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Raising Minimum Legal Drinking Age Saves Lives, Study Finds

Raising the minimum legal drinking age, or MLDA, has always been the subject of debate and controversy. While some say that 18 years of age is already an appropriate age to be drinking, some stress that drinking below the age of 21 is dangerous.

Wine is no Better Than Beer in Benefits

Research has proven that one to two glasses of wine a day is healthy for the body. However, what about the most common of spirits - the beer? Beer has often been painted to be bad for the health, but recent study suggests otherwise.
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Google X: Where Search Ends and Research Begins

Last 2005 a project called Google X from the now shut down Google Labs. It stayed for one day and disappeared without a trace and with no explanation. It was a project that showcases Google's website with Apple's dock effect. New York Times has revealed recently that another project with the same name was in development within Google that is so secret that some of the employees don't even know it exists.

New Breakthrough Show Stem Cell Can Regenerate Heart Damage

A new breakthrough in stem cell researched has helped a 39-year old man, Ken Milles, recover his health by regenerating damaged heart tissue. The same treatment was given to a patient named Mike Jones and again, like the last patient before him is now recovering.

Russia Has Until December to Revive Phobos-Grunt Mission

The Russian Phobos-Grunt mission is not yet considered lost, and space officials have until December to try to reestablish contact, re-program the probe and continue its mission to the Martian moon. After which, it may fall to Earth in January, according to a Russian space official.

Qantas Sets First Cooking Oil-Powered Flights

Qantas will start using biofuel to power its planes next year, the airline's CEO Alan Joyce announced during the Australian Airports Association convention in Brisbane on Monday.

Taking Care of the Mouth Takes Care of Diabetes

Diabetes is a common problem around the world that has people checking their blood sugar all the time. What's frightening to know is that diabetes is predicted to affect over 380 million people around the world by 2025. And with World Diabetes Day just celebrated this November 14, what could be a better way to deal with the illness than simply brushing one's teeth?

Tuberculosis Has Every Body Fooled

Tuberculosis, more popularly called TB, is a respiratory system illness that leaves people coughing up blood. This contagious disease, which stems from the infections bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mtb kills over 2 million people each year.

East Asian Artifact Found in Alaska, Bronze Buckle Might be Heirloom (Video)

The bronze-age artifact unearthed was found in a 1000-year old Inupiat house, making the belt older than the house itself. The house is located at Cape Espenberg by an archeological team from the University of Colorado. The buckle itself is two inches by one inch with a rectangular beveled ring connected to a broken concave ring. The whole item was made from a mold that most likely came from East Asia.

Smoke-free, Heart attack-free?

Everyone knows that smoking or second hand smoke is bad for the health and brings with it numerous negative effects such as turning the teeth yellow or making the lungs sickly. However, aside from the usual ailments associated with smoke, only a few know that smoke can also affect the heart.

Dealing With Arthritis – Look at the Mirror

Arthritis is an affliction that leaves those reeling with pain even with the simplest of tasks. Thanks to inflamed joints, people's lives are disrupted. In fact, there are around 10 million people in the United Kingdom who are suffering from this ailment, while in the United States, a staggering 50 million.

Renewable Energy Getting Cheaper

Although the Australian government is apparently battling an uphill fight over carbon tax, renewable energy and similar issues as the debate gets lively, trends support the Labor government position that the country should shift toward renewables and away from coal.

Crew of 3 Launch to Join International Space Station

Three astronauts who will join the International Space Station crew were launched into orbit at 0415 GMT Momday morning from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and are expected to arrive at the orbiting outpost Wednesday.

Unrest Grows Among Thais still Submerged in Floods

Residents in Thailand's Don Mueang district have defied the orders of authorities when they destroyed flood barriers made of sand bags to create a way for boats and access the flooded 20 housing estates.

Vitamin C – Good for the Heart?

Vitamin C is popularly known for boosting the immune system as well as helping people heal from wounds and keeping the gums healthy. But the vitamin might be good for the heart as well.

Clouds, Victim of Man-Made Pollution

Pollution has always been a part of man's life what with even the smallest of choices made. Now, pollution is a head ache that the world faces, and to some degree, is a neglected problem because of the changes associated to reducing it.There are a lot of negative effects that come with pollution, and according to a new study led by a group of researchers from the University of Maryland, there is another reason why pollution should be reduced.

Amazing Feat of Octopus and Squid Camouflage

One moment they're there and the next, they're completely gone. That's what researchers have discovered in some species of deep ocean squid and octopus that can switch from becoming transparent to becoming deep red to blend into their environment.

New Drug Stops Troubling Tumors

Tumors have always been feared for they are often linked with cancer. With tumors disturbing the body's cell division, it's about time that modern medicine has found a way to stop the troublemaker without invasive surgery but with a drug.

When Breast Cancer Reoccurs

Breast cancer is a battle that some of the women face every day. Full of stress, fatigue, and other mixed emotions, a fight with the disease is taxing. Unfortunately, even if the battle has been won, for some, the way may not be over as cancer is known to reoccur.

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