The map is "a somewhat of a colorful and provocative way of starting some conversations and highlighting some unusual things that are going on," said study co-author Francis Boscoe, a research scientist at New York State Cancer Registry.
In the 1970s, most experts thought it had to do with the collapse of air bubbles in the synovial fluid that lubricates joints. But new evidence suggests the sound is actually caused by precisely the opposite: the formation of a gas-filled cavity whe
at a Deep Underground Military Base near Dulce
The Tuskegee experiments, where some 600 poor sharecroppers in Macon County, Alabama were told they'd get free government healthcare during the great depression in what turned out to be a government-i
Anyone in the parking lot of Ramat Gan Safari Park outside of Tel Aviv, Israel, would have been in for quite the surprise last week when a trio of rhinos took advantage of a napping guard and decided to make a break for it.
The Left Party, widely seen as the successor to the SED, East Germany's communist party, is expected to head the government of a German state for the first time since reunification, after the Social Democrats voted to enter a coalition with them in t
The Harley Panhead Chopper ridden by Peter Fonda in the 1969 "road movie" Easy Rider sold today for US$1.35 million ($1.62 million including auction fees), more than doubling the price of the previous most expensive motorcycle ever sold at auction (a
While their contents might be considered an environmental hazard by many, disposable diapers themselves pose a more significant problem for the environment.
A recent study published in the online edition of Psychology of Addictive Behaviors suggests that married couples who regularly smoke cannabis are less likely to experience domestic violence compared to those who do not.
New survey data from Colorado indicate that marijuana legalization so far has not led to an increase in pot smoking by teenagers, as prohibitionists warned it would.
"Let's hold hands and cuddle up on the couch, or listen to some soft music while we curl up in your bed — I am happy to be the big spoon or the little spoon."
The Architect of the Capitol took emergency measures Wednesday to handle a bed bug problem in a Senate Office Building, including closing off a restroom for a couple of days with yellow police tape.