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Our sense of touch unconsciously influences our thoughts and moods, a new study says.
According to J. Ackerman (leader of the said study), when people physically experience weight or feel heavy things, it makes them see the world in a more serious and important way.
Through series of experiments, it revealed the …

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A 3-hour partial lunar eclipse will occur tonight, and it can be seen throughout most regions in Asia, Australia and the Americas.
However, unlike any other eclipses of its kind, this one would be redder than usual due to ashes emitted recently by the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull.
According to astronomers, the ashes …

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For the first time, astronomers have discovered traces of water on an orbiting asteroid known as 24 Themis.
The discovery was the product of a study conducted by two independent teams on the what-appears-to-be-frost-coated asteroid. Both teams utilized NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii to watch how sunlight reflected off the …

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A new study states that near-death experiences occur due to the overload of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream while the patient is in cardiac arrest and being resuscitated.
Fifty-two heart attack patients were the subjects of the study, and eleven of them reported near-death experiences. On these patients, scientists found out …

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Fossils of the newly recognized hominid species Australopithecus sediba, were unearthed inside a subterranean cave system in South Africa. The fossils are said to belong to an 8 to 13-year old male and a female in her thirties.
The said species is believed to be the ancestor of either the Homo …

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An ongoing research in Japan suggests that electricity from lightning makes mushrooms grow faster and multiply.
The experiment was done by bombarding a variety of mushrooms in lab-based plots with artificially induced lightning. So far, it was found effective on eight mushroom species including the edible shiitake and nameko mushrooms.
For centuries, …

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Epsilon Aurigae, a yellow supergiant star 2,000 light-years away from Earth, is currently eclipsed by a mysterious dark and dusty “disk”.
Theories suggest that the eclipsing object could be a nebula or a black hole. However, recent studies state that it is actually a star surrounded by a dusty disk, and …

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Scientists pronounced that a new monitor lizard species, now being classified by the name Varanus bitatawa has just been discovered in the northern Philippine island of Luzon. The lizard grows up to two meters (about the size of a human), weighs up to ten kilograms and has a double penis: …

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A new species of blind snakes were found in the African island nation of Madagascar. These snakes, which are actually not completely blind, grow up to about a foot (30 centimeters) long.
Studies about their genes suggest that these creatures have existed in Madagascar, even before it became an island.

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Scientists speculate that Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH), a newly found hormone within the hypothalamus of the human brain, may lead to the creation of the male birth control pill.
The said substance was identified in birds ten years ago.
A study says that GnIH could also become a treatment to fight hormone-sensitive cancers …

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Roxxxy, the world’s first sex robot, had her first public appearance last week in Las Vegas. She was developed by Douglas Hines of a firm called True Companion.
Roxxxy is anatomically consistent with human, stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, and has full C cup breasts. She comes …

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Vito Franco, an Italian professor of pathological anatomy, declared that Mona Lisa, depicted on Leonardo da Vinci’s famous portrait of the same name, suffered from high cholesterol. The said condition may have been the cause of her mysterious guise.
He confirmed that Mona Lisa had xanthelasma, the accumulation of cholesterol under …

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During the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, astronomers announced the discovery of 5 new planets through the use of the newly launched Kepler telescope.
One of the planets was characterized as having the density of Styrofoam; two planets have surfaces hotter than molten lava, while the other …

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For the first time, scientists were able to confirm that what covers the icy lakes on the south pole of Saturn’s satellite Titan is actually a fog.
Fog on Saturn's Moon Titan
Fog on Titan occurs when the liquid evaporating from Titan’s lakes makes the surrounding air increasingly humid. When moist air …

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A new research states that the Earth’s north magnetic pole is constantly moving towards Siberia, Russia; abandoning its original location in northern Canada. The pace of the movement is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) annually.
The cause of this shift, according to geophysicist Arnaud Chulliat, is the magnetic changes occurring within …