New Discoveries: Reports on the Latest Scientific Discoveries - Page 154

This Year, Selfies Are
Deadlier Than Sharks

Sep 22, 2015 11:36 AM CDT

This Year, Selfies Are Deadlier Than Sharks

They've caused 12 deaths, compared to 8 from sharks

(Newser) - With the recent death of a tourist at the Taj Mahal , 2015's selfie-related death toll sits at 12—compared to just eight people who have been killed by sharks this year, Mashable reports. "It sounds like a joke, but unfortunately it isn't," writes Cailey Rizzo. The...

Study Finds We Don't Really Know Our Toes

With Eyes Shut,
We Can't Tell
Our Toes Apart

Sep 22, 2015 11:17 AM CDT

With Eyes Shut, We Can't Tell Our Toes Apart

Many people can't differentiate in new study

(Newser) - This little piggy went to market—or was it that little piggy? According to researchers at Oxford University, it may be hard for people to tell which toe is which if their eyes are closed and someone's touching their lower digits—a condition called agnosia, AFP reports. In a...

You Have an Invisible Cloud, and It Gives You Away

You Have an
Invisible Cloud,
Much Like a
Fingerprint

Sep 22, 2015 9:23 AM CDT

You Have an Invisible Cloud, Much Like a Fingerprint

The bacteria around you could tie you to the scene of a crime

(Newser) - When someone says you're in their personal bubble, they aren't exactly speaking metaphorically. In a new study , University of Oregon researchers say they've found people really are surrounded by a sort of cloud that's unique to them. The gross part: It's made up of millions...

Israel Thinks It's
Cracked Mystery
of Maccabees' Tomb

Sep 22, 2015 8:26 AM CDT

Israel Thinks It's Cracked Mystery of Maccabees' Tomb

Scholars and archaeologists have pointed to this site for 150 years

(Newser) - For 150 years, scholars and archaeologists have sought the final resting place of the Maccabees, a band of rebels who established a Jewish kingdom in the second century BC, in one of the great mysteries of Jewish history, reports the AP . Now the Israeli Antiquities Authority says that it may...

'Exceptional'
Pompeii Find
Predates City's
Destruction

Sep 21, 2015 8:06 PM CDT

'Exceptional' Pompeii Find Predates City's Destruction

French archaeologists discover pre-Roman tomb

(Newser) - The ancient city of Pompeii holds many treasures, but the most recent find hails to a time long before the city was destroyed. French archaeologists unexpectedly discovered an undisturbed pre-Roman tomb that dates to fourth century BC. The remains of an adult woman were inside, along with clay jars called...

Graves of Utah
Massacre Victims
Found, 150
Years Later

Sep 21, 2015 6:00 PM CDT

Graves of Utah Massacre Victims Found, 150 Years Later

Archaeologist believes he has found the true burial site

(Newser) - An archaeologist believes he has found the true resting place of the victims of the Mountain Meadows Massacre—more than 150 years after the killings. Everett Bassett revealed his findings to families of the victims on Sept. 12 in Arkansas, according to the Salt Lake Tribune . "There's no...

EPA Hugely Underestimated How Much Trash We Dump

STUDY SAYS

Sep 21, 2015 1:20 PM CDT

EPA Hugely Underestimated How Much Trash We Dump

Scientists say this also means we're obviously not recycling as much as we thought

(Newser) - Americans are sending more than twice as much trash to landfills as the federal government has estimated, according to a new study. It turns out that, on average, America tosses 5 pounds of trash per person per day into its landfills, according to an analysis of figures in a study...

Scientists Finally Know
What Sound a Giraffe Makes

Sep 21, 2015 9:03 AM CDT

Scientists Finally Know What Sound a Giraffe Makes

It's a low-frequency hum

(Newser) - What does the giraffe say? For decades it’s been a simple answer: nothing, except for a snort or grunt every now and then. Though giraffes have a voice box, one line of thought was that due to their long necks it was too difficult for the creatures to generate...

Amnesia Took His Name;
11 Years Later, He Got It Back

Amnesia Took His Name; 11 Years Later, He Got It Back

Relatives say 'Benjamin Kyle' left Indiana in 1976

(Newser) - In August 2004, a naked man was found semi-conscious outside a Burger King in south Georgia. An EMS report cited by 11Alive noted his "total body [was] covered in sores and rash," and he awoke in a hospital with no idea who he was. Eleven years after he...

Caffeine at Night Does More Than Keep You Up Late

Scientists find that espresso 3 hours before bedtime delays the circadian clock

(Newser) - It's no news flash that consuming caffeine close to bedtime can interfere with sleep. But scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder report in the journal Science Translational Medicine that caffeine has another physiological impact on sleep by delaying the body's natural surge in the production of the...

How the Earth Is Changing the Surface of the Moon

Sep 20, 2015 6:46 AM CDT

How the Earth Is Changing the Surface of the Moon

Our gravity is making patterns in lunar cliffs

(Newser) - Earth's gravity is making patterns in the thousands of small cliffs that wrinkle the shrinking surface of the moon, according to a new in Geology. Scientists determined the moon was shrinking—its surface has moved about 300 feet closer to its core over 4 billion years—back in 2010...

Too Much Sitting
Can Kill You
in a New Way

Too Much Sitting Can Kill You in a New Way

Sitting is 'slowly but surely killing us,' says an expert

(Newser) - Too much sitting is already linked to a higher risk of anxiety disorder and certain types of cancer . Now you can throw liver disease into the mix, too. A new study out of South Korea finds those who spend at least 10 hours a day on their behinds have a...

Warming Arctic
Is Big Trouble
for Caribou in
Unexpected Way

NEW STUDY

Sep 19, 2015 12:30 PM CDT

Warming Arctic Is Big Trouble for Caribou in Unexpected Way

Mosquitoes are swarming earlier than ever, and they can kill calves

(Newser) - Global warming in the Arctic means earlier and more plentiful mosquitoes in Greenland, and that's bad news for the country's already shrinking caribou population, Alaska Dispatch News reports. A new study found that for every degree Celsius the temperature rises in Greenland, mosquitoes take 10% less time to...

25 Walruses Found
Dead on Beach

Sep 19, 2015 8:11 AM CDT

25 Walruses Found Dead on Beach

Some were missing heads and tusks in Alaska

(Newser) - The US Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the deaths of 25 Pacific walruses found on an isolated northwest Alaska beach. A person connected to an Air Force radar station in the remote area spotted the animals and notified the agency this week. The animals included 12 pups, and some...

5 Most
Incredible
Discoveries
of the Week

Sep 19, 2015 5:21 AM CDT

5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week

Including a toddler with a very adult illness and a Nazi discovery

(Newser) - A big problem for Cali's water supply and good news for a longtime amnesiac make the list:

Another Huge Nazi Find? : No, not the gold train . A treasure hunter says he's found something else intriguing hidden beneath the earth by the Nazis in Poland: a large underground complex

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Yoga 3 Times
a Week Pays
Big Dividends

STUDY SAYS

Sep 18, 2015 5:42 PM CDT

Yoga 3 Times a Week Pays Big Dividends

Arthritis sufferers saw substantial improvement

(Newser) - "There's kind of a myth that says if you have arthritis, the good thing to do is to rest your joints," says a John Hopkins professor who co-authored a study that might bust the myth wide open. In the study of 75 sedentary adults with rheumatoid arthritis...

The Numbers Show
There Is No 'War on Police'

Sep 18, 2015 9:27 AM CDT

The Numbers Show There Is No 'War on Police'

Police deaths steady in recent years, much lower than decades ago

(Newser) - A recent Rasmussen poll found 58% of respondents believe a "war on police" exists. The sentiment is being echoed publicly: After Shannon J. Miles was arrested for killing Sheriff Deputy Darren Goforth at a gas station in Houston, a local DA remarked that "there are a few bad...

Pee Theory, Stung Penis
Win Ig Nobel Prizes

Sep 18, 2015 5:10 AM CDT

Pee Theory, Stung Penis Win Ig Nobel Prizes

'Huh?' you may ask, in every language

(Newser) - If you're willing to let a bee sting every part of your body in the name of science, you may have what it takes to win an Ig Nobel Prize. The annual awards ceremony for "improbable research" was held last night, the BBC reports, and a Cornell University...

Antibacterial Soap
No Better Than Plain Soap

study says

Sep 17, 2015 11:59 AM CDT

Antibacterial Soap No Better Than Plain Soap

Unless you've got 9 hours to spare

(Newser) - People who shell out extra money for antibacterial soap might want to spend it on something else. Scientists have found that it's not any better than regular soap in killing bacteria, they report in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy . The news comes out of South Korea, where researchers examined...

Filthy Air
Kills 3.3M a
Year—and That
May Double