Scientists say they can predict who you're friends with based on brain patterns alone

Maybe your friends really do "just get you" after all. At least, that's what a new study of graduate students at an Ivy League school suggests. For that study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, a group of brain researchers and social psychologists at Dartmouth College...

Leaks, feasts and sex parties: How ‘Fat Leonard’ infiltrated the Navy’s floating headquarters in Asia

As the flagship for the Navy’s 7th Fleet, the USS Blue Ridge plays a critical role in national security by overseeing all U.S. maritime operations in Asia and the western Pacific. The venerable warship is the Navy’s second-oldest active-duty vessel and has survived the Vietnam War, the Cold War...

Army: 2 deaths, 60 hospitalizations blamed on vaping oils

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- The U.S. Army is warning about the dangers of vaping synthetic cannabinoid oil after about 60 soldiers and Marines in North Carolina and 33 troops in Utah experienced serious medical problems in January. In a Monday public health alert, the U.S. Army Public Health Center...

The idea that everything from spoons to stones are conscious is gaining academic credibility

Consciousness permeates reality. Rather than being just a unique feature of human subjective experience, it’s the foundation of the universe, present in every particle and all physical matter. This sounds like easily-dismissible bunkum, but as traditional attempts to explain consciousness...

Concerns Grow That Infections From 'Zombie Deer' Meat Can Jump To Humans

Would you eat venison if there was a chance it could slowly eat away at your brain? If there's a slight possibility, it doesn't bother Patrick States. On the menu this evening for his wife and two daughters at their Northglenn, Colo., home are pan-seared venison steaks with mashed potatoes and...

Arrested Louisiana teacher says First Amendment rights were violated, city marshal 'needs training'

The turmoil followed the board's 5-3 vote Monday night approving a new three-year contract raising Vermilion Schools Superintendent Jerome Puyau's salary by roughly $30,000, to about $140,000 annually, with incentive targets that could add 3 percent a year. Video of the meeting shows that...

Humidity may prove breaking point for some areas as temperatures rise, says study

From US south to China, heat stress could exceed human endurance Climate scientists say that killer heat waves will become increasingly prevalent in many regions as climate warms. However, most projections leave out a major factor that could worsen things: humidity, which can greatly magnify...

Putin Says St. Petersburg Blast Was Terrorism

Russian President Vladimir Putin says an explosion at a St. Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was a terrorist act, and that another attack in the city had been foiled by the country's security service. A bomb went off in a branch of the Perekrestok supermarket, wounding at least 13 shoppers in...

NIH Lifts Ban On Research That Could Make Deadly Viruses Even Worse

Scientists could soon resume controversial experiments on germs with the potential to cause pandemics, as government officials have decided to finally lift an unusual three-year moratorium on federal funding for the work. The research involves three viruses — influenza, SARS, and MERS — that...

Madame Tussauds trolls Disney over new animatronic Trump

Madame Tussauds, the world-famous wax museum, trolled Walt Disney World after the theme park unveiled its new animatronic figure of President Trump in its “Hall of Presidents” attraction. The Orlando location of Madame Tussauds tweeted a side-by-side comparison of the museum’s wax figure of...