28 DEC 2017 Alzheimer’s disease affects nearly 5 million Americans, a number that’s expected to balloon to 13.8 million by 2050. In its mildest form, the neurodegenerative condition is characterized by symptoms including memory lapses, getting lost, repeating questions, and misplacing things – behaviors’ that generally get more severe over time. There’s …

The new Coast Guard cutter Oliver Berry recently completed a 10-day patrol of the U.S. EEZ off Hawaii, conducting six boardings off U.S.-flagged longliners and issuing eight citations. The enforcement patrol followed in the wake of the grounding of the U.S.-flagged longliner Pacific Paradise off Waikiki, which required a challenging two-month salvage operation. The enforcement effort is part of …

While we all take for granted the fact that time’s arrow forever points towards the future, physicists have always had trouble showing why this is necessarily the case. A mix of chloroform and acetone might seem like an odd place to hunt for clues, but researchers have used just such a …

After a month and a half of continuous involvement, the United States has begun to draw down its operations assisting the search for the lost Argentine submarine ARA San Juanin the South Atlantic. The sub and her 44 crewmembers went missing off Patagonia on November 15, and the U.S. Navy said …

28 DEC 2017 Brain researchers have pinpointed a small group of brain cells that are especially responsive to nicotine, and which might be the main culprits in driving addiction to the substance. By tweaking these neurons in mouse brains, scientists were able to curb nicotine addiction in the animals. Not …

29 DEC 2017 On Friday, South Korean authorities announced that they have seized the product tanker Lighthouse Winmore for allegedly violating UN prohibitions on ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean vessels. The Chinese-owned Winmore – allegedly operating under charter to Taiwan-based Billions Bunker Group – loaded 14,000 tons of petroleum product at the South Korean port of Yeosu …

25 DEC 2017 Eating healthy can often feel like torture in a country whose crowning achievement in food is the Crunchwrap Supreme. To make matters worse, a lot of supposedly healthy foods aren’t actually very good for you. With that in mind, Business Insider asked Andy Bellatti, a registered dietitian and …

28 DEC 2017 On Wednesday, an explosion at a grain terminal in Rosario, Argentina killed one worker and injured nine more. Local authorities said that all workers are accounted for and that the fire that followed the blast has been extinguished. The prosecutor for San Lorenzo identified the deceased as Domingo …

25 DEC 2017 You might picture yourself walking through a field, or surrounded by loved ones. Or perhaps making your way down a long, dark tunnel, towards a brilliant, beckoning light. When the end comes, what you experience will be a veiled secret known only to you – but whatever it …

24 DEC 2017 There’s no sense in sugar-coating it: the world is facing an epic environmental challengeas our planet breaks temperature records thanks to heavy emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other heat-trapping pollutants. Which is why it’s so incredibly heartening – despite at least one superpower looking the other way – to see the …