Elizabeth Palermo
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What is normal blood sugar?
What constitutes normal blood glucose varies for an individual depending on a range of factors. → Read More
Should you use a password manager?
Is a password manager the best way to secure your accounts? Or is it a risky single point of failure? Here are the pros and cons. → Read More
Mosquitoes: Biology, Repellents & Bite Relief
Mosquitoes, those ruiners of picnics and barbecues, can be hard to escape. Methods of control seek to prevent mosquitoes from breeding or surviving to adulthood, while some insect repellents can help. → Read More
Eiffel Tower: Information & Facts
The iconic Parisian landmark has loomed over the city since 1889. Tickets are available for the Eiffel Tower's platforms, which feature restaurants and gift shops. → Read More
Who Invented the Bicycle?
The bicycle has a complicated past fraught with controversy and misinformation. → Read More
Niels Bohr: Biography & Atomic Theory
Niels Bohr won a Nobel Prize for the idea that an atom is a small, positively charged nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons. He also contributed to quantum theory. → Read More
Who Invented the Light Bulb?
The incandescent light bulb first shone after years of work by many notable figures who contributed to the development of this revolutionary technology. Thomas Edison built on their successes and patented the first commercially successful light bulb. → Read More
Crystal Healing: Stone-Cold Facts About Gemstone Treatments
Crystal healing is an alternative medicine technique that employs crystals and other stones as conduits for natural healing energy. However, no studies have ever demonstrated any therapeutic value for crystal healing. → Read More
What is Acupuncture?
Treatment with acupuncture needles does work to alleviate pain and nausea, studies show. However, practitioners of Western medicine have not identified acupuncture points or the energy known as qi, or chi. → Read More
Identity Theft Victim? Here's 6 Things You Need to Do
If your identity's just been stolen, don't panic -- be proactive. Here are six simple things you need to do right now. → Read More
Pocket-Sized Device Charges Your Phone with Water
A new portable fuel cell charger can charge a smartphone or tablet by combining saltwater and oxygen, say while you're basking in the sun on the beach. → Read More
Google Glass Redux: High-Tech Wearable Gets Ready for Business
Google announced nearly a year ago that it was no longer making its wearable headset, Google Glass, but a recent FCC filing suggests the company is exploring a business-friendly version of the infamous wearable. → Read More
Google Glass Redux: High-Tech Wearable Gets Ready for Business
Google announced nearly a year ago that it was no longer making its wearable headset, Google Glass, but a recent FCC filing suggests the company is exploring a business-friendly version of the infamous wearable. → Read More
10 off-the-wall science stories from 2015
Robot duels, gluttonous snakes and really long fingernails were just some of the oddities. → Read More
Venomous Sea Snake Washes Up on California Beach, Surprising Scientists
Warmer sea-surface temperatures, El Niño drive likely drove serpent north → Read More
Santa Watch! How to Track Saint Nick This Christmas
Once again, the folks from North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) are helping children find out how soon Santa will come to town by using their signature "Santa-tracking" technologies. → Read More
New XPRIZE Challenge: Map Ocean Floor
The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is a three-year global competition that challenges researchers to build better technologies for mapping Earth's seafloor → Read More
Sunken Pearl Harbor plane filled with mystery
Researchers will likely never know what happened to the crew of the Catalina PBY-5. → Read More
Superquiet Supersonic: NASA Aims for Softer Booms
NASA is conducting tests that measure how "annoying" the sounds and vibrations from supersonic planes are for people on the ground. This research could be used to build quieter, faster planes by 2025. → Read More
Sir Butterfly! New Species Named for David Attenborough
The striking new species is the first butterfly to be named for the British broadcaster. → Read More