Category: 1. Edi-Choice

The world is scary enough without people still adding to it with their creepy and unsettling pics. But here we are… For some reason, human beings seem to have a bit of an obsession with stuff that makes the hair on our neck stand on end.

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Tiny yeast cells have shown they can handle conditions similar to those on Mars. In lab tests, they survived both intense shock waves and exposure to toxic perchlorate salts, two of the planet’s most hostile features. Mars is a rough…

After receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, a 63-year-old Norwegian man known as the “Oslo patient” has become one of only a handful of people to see their HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) go into long-term remission.

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More than 800 years ago, a poet in medieval Japan observed strange “red lights in the northern sky,” an account long thought to describe an aurora caused by a solar storm. Now, thanks to cutting-edge research, scientists have confirmed…

A new study suggests that human sperm quality follows a seasonal pattern, peaking in the summer and dipping in the winter.

The research, published Feb. 21 in the journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, analyzed semen samples from more…

NASA’s moon plans relegate space planes to an almost-forgotten future

Spacecraft could one day glide through the cosmos without the need for traditional fuel, thanks to a groundbreaking discovery. A new study published in Advanced Science reveals that laser light can propel spacecraft by using graphene, a…

A massive underwater dumping site off the coast of Los Angeles is finally starting to reveal what it contains. Scientists have identified highly alkaline substances leaking from submerged barrels, creating areas where most forms of marine…

In a pioneering study presented by Connor Bunn and Pascal Lee of the SETI Institute at the 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), the concept for Orpheus, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) hopper designed to explore the…