Indian Man Pretends He's a NASA Research Scientist

11/03/14 11:58 AM PST

Arun P. Vijayakumar's false claims of NASA prestige were found out after a bust by the Facebook group 'Netizen Police'

World Crime

Tags: arun p vijayakumar, india, indian, narendra modi, praise, nasa, research scientist, rocket scientist, mit, bhutan university, impostor

College Students Compete to Build Best Unmanned Boat

10/29/14 11:17 AM PST

Hoping competition will foster innovation, the U.S. Office of Naval Research brought together engineering students from all over the world to build a boat that can operate itself

Science & Technology U.S.

Tags: us office of naval research, maritime robotx challenge, singapore marina bay, unmanned boats, unmanned surface vehicles, defense systems

Researchers Tracking and Fact Checking Memes on Twitter

10/29/14 10:46 AM PST

A study out of Indiana University called Truthy is tracking meme activity on Twitter to see if "social pollution" is spreading

Science & Technology World U.S.

Tags: truthy, indiana university, twitter, tweets, social pollution, memes, study, research, national science foundation, ajit pai

Sunshine May Slow Weight Gain and Type 2 Diabetes

10/29/14 9:03 AM PST

A study of overfed mice exposed to UV light, recently published in 'Diabetes' journal, found that the mice gained less weight and showed fewer warning signs for Type 2 diabetes

Health Science & Technology World

Tags: sunlight, diabetes, nitric oxide, mice study, research, weight gain

New Research Finds Link Between Drinking Soda and Aging

10/22/14 4:08 PM PST

A newly published study from the University California, San Francisco has found that drinking soda daily can slow down human cell generation and therefore link to aging

Health

Tags: soda, research, telomeres, chromosomes, ucsf, science, aging

Study: Viagra Could be Used to Treat Heart Disease

10/22/14 3:56 PM PST

Research, published in the BMC Medicine Journal, found that the main ingredient in Viagra could be used to treat heart disease

Health Science & Technology

Tags: viagra, little blue pill, heart disease, erectile dysfunction, research, bmc medicine, sapienza university

Medical Research Breakthrough with 'Alzheimer's in a Dish'

10/16/14 12:14 PM PST

Researchers have mad a breakthrough in Alzheimer's research with petri dish development of replicate diseased cells

Health Science & Technology

Tags: alzheimer's, disease, medical research, health, science, petri dish, alzheimer's in a dish

Illegal Marijuana Farms Blamed for Species Decline

10/16/14 10:59 AM PST

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, illegal marijuana farms are causing a population decline in a forest-dwelling species, the fisher

Environment U.S. Crime

Tags: illegal marijuana farm, drug operation, fish and wildlife service, fisher, weasel, integral ecology research center, rodenticide, rat poison

Pope Makes Iconic Manaoag Pilgrimage Shrine a 'Minor Basilica'

10/15/14 5:20 PM PST

Just months before his arrival in the country, Pope Francis named a famed Philippine church a new basilica

Religion World

Tags: pope francis, our lady of the rosary of manaoag, pangasinan, pilgrims, pew research center, rappler, manaoag shrine

ISIS Ammunition Traced to U.S.

10/08/14 11:24 AM PST

A report from a weapons tracking research group says that ISIS fighters have been using bullets made in the United States and 20 other countries

World

Tags: united states, weapons, isis, bullets, conflict armament research group

Microsoft Planning for Pocket Polling

10/03/14 9:21 AM PST

Cortana, Microsoft's voice-activated character in Windows phones, may soon ask its users questions to build up societal survey

Tags: microsoft, cortana, polling, internet, siri, pew research, windows phone, election

Is The Dog Dish Half Full Or Half Empty?

09/23/14 9:21 AM PST

A new study out of Australia suggests that dogs can be either pessimistic or optimistic

Environment

Tags: dogs, pessimistic, optimistic, research, university of sydney