The world's oldest calculator - a box of dials, gears and cogs created by the Ancient Greeks more than 2,000 years ago - could predict eclipses decades in advance, say researchers. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

Inviting punters to gamble on where the next terrorist attack will occur . picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

U.S. physicists are predicting the existence and stability of another "buckyball," one consisting entirely of boron atoms. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

British climate scientists predict warmest year ever. picked by LatueOfStiberty 2 years ago

Scamp, a Schnauzer, lives at The Pines nursing home in Ohio – where his owner, a staff member, claims he has been present for the death of virtually every patient for the past three years. That's around forty deaths, twice as many as Oscar the cat's kill count of 20. picked by muppet 1 year ago

A new kind of earthquake has been discovered, which are of such low frequency that they go unfelt on the surface, but according to Japanese researchers, these 'silent quakes' could help to predict the big ones. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Measuring levels of cells that originate in bone marrow could help doctors predict outcomes for liver cancer patients. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

A Beaverton student eerily predicted the deadly dangers cyclists potentially face as he penned a column for his school paper entitled “Please don’t run me over” just a year before being hit and killed by a Tri-Met bus. picked by muppet 6 months ago

Astronomers, including one at The University of Arizona, have successfully predicted the existence of an unknown planet, the first since Neptune was predicted in the 1840s. This planet, however, is outside our own solar system, circling a star a little more than 200 light years from Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

It doesn’t take brains to have some smarts. New research shows that even bacteria can evolve to predict upcoming events based on clues, like a dog salivating at the sound of the dinner bell. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

A computer program will be able to give a picture of patient's health and life length together with all the risk factors that will influence it. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press. picked by whi73rav3n 2 years ago

The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that financial losses stemming from the U.S. mortgage crisis might approach $1 trillion, citing a "collective failure" to predict the breadth of the crisis. picked by deEPCHill 5 months ago

This is the time of the year when the media is having a field day again. Over the next couple of months, you will find headlines such as the following: 10 top stock picks for 2007 The perfect portfolio for 2007 My best stock for the year ahead 2006 losers ready to rebound 10 stocks for 2007 and beyond It always amazes me where the reporter finds the ability to predict the future as to which inve... read full post picked by devikamp 1 year ago

Two academics have discovered how to predict the shape of a Möbius strip, the ‘endless ribbon’ which is obtained by taking a rectangular strip of paper, twisting one end through 180 degrees, and then joining the ends. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Artificial wombs and experiments on human embryos grown in the lab will be commonplace and no big deal ethically in 30 years, several scientists predict. They envision a scenario just like test-tube babies, which shocked us 30 years ago but now are fairly routine and acceptable to most people. picked by deEPCHIll 2 months ago

Check out this article which discusses 'biomarkers'. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

A change in the law could mean mediums, psychics and healers face prosecution if they cannot justify their claims. Spiritualists are delivering a mass petition to Downing Street and complaining that a genuine religion is being discriminated against.

Update to THIS post picked by doggylives 5 months ago

Our planet faces a fiery doom inside the sun unless future generations work out how to change its orbit.

New calculations by University of Sussex astronomers predict the Earth will be burnt to a cinder then swallowed up by the sun in about 7.6 billion years. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Heather was shooting her daily horoscope video for the internet when the earthquake hit. Here's her reaction!! picked by stinkobinko 1 month ago