Major Cancer Breakthrough - Blood Test Detects Disease Years Before It Occurs

One of the major factors in treating cancer is catching the disease early enough to attack it and stop it from spreading. Well, scientists from England have found a way to catch some types of cancer before they even start. Health.mil Experts are hailing this as a major breakthrough in humanity’s continued fight against the dreaded disease. Here’s more from The Independent website: A new blood test that allows doctors to detect 10 types of cancer years before a person becomes sick with the disease has been developed by scientists.

Explosion Rocks Kilauea - Triggers Earthquake & Ash Cloud 1 Mile High

Kilauea still remains very active and today was rocked by a massive explosion that sent a plume of ash 1 mile up into the atmosphere. In addition, the geothermal fireworks triggered an earthquake that measured 5.5 on the Richter scale. The good news is that that’s strong enough to cause a tsunami. EPA The USGS Volcano team Tweeted out the following: Kīlauea Message Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:50:56 HST: A small explosion occurred at Kīlauea’s summit at 4:32 AM HST.

53 Yrs Ago This Week, Gemini Astronauts Took the Best UFO Picture Ever

In June of 1965 astronauts James McDivitt and Ed Pilot took part in the Gemini IV mission launched by NASA. The purpose of the mission was to show that humans could stay in space for extended lengths of time. It was the 2nd manned Gemini space flight and the 10th manned spaceflight by the US. Wikimedia Commons For four days, McDivitt and White circled the Earth 66 times, and even took the first spacewalk ever by an American astronaut, as White floated free outside of the spacecraft for about 20 minutes.

Do You Know This Heimlich Maneuver for Dogs?

It seems most humans love their dogs more than they love themselves. Well, at least we usually treat our dog’s bodies better than our own. We put off doctor visits for ourselves, but never miss one for out pets. And while we make sure they have the best pet food we can give them, we “wolf down” (pun intended) whatever food is fast and convenient. This technique started making the rounds on the Internet after a Twitter user whose dog had choked on a piece of plastic Tweeted out instructions.

NASA Hacked a Workaround for Mars Rover's Broken Drill -- And It's Brilliant

Ever break a tool you need for work when you’re 33.9 million miles away from home? Well, NASA’s Mars rover did, and ever since December of 2016, it’s been unable to do its job. But, after over a year of brainstorming and hacking by the folks over at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the rover is once again hard at work collecting and analyzing samples from the Martian terrain in its onboard laboratory.

US Nursing Shortage Reaching the Crisis Level - This is Not Good

One quick perusal for Google news and you’ll see dozens of articles from all across the country warning that the current nursing shortage is real, and that it’s only going to get worse. In Texas and Florida, the state legislatures are being called upon to fix the problem, and local stories from Connecticut to Green Bay, WI, to Phoenix, AZ show that communities everywhere are worried about the problem. Flickr But what’s behind this?

23 Yr Old Dutch Inventor's Bold Plan to Clean Up the Pacific - It Just Might Work

Environmental remediation has various forms. Some companies focus on ridding older homes and buildings of asbestos related materials, some provide deep cleaning services to hospitals and other environments, and some crews are dispersed to the scene of environmental disasters, such as oil slicks, to try and clean up the environment and return it to its natural state. Flickr The environmental remediation experts at The Ocean Cleanup have a different and more focused target in mind.

Breathtaking Images from Atop the Great Pyramid of Giza [Photos & Video]

In case you were wondering, scaling the side of the Great Pyramid of Giza with your buddies is a big No-No. In fact, the Russian teenagers who pulled off this stunt faced criminal charges and even jail time for their feat. And while we in no way whatsoever condone what they did – especially to a treasured monument like the Great Pyramid, we’ve got to say that the photos they came back with are nothing short of spectacular!

Tiny Ancient Bird Mummy Turns Out to Be a Human

Mummified animal remains weren’t all that rare in ancient Egypt. In fact, over the years, scientists have encountered snake, cat, crocodile, and dog mummies. So, when a mummified hawk was discovered, scientists just added it to the collection thinking it was just another prized pet, only it wasn’t a hawk. Here’s the story from CNET.com: YouTube Bioarchaeologist Andrew Nelson of Western University in Canada undertook a much more in-depth study of the artifact with “the highest-resolution scan ever conducted of a fetal mummy.

Scientists Just Detected a Particle That Shouldn't Even Exist

Neutrinos are mysterious particles that have the ability to pass through matter without interacting with it at all. Scientists have theorized about them for decades, but have been unable to turn up any concrete evidence to prove they exist. Until now. Here’s more from LiveScience.com: Octanis.org Back in the mid-1990s, the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND), an experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, found evidence of a mysterious new particle: a “sterile neutrino” that passes through matter without interacting with it.