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Researchers from NASA were stunned to find massive amounts of X-ray energy coming from the nearby Andromeda Galaxy. A team of NASA researchers working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA has made a stunning discovery. According to a report from Discovery News, scientists working with the NuSTAR telescope, or the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, have […]

For the first time, England may be covering the costs of electronic cigarettes to help people quit smoking. Some of the world’s leading doctors have publicly stated that electronic cigarettes are less damaging than traditional cigarettes, but now the United Kingdom is taking things a step further. According to a report from the BBC, UK medicines regulators

A third producer has come on board with the World Health Organization to supply vaccines that prevent this horrific illness. The world is running perilously low on oral cholera vaccines, and the World Health Organization has finally decided to do something about it. According to a report from UPI, the WHO has recently approved a third

New York State has just joined the medical marijuana party, but it’s going to be extremely tough to get your hands on it. The state of New York will join nearly half of the states in the country by opening its first medical marijuana clinics. According to a report from the New York Times, certified patients in

Romans may not have been as clean as the architecture makes them appear. One would have thought the ancient Romans to be a much cleaner version of the general population around at the time, with all their glistening marble and public baths and toilets, but a new study says that may not be the case.

FTC looking into claims of cognitive improvement through brain training. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week settled with the brain games site, Lumosity, for $2 million, and that could be signaling that the agency is planning to increase its regulation of ad claims and marketing ploys used by those types of sites, according to

Scientists working with the ESA’s Rosetta mission are scrambling to regain contact with the Philae comet lander, which has been silent since last July. Scientists working with the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission have just made a last-ditch effort to save the Philae space probe. According to a report from Phys.org, the comet lander has been

Anti-vaccination advocates fell into a fury after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a photo of himself and his daughter at the doctor’s office. As we reported recently, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to post a photo of himself and his daughter at the doctor’s office caused massive uproar from anti-vaccination advocates on the social network.

Scientists were stunned to find a massive galaxy where one supermassive black hole was completely naked. Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have made a stunning find. According to a report from Discovery News, researchers have been peering at a galaxy that contains two supermassive black holes. Unlike most black

The music world lost a legend on January 10, 2015 when singer David Bowie passed away from cancer at age 69. Legendary singer and musician David Bowie passed away on Sunday following an 18-month battle with cancer. According to a BBC report, Bowie was 69 years old, and passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. His net worth at