From: redOrbit on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:27 AM

There’s been lots of buzz about the HCG diet- a weight loss plan that promises users they'll drop pounds without feeling hungry. But do HCG injections really work?

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:27 AM

There’s been lots of buzz about the HCG diet- a weight loss plan that promises users they'll drop pounds without feeling hungry. But do HCG injections really work?

From: redOrbit on Wed, Jul 13 2011 5:04 AM

A Florida law will soon make illegal to smoke synthetic marijuana, but manufacturers are finding ways around it.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Jul 13 2011 5:04 AM

A Georgia man is putting his dogs to work by training them to help veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 09 2011 6:35 PM

Sunburns are the norm during these long, hot, summer days. A Texas dermatologist has some tips for finding relief from the pain.

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jul 08 2011 4:25 PM

A new study finds growing up and living in cities increases a person’s sensitivity to stress.

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jul 08 2011 4:25 PM

It can kill thousands in a matter of seconds, and cost billions of dollars in damage. We’ll show you how one researcher is using innovative ways to help minimize the destruction earthquakes can cause. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Tue, Jul 05 2011 8:43 AM

Whenever a zebra finch hears an unfamiliar song from a male of the same species, it stops chirping, hopping and grooming. credit: University of Illinois and David Clayton

From: redOrbit on Mon, Jul 04 2011 6:25 AM

This shows the mechanism of the MAV and how it moves from three different views.

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

A biotech company is making an organic energy source that’s made from – human waste! One American city is already trying it out! credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

Scientists discover neutrinos when trying to measure the amount of particles travelling to Earth from the Sun. Neutrinos are so small that they are able to travel across through the universe at nearly the speed of light.

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

Scientists discover neutrinos when trying to measure the amount of particles travelling to Earth from the Sun. Neutrinos are so small that they are able to travel across through the universe at nearly the speed of light.

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

5 million Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Researchers across the globe are pulling together to help them out and map all the genes that may cause this memory-robbing disease. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:37 AM

The hydrodynamic and acoustic response of the water-filled Tibetan bowl 3 being rubbed with a mallet. credit: Institute of Physics

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:37 AM

NCAR scientist Andrew Heymsfield led a study in 2010 establishing that the gaps, which sometimes look as though a giant hole punch was applied to a cloud, are caused when aircraft fly through midlevel clouds that contain supercooled droplets.

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:37 AM

This shows MRI images of a tarantula’s heart beating in real time.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 30 2011 11:31 PM

Responding to the challenge of climate change requires understanding more about climate variability and the changes expected. Jim Kinter, director of the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA), explains how scientists there are using supercomputers to learn more about the interactions a...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 30 2011 11:31 PM

This movie of GOES-13 satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Arlene in 15 minute intervals from June 28 at 1415 (10:15 a.m. EDT) to the same time on June 30, shows the storm making landfall in northeastern Mexico near Cabo Rojo.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 30 2011 11:31 PM

Scientists report today that they have taken a big step in determining what the first birds looked like more than 100 million years ago, when their relatives, the dinosaurs, still ruled the Earth. At the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, they discovered chemical traces...

From: redOrbit on Wed, Jun 29 2011 9:44 PM

NASA’s launching a new mission this summer designed to better understand air pollution and gather data that could allow pollutants to be monitored more exactly from space. The field study coined, "Discover-AQ", will take place over the Baltimore/DC region on select days in July. credit:...