Scientists are developing the next generation of robot-driven cars and predict they could be shuttling humans around by the year 2030, a conference was told. The first wave of intelligent robot cars, capable of understanding and reacting to the world around them, will be tested this November in a competition run by the US Defense […]
Leaving her tin-roofed brothel for the day, the 42-year-old prostitute journeys to the capital for an injection that might save not only her life, but possibly millions more around the world. Jacinta Julia Adams Fernandez, a mother of three, is one of 175 Dominican prostitutes lending their bodies to a trial of what New Jersey-based […]
Yummy and good for the brain? New studies suggest a specially formulated type of cocoa may boost brain function and delay decline as people age. Scientists, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, presented results from early studies testing the effects on the brain of […]
…at least when it comes to animals. The majority of insects and spiders outsize their male counterparts and a new study hopes to shed some light on this subject: A new study looks at why sexual dimorphism—the non-sexual size and shape differences between the sexes—exists in the world of six- and eight-legged creatures. There are […]