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Will You Pay More for Greener Spaces?

It is a common fact that people love looking at beautiful sceneries. Whether it's the simple sight of trees or the calming landscape of plants, people adore a green environment. Not only adore, but according to a new survey, people love greenery so much that they are even willing to pay more for a greener place to live in.

Scientists Map Origin of East Antarctica Mountain Ranges

The stretch of Gamburtsev mountain ranges have long amazed scientists who single out the East Antarctica icy rock formations for their apparent youthfulness that surprisingly defied million-years of natural onslaught by elements.

Shark Found Inside Desalination Plant Tank

Maintenance workers have found a live carpet shark inside the seawater intake tank of the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Binningup, according to Water Corporation, operator of the plant.

Expedition 30 Arrives at the International Space Station

Three new flight engineers who will compose Expedition 30 arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday for a four-month stay on the orbiting complex. NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russians Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, were delivered by Soyuz TMA-22 which blasted off from Kazakhstan on Monday.
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Europe Bans Airport X-Ray Body Scanners for Health Reasons

The 27-member countries of the European Union will start using millimeter-wave scanners after the EU announced the ban on the use of X-ray body scanners in all European airports due to health and safety reasons.

How it’s Good to be Blue: Ten Benefits of Blueberries

Blueberries are one of the most popular add-ons to desert, whether it be ice cream or a simple bowl of granola, the small, blue fruit is but an aesthetic element with a sweet-tart taste. But there is more to this blue fruit; in fact, blueberries are one of the healthiest fruits out there.

Students Hack Kinect to Make the Kinecthesia Personal Radar for the Vision Impaired [Video]

Two Students from the University of Pennsylvania have modified a Kinect to help the vision impaired to become more aware of their environment. The project is called Kinecthesia and functions as a radar like device but instead of using sound, the device uses the Kinect's cameras to map out the environment and translate it into a sensation the blind can understand.

Shrinking the Tumors of Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer is one type of cancer that strikes women all over the world, so much so that it is responsible for around 3% of cancers of women, reported OvarianCancer.org. Sometimes called the "silent killer," it is often diagnosed in its late stage what with its vague symptoms that can be attributed to other ailments.

Top 6 Unusual Vending Machines Around the World

Vending machines have come a long way from their roots. From their simple beginning as a way to sell postcards in the late 1880s, vending machines now sell everything from a pack of gum to shiny new cars.

Garlic: Bad for the Breath, Good for the Heart

People often avoid eating garlic simply because of malodorous scent it can leave its wary consumer's mouth. But people, especially those who have suffered a heart attack, might change their mind about the strong-scented root and give it some respect when they find out that one of its components can help those with a heart problem.

The New Sustainable Cities

Are made-from-scratch metropolises the answer to Asia's urban overpopulation?

The Deadline for Global Warming: Reversing the Effects of Climate Change Before 2017

If energy-efficiency policies, price reforms, new emissions-free infrastructures and increased renewable energy subsidies aren't firmly in place by 2017 then it might become too late to turn back the tide against the effects of climate change, according to the recently released World Energy Outlook by the IEA (International Energy Agency).

Scientists Find Metabolism Boosting Enzymes for Mice

Scientists in Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island engineered male and female mice to produce the IKKbeta enzyme in their fat. The resulting mice can eat more but gain less weight. The animals exhibit the ability to burn sugar and fat more effectively.

Fukushima: Japan Studies its Lingering Impact on Farming

The near-meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March and the subsequent release of radioactive materials in Japan has led researchers to study its lingering impact on farming.

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.

How to Grow your Own Living Food with EasyGreen Sprouters

It's one of the top concerns of people everywhere -- how do we grow our own food for superior nutrition and food sovereignty? How do we store an emergency food supply that can get us through a crisis when conventional food deliveries to grocery stores may be cut off?

Bane of Men: Taking Several Meds

It is a well-known fact that when men are having problems in bed, it is an embarrassingly major problem for them. Erectile dysfunction is not to be taken lightly as it is something menacing that men face and can happen at any age.

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.

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