Hmm, how long before another pharmaceutical company tries to patent turmeric?

Quoted: An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown. The chemical - curcumin - has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia.

Wow, it'll be interesting to see what India does with its space program...

Quoted: India's space agency is training thousands of young scientists and has planned its first manned space mission in 2015.

Fascinating!

Quoted: A new international study is endeavoring to apply hard science to one of life’s biggest mysteries — its end. “Most people think of death as a moment,” said the project’s founder, Dr. Sam Parnia. “We’ve found it goes on for a period of time.”

Studies like this leave me speechless ... and not in a good way.

Quoted: A new study shows that if parents play it safe when choosing baby names, they may be doing their offspring a favor: Giving a newborn males odd, girly or strange first names may just help land them in jail. The top “bad boy” name, according to the study: Alec.

Fascinating...

Quoted: Mosquitoes love to feed on mammalian blood, including that of humans. However, in the Galápagos, these troublesome insects have a unique taste for reptilian blood as well and may pose a threat to the giant tortoises, marine iguanas and other wildlife on the island.

Apparently monkeys have this ability too, so don't make one angry.

Quoted: Jennifer Jarett never forgets a face. Not even someone she met for just a moment, not even decades later. Jarett is a “super-recognizer,'' a freshly minted term for an elite group of people who are exceptional at remembering faces.

This volcano's seismic activity has been in the news for a few months now... Looks like it could erupt.

Quoted: Mount Redoubt is acting up with greater intensity. On Sunday, scientists said there was a marked increase of seismicity at the volcano about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Fascinating ... this means that the answer to treating Alzheimer's could lie in adjusting the brain's insulin levels.

Quoted: some experts are proposing an avant-garde way of approaching Alzheimer's: as a form of diabetes. Some even dub it "type 3 diabetes" or "diabetes of the brain."