TORONTO – The first ever human-powered aircraft flight has been credited to a Canadian university student. Engineering graduate, Todd Reichert, managed to fly the aircraft under his own power for almost 20 seconds at the Great Lakes Gliding Club in Tottenham, Ont. The PhD candidate at the University of Toronto flew the 42 kg plane… Keep Reading
Food and Drug Administration officials will meet to discuss if a new genetically modified salmon will make its way into the U.S. food system. AquaBounty Technologies’ new genetically modified “AquAdvantage Salmon” does not suffer from stunted growth during cold weathers and is able to grow to twice the size of a normal salmon in half… Keep Reading
WASHINGTON – Ex-military personnel have urged the United States government to come clean and reveal facts about UFOs and other similar incidents. Witness testimonies made publis suggest that these unidentified objects have even gone to the extent of tampering with nuclear and weapons tests. More than 120 former or retired military personnel will stand as… Keep Reading
Research conducted by the University of Rochester in New York has shown that action-gamer players have strengthened abilities to translate sensory information into accurate decisions. Although some players in the study may have started off with superior probabilistic inference skills, an additional experiment indicated and subsequently proven that playing action games amplifies an ability to… Keep Reading
Revolutionary research by Korean scientists might give the world its next source of conveniently obtainable energy source – chatty teenagers. Recent years have seen a staggering advancement of scientific methods that enable electricity to be generated out of piezoelectric devices. Experimental prototypes that generate power as we walk or run are already being tested. However,… Keep Reading
A well known diabetes drug has several problems that can lead to a patient’s death and the FDA has convened a hearing about the safety the medication. However, reports on the risks of taking Avandia have been released by a doctor who has been conducting a study on its effects before the FDA can act.… Keep Reading
A new study shows evidence that scientists could determine when menopause will start for women, decades in advance of the event. Iranian scientists are presenting their findings to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference this week in Rome. While the study is continuing, the researchers are finding their predictions thus far have… Keep Reading
An international group of scientists have studied 8 national parks and reserves for the past several years and found pollution in every one of them. The parks that were used for the research were spread from southern Californi to the Artic. The research reveals toxins contaminating air, soil, plantlife and wildlife including pesticides, industrial pollutants… Keep Reading