Scientists have succeeded in pointing out the parts of the brain that are essential for intellectual functions, the Science Daily reported Tuesday. A multi-national study found out that coordinated works of several brain areas are necessary in order to process a thought. Lead researcher Aron Barbey said the brain’s ability to add up all the information from verbal, visual, spatial and executive...

A tsunami watch was issued for countries across the Indian Ocean after a massive earthquake hit waters off Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering widespread panic as residents along coastlines fled to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. Some were screamed ``God is great'' as they poured from their homes. Others, separated from relatives, cried as they ran frantically through the str...

The Democratic United Party has blasted Saenuri Party officials over a “vulgar” satirical play staged eight years ago in a counterattack to the ruling party’s recent criticism of an outspoken DUP candidate. Ahead of Wednesday’s parliamentary elections, the Saenuri Party and conservative media have been escalating their offensive against DUP nominee Kim Yong-min over past sexist and anti-establis...

Russia is developing weapons that can bend minds and put people in a zombie-like state, the Daily Mail reported last Saturday. Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin has confirmed that his country’s scientists are working on guns that emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR). He claims that the new weapons will be “more acceptable in terms of political and military ideology” than nuclear ...

U.S., Japan renew warning; N. Korea vows to go ahead with launch; Manila to divert flights to shun debris North Korea hinted on Wednesday that it could conduct a third nuclear test if the U.S. and its allies put additional sanctions on the North over its planned rocket launch in mid-April. The Chosun Shinbo, a newspaper published in Japan by an association of pro-Pyongyang Korean-Japanese resid...

“We can design a cloak so that heat diffuses around an invisibility region, which is then protected from heat,” said researcher Sebastien Guenneau of the Institut Fresnel. He added that it is also possible to concentrate heat in a small volume. Scientists have tried to come up with devices that can deceive human eyes, called transformation optics. Recent studies have shown that it is possible to...

A group of British scientists have discovered that a certain part of the brain is larger in people that have many friends, Science Daily reported Saturday. The size of the brain’s orbital prefrontal cortex -- placed just above the eyes -- is linked to people’s ability to understand what others are thinking, or to “mentalize,” according to a joint study by the Universities of Oxford, Liverpool Un...

A new hotel program in the Netherlands offers guests a clean, speedy break-up with their spouses, the BBC reported. In the “divorce hotel,” couples can relax at the bar or in the sauna before meeting with their mediators. Mediators and psychologists with the programs say it allows their clients to settle their differences and “pick up their lives again” within three days. Hotel psychologist Ven...

A group of U.S. scientists have succeeded in artificially manipulating memories in mice brains, offering possibility for weakening harmful thoughts in mental patients, Science Daily reported Thursday. It has been known that stimulating certain parts of the brain can induce behaviors or memories, but the mechanism behind those memory functions has remained a mystery. Now a new study by the Scrip...

Reaching her 14th birthday is special for any child, but it was even more so for Hayley Okenes: It meant that she defied her own death sentence. Hayley suffers from a rare genetic condition called progeria, which makes her body age eight times faster than the average person. It means that this wide-eyed teenager has the body of a 100-year-old, making her vulnerable to age-related diseases like ...

A group of U.S. scientists have discovered how a mutation in a particular gene can lead to uncontrolled eating, which can lead to obesity, Science Daily reported Sunday. Previous studies have revealed that the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene is linked to obesity, but no one could explain how it controls the impulse to eat. Georgetown university researchers discovered in a new stud...

When you find your mind drifting away while doing mundane tasks, you can take a pride in your brain functions. A recent study shows that people with higher working memory tend to let their minds wander while doing routine jobs. It also allows working memory to exercise, Livescience.com reported Friday. Working memory allows the brain to process several thoughts at once, allocating resources to ...

U.S. scientists have succeeded in making early retina structures by using stem cells from blood, marking a breakthrough toward treating eye diseases, Science Daily reported Tuesday. The new findings can help study degenerative retinal disorder such as retinitis pigmentosa, a prominent cause of blindness in children and young adults, according to a statement by the University of Wisconsin- Madiso...

The victim of a horrifying acid attack in Belgium returned after 86 operations to testify against the man who scalded her for ending their relationship. Patricia Lefranc, 48, spoke on the first day of Richard Remes’s trial for attempted murder, accusing him of “turning me into a monster.” Lefranc told the court that he had planned the sulphuric acid attack on December 1, 2009, two weeks after t...

A huge asteroid hurls toward Earth. In desperation, scientists send a group of astronauts to blast the deadly rock with a nuclear bomb and save humanity. It is a scenario that has been depicted in Hollywood films, but new a U.S. study suggests that a timely nuclear explosion could save us from a devastating asteroid impact. Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory conducted a supercomputer ...