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Evolution of DNA: Open-source software traces code of life (544 diggs) There's a new computer program that knows all about your history - but don't worry, it's not going to report those parking violations. It cares about the evolution of your DNA. And it's open source.

The World's First Photograph (PIC) (1,751 diggs) Centuries of advances in chemistry and optics, including the invention of the camera obscura, set the stage for the world ’s first photograph. In 1826, French scientist Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, took that photograph, titled View from the Window at Le Gras at his family’s country home. It's pretty cool, check it out.

The Claim: You Get Drunk Faster at High Altitudes (598 diggs) Will drinking at a high altitude speed drunkenness?

Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With 'Falling' Theory (2,160 diggs) As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held "theory of gravity" is flawed and they have responded to it with a new theory of Intelligent Falling.

Scientists Develop New Method to Investigate Origin of Life (819 diggs) Scientists at Penn State have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to understand how life began on Earth. The team's method has the potential to trace the evolutionary histories of proteins all the way back to either cells or viruses, thus settling the debate once and for all over which of these life forms came first.

Bill Nye on Global Warming and How Pigs Destroy Oceans (1,125 diggs) After a successful run on PBS with "Bill Nye the Science Guy," the multi-hyphenate comedian-TV host-science educator-mechanical engineer is now finding out how "Stuff Happens" on Planet Green's new half hour show. In it, Nye traces where the things we eat, wear, and use come from, and what impact that has on our entire planet.

Vaginal Proteins In Prostitutes Could Lead To Vaccines (1,420 diggs) Vaginal Proteins In HIV-resistant Prostitutes Suggest New Prevention Measures

Study: Our Mates Look Like Mom and Dad (657 diggs) Men like women who resemble dear old mom, and women like men who look like dear old dad, a computer analysis now shows. Scientists in Hungary investigated 52 university students and their parents. They also looked at the significant others of the volunteers and the parents of these significant others, for 312 faces total.

Doomsday Claims: Large Hadron Collider To Hit The Road (907 diggs) Critics who say the world's largest atom-smasher could destroy the world have brought their claims to courtrooms in Europe and the United States - and although the claims are likely to get further consideration, neither court will hold up next week's official startup of the Large Hadron Collider.

Human Infidelity Linked to Gene (625 diggs) Swedish researchers said Tuesday what women have suspected all along: that marital woes can often be attributed to men's genetic makeup, according to a study linking a common male gene to relationship problems.

Museum 'Cocoon' Prepares To Open (376 diggs) The spectacular new wing of London's Natural History Museum has been unveiled. The Darwin Centre Phase Two is designed around an iconic eight-storey "Cocoon", encased within a glass atrium.

In Dealing With Death, Are Animals Just Like Us or Unaware? (691 diggs) Everywhere in nature, biologists say, are examples of animals behaving as though they were at least vaguely aware of death ’s brutal supremacy and yet unpersuaded that it had anything to do with them. Researchers have determined that elephants deserve their longstanding reputation as exceptionally death-savvy beings

MythBuster:US School Evolution Theory Bugs the Hell Outta Me (3,526 diggs) Adam Savage: "What I do see as a huge issue is a very anti-science vibe. That kind of attack absolutely is damaging science exploration across the whole country. And until we can get our head out of the sand and realize that science isn't about truth —it's why this debate about the 'theory of evolution' bugs the hell out of me."

Mystery Ocean Glow Confirmed in Satellite Photos (1,594 diggs) Mariners have long told of rare nighttime events in which the ocean glows intensely as far as the eye can see in all directions. Fictionally, such a "milky sea" is encountered by the Nautilus in Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."

Faster Rise In Sea Level Deduced From Melting Greenland Ice (642 diggs) If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated.

Long-life Gene that Triples Chance of Living to 100 Found (754 diggs) Men who have two copies of a "long life gene" triple their odds of living nearly a century, according to a study published today. The advantage is all down to having two "letters" of the 6 billion letter human genetic code that are the same. Scientists believe that this kind of understanding could have important implications for living longer.

Einstein's 23 Biggest Mistakes (889 diggs) The man with the big ideas wasn't so good with the details. Albert often let his intuition overrule flawed proofs and shaky math. Maybe you'll feel a little better about your own flubs.

Electrons Discover Their Individuality (578 diggs) Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to a group loses its importance. As a result, the coherent harmony that binds the electrons into a fixed relationship with their environment is lost.

Your DNA Can Show Scientists Which Country Your From (608 diggs) The genes of a European person can be enough to pinpoint their ancestry down to their home country, claim two new studies. By reading single-letter DNA differences in the genomes of thousands of Europeans, researchers can tell a Finn from a Dane and a German from a Brit. In fact a visual genetic map mirrors the geopolitical map of the continent

Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly (667 diggs) Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. The result is an autonomous helicopter than can perform a complete airshow of complex tricks on its own.

Bodies found in King Tut's tomb are twin daughters (813 diggs) Professor Robert Connolly, an anatomist who is working with Egyptian authorities to analyse the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh, says that preliminary tests on the mummified remains of the two still-born babies indicate that Tutankhamun may have fathered them both...

New master switch found in brain that regulates appetite (809 diggs) Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, and researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies say it may work the same way in humans.

Scientists Grow Hair Cells Involved in Hearing (1,074 diggs) Oregon Health & Science University scientists have successfully produced functional auditory hair cells in the cochlea of the mouse inner ear. The breakthrough suggests that a new therapy may be developed in the future to successfully treat hearing loss. The results of this research was recently published by the journal Nature.

World's Most Powerful Magnet Under Construction (840 diggs) Engineers are readying a supercooled, record-setting 100-tesla magnet at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The magnet will have to withstand forces equivalent to 200 sticks of dynamite concentrated into a space the size of a marble.

Scientists Unlocking Mysteries of Intuition (544 diggs) ATTEMPTS to manipulate consumers with subliminal messages, flashed onto movie or TV screens, once thrilled admen and panicked the public, but the furore faded when the technique failed to work.