As if space travel was not already filled with enough dangers, a new study out in December in the journal PLOS ONE shows that cosmic radiation – which would bombard astronauts on deep space missions to places like Mars – could accelerate the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
It was announced by the French Defense Ministry that France has 750 troops on Mali soil and nearly 1,700 additional troops will take part in the Mali offensive.
Former world champion cyclist Lance Armstrong is reported to have admitted using performance-enhancing drugs to help win the Tour de France.
Salmon runs are notoriously variable: strong one year, and weak the next. New research shows that the same may be true from one century to the next.