A collection of offbeat research and bizarre findings from the medical world in 2007. One case was of a 62-year-old woman with a five-month history of persistent genital arousal that is unrelated to desire or stimuli and unrelieved by orgasm. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 would require any published paper drawing on research funded by a major US government agency to be put online within six months. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Of all the threats to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cell phone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its treasured heating pad. picked by suebe 10 months ago

You can tell the scientists in this picture are only in a Mars simulation - their lungs and internal organs haven't exploded. But their research in the Utah desert is deadly serious: it could save our planet. picked by Franz6 9 months ago

A scientist who faked his research may have actually made a groundbreaking advance - without even realising it. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

These are three-minute videos about research that makes people laugh, then makes them think. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

Paleontologists in 2005 hailed research that apparently showed that soft, pliable tissues had been recovered from dissolved dinosaur bones, a major finding that would substantially widen the known range of preserved biomolecules. picked by Maxriter 1 year ago

This may come as a shocker to people, but it turns out after an extensive and expensive bit of in depth research by top scientists, that we now know that women who binge drink tend to have more unsafe sex! This is so remarkable that they'd like to do further research into this matter. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Today, cadaver dogs are the gold standard for detecting and recovering bodies in earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. "These dogs are highly effective, but it takes lots of time, expense and manpower to train them. If there was a device that was as effective for a fraction of the cost, that would be something worth pursuing," says Dan Sykes, Ph.D., collaborati... read full post picked by kakana 3 months ago

A University of Washington scientist who could not obtain funding from traditional research agencies to test his idea that light particles act in reverse time has received more than $35,000 from folks nationwide who didn't want to see this admittedly far-fetched idea go unexplored. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

New research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make that tangle of wires under desks and in data centers a thing of the past. Scientists are investigating the use of extremely high radio frequencies (RF) to achieve broad bandwidth and high data transmission rates over short distances. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

some beasts constructed in the name of research picked by wildminou 2 years ago

The latest news from the European Research Council is that they have a budget of a massive €7.5 billion until 2013 in which picked by marksway 3 years ago

Self, meet self.

A web-linked research project with the University of Texas at Austin gives the opportunity to anonymously learn about yourself by psychological testing, and provides you with instant feedback. I just took the first of twelve tests; so far it's right on target. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

Thousands of small white boxes containing samples of blood, serum and urine are all that remain of a 25-year, $143 million program to find out if the herbicide Agent Orange made Vietnam War veterans sick. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Google has grown to become the world’s first $100billion brand, according to research by financial consultants Millward Brown. picked by iamamaniac 6 months ago

Recent research says that the smarter a man is, the more sperm he produces and the better they swim. Stephen Hawking is now officially a stone cold pimp. picked by Wingnut 10 months ago

The use of animal experiments could be replaced by research on “virtual human beings” and tests on banks of living cells within a generation, scientists say.
Computer modeling and advances in cell biology will allow researchers to assess new drugs far more precisely and without the involvement of animals. picked by bingo 5 months ago

Various scientific experiments are conducted to test the resilience of the lovable Easter marshmallow ducks. Check out the surgery performed to separate the conjoined peep quintuplets. picked by genkan 2 years ago

A new study says dinosaurs shared the Earth for millions of years with the species that were their ancestors. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago