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NASA Press Conference On Bacteria GFAJ-1 Provides New Look At Possible Alien Life NASA held a press conference today regarding a bacteria named GFAJ-1 that was found in Mono Lake in California. They were not aware when they began studying the bacteria that it could one day lead to a revelation about life and how it forms in the universe. The DNA of the bacteria and the environment that they thrive in is unlike any environment for any living animal that's kno... |
Map Your Intelligence! ROME, Italy, Oct. 28 (TOTI) -- Time and again, measuring people’s intelligence has been a topic of hot debate and discussion. Since intelligence is a quantitative and qualitative term that goes beyond the realm of physical measurability, mapping individual human intelligence is a controversial topic. A recent study conducted by a team at t... |
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The Basic Principles of Osmosis And How Fish Use It FORT WORTH, Tx., Oct.27 (TOTI) -- If you've ever wondered about how osmosis works, think of what happens when you pour boiling water on a teabag - the water in the cup starts to become tea-coloured and the tea in the bag becomes saturated with water. This is an exaggerated example offered to illustrate the basic principle of osmosis, the way in which differing con... |
Inia Boliviensis – The Amazon River Dolphin WASHINGTON, DC., Oct. 26 (TOTI) -- Inia boliviensis, better known as the Amazon River dolphin, is one of more than 1,200 animals and plants that were recently discovered in the Amazon rainforest over the course of the last ten years. In a report that was released today by the World Wildlife Fund, they detailed the most recent findings in the Amazon Rainforest. The... |
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Bigfoot Makes An Appearance In North Carolina It's been a while since Bigfoot was in the news, but it's been reported that the legendary creature has made it's way out of the woods in North Carolina. Tim Peeler says that the beast paid a visit to his rural home and attempted to eat his dog after he was calling coyotes. Peeler told local media, "This thing was 10 feet tall. It had beautiful hair... |
Gaylord Nelson - Creator Of 'Earth Day' If you're busy celebrating Earth Day and you're curious about the history of it, here's a little background on it. Earth Day was created by Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin Senator in 1962. Mr. Nelson wanted to create awareness about our environment in a time when these concerns weren't ... |
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Stem Cell Research Pros And Cons LOS ANGELES, Ca., Mar. 10 (TOTI) -- The issue of stem cell research pros and cons is timely, due to recent decisions by the administration of President Barack Obama of the United States. President Obama has called for the immediate lifting of a ban on embryonic stem cell research that had been imposed by his predecessor George W. Bush. Obama has decided that the... |
Solar Energy's Bright Future Challenged As Wind Energy Is Blown Away By The Credit Crisis CLEVELAND, Oh., Feb. 5 (TOTI) -- Solar and wind energy are closer than ever to reaching its' potential, despite some obvious roadblocks. One of the biggest challenges facing solar and wind energy adoption are lower oil prices. As crude oil prices have dropped significantly in the past six months, demand ... |
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Alfred Russel Wallace Achieves Fame LOS ANGELES, Ca., Dec. 17 (TOTI) -- Alfred Russel Wallace is finally achieving fame for his scientific discoveries, 95 years after his death. Although Charles Darwin receives much of the credit for the theory of natural selection, the thinking of Alfred Russel Wallace was critical for the development of the discipline. Working independently of Char... |
Laotian Rock Rat Is Back LONDON, England, Dec. 15 (TOTI) -- The Laotian rock rat is back. Now he didn't just go to the local store and come back a week later. No, this particular rodent was thought to be extinct 11 millions years ago, before being re-discovered in 2005. And that's not the only strange being who is making the news today. There's the Gumprechts green pit ... |
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Montauk Monster Spicy It's been awhile since I've thought about the Montauk Monster. Perhaps some of you will remember the lovable creature that swept up on the shores of Long Island this summer. He quickly became an internet sensation, and was dubbed Monty by pundits. Monty's fame was short lived though, because this was a summer of cryptids. I don't know if it's th... |
Alfred Russel Wallace Alfred Russel Wallace has had a surge in popularity today, despite having expired 1913. Alfred Russel Wallace was a non-conventional thinker, whose ideas are getting more attention in the current century, than many others. Alfred Russel Wallace hasn't always gotten the attention he deserves, according to British comedian Bill Bailey, who is writing a screenplay a... |
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Nobel Prize Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2008 has been won by Yoichiro Nambu of the University of Chicago, and Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa of Japan, who share the prize jointly. Yoichuru Nambu won "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics." Makoto Kobayashi, who is employed by the High Energy Accelerator Research O... |
Salvia Draws Fire Salvia Divinorum is under fire today from critics who complain that the herb is getting young people high. The main factor drawing attention to the plant is a number of YouTube videos that show teenagers "getting wasted" and looking like idiots, while purportedly under the influence of salvia. |
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Large Hadron Collider Completes First Test The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has completed its' first test successfully. The test involved firing a beam of protons through a 17 mile tunnel. Scientists hope that they can gain insight into how the universe was created by mimicking what conditions that they think existed at the time. |
Atom Smasher - Large Hadron Collider To Go Online The large Hadron collider, aka the "Atom Smasher" is set to go online tomorrow. When it does, the Universe as we know it may cease to exist (although it's highly improbable). The large Hadron collider cost $9 billion to build and is considered to be the world's largest instrument. |
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Atlanta Zoo Welcomes New Addition - Baby Giant Panda Cub Born The Atlanta Zoo recently announced a new addition to their animal family. Lun Lun, their 11 year old female Giant Panda gave birth to a cub at approximately 10:10 PM on August 30, 2008. The cub was fathered by her mate, 9 year old Yang Yang. It's too early to determine the sex of the cub This marks the first and only birth of a Giant Panda cub in the United States t... |
Goliath Grouper - Mammoth Fish - Confirmed In The Pacific The Goliath Grouper, or the more scientific species Epinephelus quinquefasciatus, is a known species that's been confirmed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This fish can grow to lengths of over 6 feet and can weigh as much as a half a ton. Genetic tests found this Goliath grouper isn't the same species of Goliath Grouper that resides in the Atlantic ocean, scien... |
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Bigfoot Hoax Could Have Netted $2 Million Bigfoot Business Explodes - Unemployed Americans Rush To Bigfoot Industry For Jobs Bigfoot is turning out to be a godsend for those lucky enough to become "Bigfoot millionaires" in the burgeoning Bigfoot industry. Times are tough in these United States of America and people are willing to do whatever it takes in order to put food on their tables. And now, the lege... |
Big Foot News - Bigfoot Found Press Conference Today Bigfoot body found in Georgia, Press Conference today Bigfoot's body has been found in Georgia, according to two Big Foot Hunters. The world waits in breathless anticipation to see if the remains of the creature turn out to be the legendary Bigfoot. The idea of a Yeti, or a Sasquatch has persisted in American culture for decades, yet none has ever been found. ... |
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