WASHINGTON (AFP) – A moon of Jupiter is the only place other than Earth in our solar system where volcanoes occur, and scientists have found an ocean of magma beneath its surface that feed its potent eruptions. Io is the most volcanic object known in the solar system, producing 100 times more lava than Earth, and data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft has shed new light on how that happens, said th...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The very travels that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and shaped modern biology may have led to one of the illnesses that plagued the British naturalist for decades and ultimately led to his death, modern researchers say. Darwin's ailments are the topic of an annual conference in Baltimore on Friday that offers modern medical diagnoses for the mysterious illnesses...

A person’s happiness and satisfaction in life depends on the form of a specific gene they have, a research conducted by a behavioral economist of the London School of Economics and Political Science showed. The research reported on by the U.K.’s Press Association found out a strong link between the “5-HTT” gene and happiness by analyzing genetic data from more than 2,500 participants. They were ...

A red dragon fish, costing almost as much as a BMW, is available at a shop in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The fish, which comes from Indonesia, is 55-centimeters long and weighs 1.5 kilograms. Its scales and fins are pepper red, which is rare, as most dragon fish are usually yellow or silver. If any fish fans are interested, the price is 360,000 yuan ($55,400). The rare fish is also high mainten...

Researchers from Netherland have found 8 factors that may raise the risk of burst aneurysms in the brains of certain people. University Medical Center in Utrecht conducted the research on some 250 patients for three years to find risk factors that increase blood pressure over short periods which can lead to burst blood vessels. Aneurysms are swollen arteries. They usually do not cause a serio...

Left-handed people feel more fear than right-handers, recent research revealed. In a test reported by the Telegraph Sunday, people were asked to watch an eight-minute video clip from “Silence of the Lambs” and recall scenes from the horror thriller. The left-handed participants remembered only fragments of the scenes and their descriptions about them were filled with more repetition, showing sy...

An eagle, which never made it home due to a broken wing, is thought to be having a phantom pregnancy as it incubates pebbles instead of eggs, domestic reports said Monday. The eagle migrated to Korea 10 years ago from Mongolia to spend winter here but hasn’t been able to leave since its injury. The eagle has sat on the pebbles, smaller than the average size of eggs, since last month at the shel...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Male doctors are four times more likely to be disciplined for misconduct than female medics, according to a new Australian study which found the biggest cause of complaint was sexual misbehavior. Researchers at the University of Melbourne analyzed 485 cases where doctors had been found guilty of misconduct and disciplined in Australia and New Zealand between 2000 and 2009. They f...

Good news for those who are losing hair day by day: A robot that brings your follicles back to life is now ready for sale. The machine called Artas System, which identifies and harvests follicular units, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for commercial use. Its developer, Restoration Robotics, claims that it can extract 750 to 1000 follicles per hour, an upgraded versio...

PARIS, (AFP) - The longer a man's fourth or ring finger is compared to his index finger, the more likely he is to be judged attractive by women, according to a study released Wednesday. The results, published in the British Royal Society's journal Biological Sciences, unveil intricate links between foetal exposure of males to hormones, the development of certain physical traits, and what turns o...

PARIS, (AFP) - The longer a man's fourth or ring finger is compared to his index finger, the more likely he is to be judged attractive by women, according to a study released Wednesday. The results, published in the British Royal Society's journal Biological Sciences, unveil intricate links between foetal exposure of males to hormones, the development of certain physical traits, and what turns o...

Household goods made of fiber are shown to be the most ridden with bacteria, according to a study made public Tuesday by Prof. Cheon Jong-sik of the Department of Biotechnology at Seoul National University. Cheon found evidence of a greater number of harmful microbes in fiber-made goods such as school uniforms, doormats, pillows and goods with fiber-made parts like dolls, baby strollers, backpac...