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Scientists confirm memories are still there, and may be retrieved. Breakthrough research on Alzheimer’s disease has indicated that the memories of the sufferers may not have been lost completely, offering hope of finding a way to retrieve them and eventually a cure for the condition, according to a statement from MIT. A research team used […]

There has been a recent Ebola flare-up in Guinea, leaving a number of people dead. Health officials in Guinea have reported that a fourth person has been killed by the Ebola virus. According to a report from Reuters, the disease that left 11,300 people dead in West Africa since 2013 is still lingering among the population.

A team of researchers has discovered a distant exoplanet with a wildly eccentric orbit. A team of researchers led by astronomer Stephen Kane from San Francisco State University has observed an exoplanet with one of the most “eccentric” orbits ever spotted. According to a report from Phys.org, the planet reflected a signal of starlight from its atmosphere

Program seeks to make high-speed internet available to public housing residents and their families. In a press release, Comcast announced today an immediate expansion of its Internet Essentials program to public housing residents in Miami-Dade County and the cities of Nashville, Philadelphia and Seattle, marking the eighth expansion of the program over the past five years. Comcast is

Annual global carbon emissions have reached a level not witnessed on Earth in the past 66 million years, a new study warns. Scientists in Hawaii have made a shocking discovery. According to a report from the Washington Post, Earth is currently experiencing the highest rates of atmospheric carbon emissions in the past 66 million years. A recent

New evidence says Yellowstone eruptions were fewer and more intense. Scientists have known for quite some time a series of volcanic eruptions generated by a super-volcano under Yellowstone left a trail of mega-eruptions across the Pacific Northwest, but new evidence discovered by an international team says instead of a number of eruptions, there were only

A fascinating discovery sheds light on our ancestors’ transition from the ocean to solid ground. A team of researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology has made a discovery that could help explain how our earliest ancestors first made the transition from living in the ocean to living on land. According to a report

You may have forgotten about it, but the company finally began shipping the new Surface Hub units this month. Tech industry analysts have been saying that tablet PCs and touchscreens are the future of personal computing, but man consumers have been reluctant to make the switch from their traditional laptop and desktop computers. According to

New artificial skin transplant on mouse is functioning as real skin. Researchers in Japan have successfully transplanted artificial skin onto a mouse, and the fake skin is doing everything real skin does, sweat, secrete protective oils and grow hair, according to the Washington Post. Scientists from the RIKEN Center of Developmental Biology in Japan were able

Research shows waistline size may predict heart health better than BMI. A new study involving diabetic patients has found that an increase in waist size cold be a better way of predicting heart disease than either actual body weight or body mass index (BMI), according to a report on UPI. Researchers have known for some time