See What the Most Basic Chemistry Actually Looks Like
For the first time scientists used a microscope to see a chemical reaction
Google Will Now Tell You the Nutrition Information for Foods
Google can now bring up nutrition information for certain foods you search
How Companies Use Data To Hire, Fire and Promote
Companies are turning to data to help them hire new workers, and compare how their employees are doing
America’s Bridges Really Are Getting Old: One Just Collapsed Into the Skagit River
While there may not be money laying around to fix bridges, there are certainly bridges laying around that need fixing
China Plans to Regulate Some of Its Carbon Emissions for the First Time Ever
In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the country will implement a carbon trading scheme in seven cities by 2014
An Aging Mathematician Made a Major Dent in One of Math’s Oldest Problems
Before his breakthrough involving the twin prime conjecture, Yitang Zhang struggled to find work in academia and even took a job at Subway
Don’t Call Female Desire Drugs ‘Lady Viagra’
Other than their intended purpose—encouraging sexual activity—female desire drugs and Viagra are completely different things
Dentists Discovered the Tooth-Saving Properties of Fluoride by Accident
This is the fourth time Portland has voted on fluoride, and it certainly won’t be the last
3D-Printed Pizza Brings Us One Step Closer to Meal-in-a-Pill
Laid down layer by layer using protein powders and other things, this 3D food printer could be the way of our culinary future
Mount Everest Climbers’ Waste Could Power Local Villages
If successful, the project will be the world’s highest elevation biogas reactor and could be introduced to other high altitude areas around the world
Jury-Rigged iPhone Microscope Can See Parasitic Worms Just Fine
The new contraption detected giant roundworm eggs 81 percent of the time and roundworm eggs 54 percent of the time in village samples in Tanzania
Easy-Peasy Test Finds Serious Fetal Health Issues Earlier
Scientists can detect signs of Down Syndrome, brain damage and a preterm delivery using this new urine test
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