Science
Study: Music Heard For The First Time ‘Lights Up’ Brain Reward Center
MONTREAL (UPI) — Listening to music that’s new to the listener is rewarding for the brain, a team of Canadian researcher says. MRI scans of volunteers in experiments showed the reward center of their brains became activated when they heard a song for the first time. The more the volunteers said they enjoyed the music […]
Google Announces ‘Digital Will’ Service
NEW YORK (UPI) — Google has unveiled a so-called digital will that will instruct the search-engine giant to delete any personal data about a user from cyberspace. The digital will — which Google has named the Inactive Account Manager — is designed to transfer other files to designated recipients, if a Google account holder wants […]
U.S. Scientists Find No Link Between Solar Activity, Earthquakes
WASHINGTON, (UPI) — Researchers at the United States Geological Survey say they’ve disproved a long-held belief that solar activity can be linked to increased earthquake activity. USGS scientists say despite the belief, a rise in solar activity like sunspots, solar wind speed, or magnetic storms does not trigger more, or larger, earthquakes. “Recently there’s been […]
Chicago Museum Displays Fragments Of Meteor That Exploded Over Russia
CHICAGO, (UPI) — Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History says it has obtained 234 pieces of the meteorite that slammed into Russia’s Urals region in February. The donation of the fragments comes from Terry Boudreaux, a philanthropist specializing in meteorites who sent a team to Russia the day after the huge meteorite exploded over the […]
Petition Circulating Against Keystone XL
LINCOLN, Neb., (UPI) — Concerned citizens in Nebraska are circulating a petition to urge state and federal officials to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline, an advocacy group said. Nebraska next week hosts a State Department meeting on a draft evaluation of TransCanada’s planned pipeline from Alberta province. The review stated any environmental threat from […]
Study Finds ‘Rain’ From Saturn’s Rings
PASADENA, Calif., (UPI) — A U.S.-U.K. study is tracking rain on Saturn — a cascade of charged water particles that flow into the planet’s atmosphere from its rings, NASA says. The study, involving observations funded by NASA and analysis led by the University of Leicester, has determined there is more of this cosmic “rainfall” affecting […]
Pioneer Of In Vitro Fertilization Dies
CAMBRIDGE, England, (UPI) — Robert Edwards, a British pioneer of the in-vitro fertilization technique bringing millions of children into the world, has died, Cambridge University says. “It is with deep sadness that the family announces that Professor Sir Robert Edwards, Nobel prizewinner, scientist and co-pioneer of IVF, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April […]
New Satellite To Join Hunt For Planets
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI) — NASA says it will send a satellite dubbed TESS into orbit in 2017 with the goal of finding planets in our cosmic neighborhood that may be hospitable to life. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will survey the entire sky for planets orbiting stars between 200 to 300 light years away, the […]
Plastic Pollution Invades Great Lakes
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) — Floating plastic debris, like that in the infamous “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” in the Pacific Ocean, has become a problem in the Great Lakes, scientists say. “The massive production of plastic and inadequate disposal has made plastic debris an important and constant pollutant on beaches and in oceans around the world, […]
NASA Twitter Account Wins Award
PASADENA, Calif. (UPI) — NASA is reporting its official Twitter feed, @NASA, has won a second consecutive award for the best government use of social media. NASA accepted the prize — which honors the best of social media across sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Foursquare and others — at the fifth annual Shorty […]
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