Space Bursts Provide Insight to Theory of Everything

 Light from some of the universe's most energetic explosions is allowing scientists to probe the nature of space-time, according to new observations of so-called gamma-ray bursts from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Ikaros spacecraft. Photons released by these bursts help place limits on a unified model of all of the forces of nature — what scientists call a "theory of everything."Using...

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Cancer Impacts Health of American Economy

 Cancer among American workers costs the businesses where they work billions of dollars a year in lost productivity, new research finds.A study led by Grant Skrepnek of the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson revealed that cancer in U.S. employees results in more than 33 million disability days per year, which amounts to $7.5 billion in lost productivity. Based on data from 2004 to...

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Stressed Out Entrepreneurs Are Still Happier than Other Workers

 Stress and worry may be a part of the job for entrepreneurs, but new research has found that entrepreneurs also say they have many other positive experiences at work.In particular, entrepreneurs say they are more likely than other workers to report that they learned or did something new in the past day.  Entrepreneurs were also more likely than other workers to say they experienced enjoyment...

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Bizarre Creature Found in 200-Million-Year-Old Cocoon

 About 200 million years ago, a leech released a slimy mucous cocoon  that unwittingly encased and trapped a bizarre animal with a springy tail, preserving it until researchers discovered the teardrop-shaped creature in Antarctica recently.The cocoon looks like those produced by living leeches, such as the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis. Encased inside was a bell animal that looked...

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Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys  are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the risk of dengue fever in the tourist town of Key West.If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it would be the first such experiment in the U.S. Some Key West...

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