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Several European countries should expect to see a relatively sharp increase in the number of global warming-related deaths over the next six decades or so, researchers behind a new study said today.
During a presentation made on September 27 at the European Respiratory Society's (ERS) annual congress, in Ams... |
27 September 2011
10:57 GMT |
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Yesterday, March 14, an engineer working at the Launch Pad 39A facility fell to his death from an elevated level, while working to prepare the space shuttle Endeavor for its upcoming launch.
The accident took place at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at around 7:40 am EDT (1140 GMT). Th... |
15 March 2011
03:39 GMT |
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As global warming and climate change make their effects felt more and more, researchers are beginning to collect enough data to predict which areas of the world will suffer most. In such a study, investigators determined that the Mediterranean Basin, surrounding the sea of the same name, will suffer extensively at th... |
18 May 2010
04:59 GMT |
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Scientists may have just added another negative side-effect to the list of consequences associated with working overtime. They say that not only people's mental healthy and sanity are affected, but also their hearts. The correlation is especially true for those who tend to work overtime many times per week. Thes... |
12 May 2010
04:01 GMT |
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One of the most peculiar medical disorders is undoubtedly the sudden unexpected nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS). People who develop this condition eventually die in their sleep, due to the fact that their heart simply stops. In an interview for Cinemafantastique magazine in 2008, “A Nightmare On Elm Street&rdq... |
8 May 2010
05:01 GMT |
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An international collaboration of scientists has recently determined that less than six hours of sleep each night is completely insufficient for the human body. The investigators believe they may have established a connection between sleeping five hours each day or less and an early grave, saying that people who don&... |
7 May 2010
02:24 GMT |
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According to a new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), the AH1N1 influenza pandemic is maintaining itself at moderate levels in all areas of the world. On the bright side of things, it would appear that it is also letting off in some regions, which is nothing but good news. In terms of effec... |
18 January 2010
17:01 GMT |
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Jellyfish are a very peculiar type of marine animals, mostly because not much is really known about their past and their evolution. Their construction leaves very few fossils behind, and only a limited number of specimens are available in natural history museums around the world. The thing that always fascinated peop... |
20 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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It is highly likely for teens who believe that they will die young to engage in risky behavior, a new research by experts at the University of Minnesota Medical School (UMMS) has found. The investigation, which was led by researcher Iris Borowsky, MD, PhD, comes to show that about one in seven teenagers feels like th... |
29 June 2009
04:14 GMT |
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On Thursday, a National Transportation Safety Board commission held another hearing, trying to make sense of the Flight 3407 disaster that struck on February 12th, 2009, in the northeast Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center, just nine kilometers away from its landing site. The panel heard a number of experts, including ... |
19 May 2009
06:33 GMT |
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Rutgers University researcher Peter D. Loeb, a professor of Economics, has recently authored two new studies detailing the influence of cell phones in the deaths of countless drivers and pedestrians over the past years. His studies span across a period of 27 years, from 1975 to 2002. He has analyzed several key facto... |
5 March 2009
06:54 GMT |
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Don't let anger get to you, experts say, or it may very well kill you. This is the conclusion a group of researchers has come to, following a new series of scientific studies. Publishing the results in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the team says that people who expose themselves to anger or ... |
24 February 2009
01:50 GMT |
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A new investigation led by researcher Bruno Frey at the University of Zurich in Switzerland has discovered that English passengers aboard the HMS Titanic had a higher fatality rate than others, simply because they did not forget their manners in time of crisis, and were more likely to wait orderly in queues rather th... |
21 January 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Faking your own death is no easy task, and while no one has any fail-safe methods of doing it, there are a few pieces of advice a person could follow, so as not to be found by the police in Mexico, six months later, peacefully sipping tequila. Over the years, many have tried to use this extreme measure to escape vari... |
21 January 2009
05:48 GMT |
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No, the old times are not back, so you can put that sword back down. This is the next-gen era, and (almost) everything happens now inside virtual worlds. It's the same story regarding Duels - a recently launched MMORPG where people can... uhm... challenge others to duels. It's easy like that and, like many ... |
27 December 2007
13:06 GMT |
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