Most people believe that success is measured by how much money you have and how much money you make; by that measure, there is no single individual who is the world's most successful. After all, Bill Gates — whose net worth is estimated to be about $79 billion, according to Forbes — probably has the most money, but I sincerelyRead more

As a new study reveals, a once forgotten fossil -- long lost to a mostly ignored collection of bones in the Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery -- has been used to identify a new type of ichthyosaur, a now extinct group of aquatic reptiles. The fossil sat in the museum for 30 years, misidentified as a plaster copy, until paleontologistRead more

Some scientists suggest the best way to beat the Asian carp is to eat the Asian carp. But the question remains whether diners will oblige. Asian carp, of which there are several varieties, are probably America's most infamous invasive species. Disruptive populations of bighead and silver carp have been propagating throughout the Mississippi basin for several decades now. And policyRead more

Academics and tobacco opponents are calling on the University of Zurich to retract two studies on tobacco that were sponsored by tobacco company Philip Morris. The papers, which were sponsored by Philip Morris International, found making tobacco companies use plain packaging didn't influence how likely young people were to smoke. The researchers used data from Australia, where plain packaging standardsRead more

Iranian researchers from Amirkabir University of Technology studied the application of nanofibers in the structure of thermal insulators to increase their performance and decrease the final price. Results of the research increase the efficiency of the product but decrease its thickness and weight, and the product can be applied in construction industries. Taking into consideration the problems and weak pointsRead more

Researchers, studying data from NASA's Cassini mission, observed that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, behaves much like Venus, Mars or a comet when exposed to the raw power of the solar wind. The observations suggest that unmagnetized bodies like Titan might interact with the solar wind in the same basic ways, regardless of their nature or distance from the sun. TitanRead more

Living in modern America, it's difficult to escape the painful truth that smoking is really, really bad for you. But a new study is piling on the bad news, suggesting the bad habit's deadly consequences are larger and worse than previously thought. Researchers recently looked at smoking in relation to a number of deadly diseases and fatal health complications thatRead more

Your dog gets you. It's science. Actually, dogs can get you -- as well as almost any other human -- but it takes training. A new study shows that dogs can learn through experience to recognize facial expressions and differentiate between outwardly expressed emotions. Animals and humans are, of course, naturally predisposed and trained to recognize emotional cues among theirRead more

A small number of vehicles on U.S. roads are already indirectly powered by the sun. Ostensibly, some of America's electric cars use power derived from solar panels. And the fuel cells that bolster a growing fleet of hybrid cars and buses rely on hydrogen converted by photovoltaic cells. But America is a liquid fuel kind of nation. To help weanRead more

A new study suggests that drinking three to four cups of coffee a day could reduce the risk of endometrial cancer by almost a fifth in women. According to CBS News, the study examined the data of over 456,000 women from two large ongoing studies. The researchers were most interested in looking at the dietary habits of the women. WhatRead more