From the movie “A Beautiful Mind” to television drama “House M.D.,” the notion of the psychotic genius has always been popular to public audiences. However, scientists with a history of various mental conditions themselves have suggested that there is an actual correlation between being mentally ill and being smart, according to an article on the website Livescience. In the report, a group of p...

U.S. scientists are studying sheets Arctic ice sheets, looking for evidence that can help them find alien microorganisms that may have evolved in the Solar System. A group of researchers, led by environmental biogeochemist Jeffrey White from Indiana University, looked at glaciers in Greenland to study the methane released by methanogenic microbes. By analyzing the methane emissions, White and h...

A Portuguese flight attendant received a surprise marriage proposal from her boyfriend during a flight from Lisbon to Barcelona, according to news reports. The 29-year-old flight attendant Vera Silva was caught off guard when her boyfriend Joao Vieira suddenly stood up in middle of a flight, asking her to marry him in front of about 80 passengers. Vieira had told his now-fiancé that he will be l...

A study has suggested that frequent porn use by men can hurt their romantic partners’ self esteem as well as increase disatisfaction in their relationships, Livescience.com reported. The research by Destin Stewart, a clinical psychology intern at the University of Florida, sought to clarify the anecdotal theory that porn can harm relationships. Stewart asked 308 heterosexual college women, aged ...

The NBA draft is one of most anticipated event of the year, but perhaps especially so for former basketball legend and Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan. His Bobcats have plummeted through the shortened 2011-12 season, finishing with abysmal 7-59 record. Its .106 winning percentage is the worst in NBA history. The only upside of its epic failure is that it awarded them a 25 percent chance ...

A small asteroid had a close encounter with Earth on Tuesday, according to NASA scientists. The 5-meter space rock, called 2012 KP42, was not spotted until a day before it came within 14,400 kilometers of Earth. Its closest approach to Earth was less than one-26th of the average distance between the planet and the moon, which is 386,000 kilometers. However, given its diminutive size, experts sa...

Scientists found that hereditary inequality began over 7,000 years ago by looking at human skeletons buried during the early Neolithic era, Science Daily and BBC reported Monday. The study, conducted by archaeologists from universities of Bristol, Oxford and Cardiff found that ancient people that were buried with tools had better access to preferred farmlands than those without. Researchers used...

Young South African girls are being forced into marrying older men with HIV because of a myth that sleeping with a virgin can cure the disease, CNN reported. In the country’s rural villages, girls as young as 12 are coerced into marrying older HIV-positive men in exchange for payment to their parents. This is a tradition called "Ukuthwala," which means “to pick up” or “to take.” On top of being...

Scientists have deduced the exact day of Jesus’ death to be Friday, April 3, 33 A.D., based on earthquake activities of the time, Discovery News reported Thursday. To find out the precise point Jesus had passed away, an international team of geologists focused on a verse from the Gospel of Matthew, which describes the crucifixion of Jesus. “And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he...

Will aliens endanger Earth like in movies? One alien hunter says not likely. Extraterrestrial intelligence that is evolved enough to reach Earth probably will not want to enslave or attack humans, according to renowned astronomer Jill Tarter. Tarter, outgoing director of Center for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute, said such alien species would have technology so advanc...

A South Korean lawyer has become the topic of a heated debate after he used profane remarks to criticize North Korean leaders on Saturday. Jeon Won-chaek, who is well-known for his rightist stance, said that anyone who cannot insult North Korea’s authoritarian regime is pro-North Korean. “Simply put, are Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il -- former leaders of North Korea -- gaesaeki? If you can say ye...

The highly celebrated launch of online game Diablo 3 is rapidly turning into a consumer nightmare as thousands of users are demanding refund over server lags. South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission official said Wednesday it has received between 111 and 175 Diablo 3-related complaints per day in the past few days, according to news reports. The official added that the average number complaints rece...

A U.S. woman claimed Monday that she was fired from her temporary job because her outfits were “too hot,” according to local news reports. Lauren Odes said that the Orthodox Jewish employers at a local lingerie company disapproved or her purple, black and brown outfits, asked her to tape down her breasts to make them look smaller, and even requested that she wear a bathrobe to cover one of her o...