SCIENCE

High CO2 Levels Cause of Obesity, Researchers Say

Junk food, lack of exercise and now even the air you breathe could contribute to you gaining weight. Danish researchers have proposed a theory that steadily rising levels of carbon dioxide in the air maybe increasing appetite and could explain the rising obesity rate.

Russia Plans To Send Man To The Moon By 2030

Russia set forth an ambitious space strategy where the country plans to send Russian cosmonauts to the surface of the moon, send unmanned probes to Jupiter and Venus and build a network of research stations on Mars and the Russian space agency plans to do these by 2030.

Australia Braces for More Heat Waves to Come

Floods and powerful cyclones will remain as features of the Australian weather in the current century but scientists warned that scorching heat waves will also intensify in the decades ahead, no thanks to the worsening global warming.
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Growing New Organs Could Solve Donor Shortage, Doctors Says

Hospitals face a perennial lack of organ donors that many patients die waiting for kidneys, hearts and livers but an international group of researchers may have found a way to solve this by proposing that doctors could grow fully-functioning organs for their patients.Growing New Organs Could Solve Donor Shortage, Doctors Says

Wild Orchard: A Food Forest Grows in Seattle

Taking Seattle's P-Patch concept to dizzying, permaculture-tastic new heights, a 7-acre plot of unused land in the middle of the city will be transformed into the nation's largest 'food forest.'

Smart Fur Makes Robo-Pets More Realistic

Despite advances in robotics that produced such realistic robo-pets like Paro, the robo-seal, many robo-pets are still hindered because they don't look or act like real pets. However a team from the University of British Columbia is set to make robo-pets more realistic with a smart fur that can allow robo-pets to sense their owners' emotional state.

NASA: Asteroid 2012 DA14 Will Not Hit Earth Next Year

NASA's putting a lot of effort dispelling those pesky end-of-the-world scenarios. After assuring the public that the Earth isn't going to get sucked into a black hole or getting hit by a supernova blast, NASA is now downplaying speculation from doomsayers that asteroid 2012 DA14 won't obliterate the Earth next year.

Greenpeace Leads Campaign to Stop Australian Coal Export Boom

Greenpeace Australia plans to disrupt and delay coal export projects in the country in a campaign to stop the booming sector. The Australian reports that the funding proposal for the anti-coal campaign considers 2012 and 2013 the critical years.

Can Weight Lifting Make You 'Crazy'?

Does weight lifting have negative psychological effect? In a new study, more than 10 per cent of the participants showed symptoms of a psychological disorder that led them to think that their body is “too small” or “insufficiently muscular”.

iRobot’s Ava: Your New Multipurpose Robot

Robotics company iRobot has lofty goals for its Ava robot: the company plans to ship Ava to shopping malls and hospitals in the United States to help humans in everyday tasks.

Warp Drives: Slowing Down is a Planet Killer

Fans of science fiction will have one less technology to look forward to in the future. The ubiquitous warp drive made popular in such shows as Star Trek, could fry any planetary system it stops in.

Scientists Discover Why Marijuana Affects Memory

Medical professionals have always warned people about the negative effects of marijuana on memory but haven't been able to explain why until now. An international team of scientists believe they are closer to finding out why taking cannabis impairs short-term memory.

How Chemotherapy Becomes More Effective

Researchers from the University of Zurich have found a cellular brake that protects cancer cells from chemotherapy - and they demonstrate which medication can be used to render it inoperative.

Meteor Shower Amazes Skywatchers (Video)

People from around the world were surprised by a fireball that hit the sky at around 10:45 p.m. in Victoria and also in other places such as Frankston, Cairnlea, Dandenong, Anglesea and Tullamarine.

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