Energy drinks may be widely consumed but a study has shown that they are potentially very risky to one’s health. According to a study led by John Higgins at the University of Texas Medical School, an energy drink could be giving you much more caffeine than a cup of coffee.
This is because a typical energy drink contains up to a quarter cup of sugar and more caffeine than a strong cup of coffee.
Moreover, the mixing of that caffeine with other ingredients such as alcohol is potentially very deadly.
The study, which …

Scientists who have been studying the remnants of the explosion of a supernova that occurred 30 years ago are now enthralled by the fact that a black hole could have developed. The belief that it is a black hole is founded on the fact that they have observed something steadily eating up the gassy remnants of the exploded star.
A black hole is a warped region in space where it is so dense that nothing is able to get away, including light. Harvard astrophysicist, Avi Loeb, said that since the star …

Flight passengers across the country are incensed over the introduction of new anti-terrorism screening procedures introduced by Homeland Security.
These procedures which include choosing between a full-body scan by image detectors and consenting to a probing pat-down, have not only fueled outrage among passengers, but also among airline workers.
Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano has reiterated that the measures are necessary to combat terrorism and are a worthwhile sacrifice towards achieving this end. Senior federal security officials insist they had prepared passengers for the institution of these measures, but judging from the …

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was host to a gathering of red-clad mourners who came to pay their last respects to Dino De Laurentis. The family of the acclaimed producer requested guests to wear red since De Laurentis had never wanted his funeral to be graced by a mass of black and that was his color.
Among the guests who eulogized De Laurentis and shared tales about him were Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Lynch and Baz Luhrmann. Schwarzenegger who attended the funeral alongside his wife, Maria Shriver has worked …

Apple’s homepage has been replaced with a note that states, ‘ Tomorrow is just another day. That you will never forget.’ This is in tandem with an instruction for users to check back at 7am Tuesday Pacific Time for more details.

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Apple Inc. has declined to give further details but some analysts suspect that the iPhone maker will offer iPhone users web access to their iTunes libraries. This belief is rooted in the fact that the company bought Lala.com, a startup, last year.
Lala allows its users to stream music over …

An article titled ‘To Boldly Go’ appeared in the Journal of Cosmology, vigorously agitating for one-way trips to Mars. The article proposes that Mars explorers adopt the mindsets that settlers first coming to North America had; not having the expectations of a homebound journey.
According to one of the co-authors of the article, Dirk Sculze-Makuch, this would mobilize the Mars exploration tremendously.
However the idea has been greeted with criticism and disbelief from a number of quarters. Michael Braukus, the NASA spokesman stated that the organization wanted its people to come back …

The FBI did arrest a man court had declared dead over 16 years ago in Mississippi. The man is said to have kidnapped and killed a girl before damping her body in Central Louisiana woods.
The arrest of Thomas Steven Sander, 53, is a culmination of a long manhunt; the arrest was done on Sunday at a truck stop in Mississippi.
The man is said to have been involved in a series of crimes after abandoning his family before court declaring him dead. To the amazement of many he lived unnoticed despite …

Those suffering from mild heart failure can now have a sign of relief; anew Pfizer drug from Medtronic has the capacity to boost survival and reduced hospitalization.
The drug which was on the market has outlived its usefulness in dealing with the complications and a study had been conducted to see the connection between the drug and kidney complications.
The new technology was said to be safe but not effective according to the American College of Cardiology former president.
Heart failure affects million of persons on the globe and the reports are expected …

The American government has had research on the safety of the flu shot and no complications from those who used the vaccine.
A research conducted for 19 years leading to 2009 over175 reports were written concerning the issue were given the Vaccine Advance Events Reporting System (VEARS), the body that regulates the vaccine use.
A few expectant mothers vaccinated with the vaccine, flu shot, reported complications related to the vaccine.
Some complications are not that fatal but extreme cases have led to miscarriages as well as birth, but not as put in the …

Email is soon going to be a thing of the past. This is a prediction that Facebook is willing to bet on, as it launched a new messaging system on Monday.
During the launch, the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said that the world was moving on to more real-time methods of communicating such as texting and instant messaging.
The new messaging system has seen an overhaul done on the social website’s message inbox which worked much in the same way as an email inbox. The new version incorporates features such as mobile …