Biological ‘fountain of youth’ found in new world bat caves

October 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has found that fear of dangerous strangers in inner city neighbourhoods is discouraging kids and teens to go out and play in parks and playgrounds. Lead researcher Nick Holt from Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta studied 59 children and youth, eight school staff and 13 youth workers and found three themes that influenced youngsters' opportunities for physical activity, with positive and negative factors for each.

September 29th, 2009 SYDNEY - About 850 new species inhabiting underground water, caves and micro-caverns have been discovered in semi-arid Australia. These invertebrates include various insects, small crustaceans, spiders, worms and many others.

September 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Australian researchers have discovered 850 new species of invertebrates, which include various insects, small crustaceans, spiders, worms and many others, in underground water, caves and "micro-caverns" amid the harsh conditions of the Australian outback. The team, led by Professor Andy Austin (University of Adelaide), Dr Steve Cooper (South Australian Museum) and Dr Bill Humphreys (Western Australian Museum), has conducted a comprehensive four-year survey of underground water, caves and micro-caverns across arid and semi-arid Australia.

September 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - If a new research is anything to go by, then the Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past, with global warming causing dramatic biological responses in the region. The research was led by Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University, along with a large, international team that carried out ecosystem-wide studies of the biological response to Arctic warming during the fourth International Polar Year, which ended in 2008.

August 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of predatory crustaceans in the Canary Islands, which have a head equipped with long antennae for eyes, powerful prehensile limbs and poisonous fangs. The species was found by an international team of scientists and cave divers in the Tunnel de la Atlantida, the world's longest submarine lava tube on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

August 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A British explorer has claimed to have found the lost 'underworld of the pharaohs' - an enormous system of caves, chambers and tunnels that lies hidden beneath the Pyramids of Giza. According to a report by Discovery News, the underground complex, populated by bats and venomous spiders, was found in the limestone bedrock beneath the pyramid field at Giza by British explorer Andrew Collins.

July 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new survey has lead to the discovery of a massive cave in a remote Vietnamese jungle, which is the largest single cave passage yet found. According to a report in National Geographic News, at 262-by-262 feet (80-by-80 meters) in most places, the Son Doong cave beats out the previous world-record holder, Deer Cave in the Malaysian section of the island of Borneo.

July 16th, 2009 Survey: Economic downturn leads to gang violenceSEATTLE — Most people believe the economic downturn has led to more gang violence, according to a new national survey released Thursday. Of adults interviewed at the end of June by Harris Interactive, 71 percent said gang violence among youth is increasing as a result of the current economic climate.

July 14th, 2009 SANTIAGO - A team of experts has discovered a six-kilometer-long lava cave system on Easter Island thought to have been used as a refuge by the island's inhabitants during the 16th century. According to a report in The Santiago Times, the team confirmed that it is the largest cave on the island and the 11th-largest in the world in terms of area.

June 17th, 2009 Obama to create new Office of Youth Sport.WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is forming a White House Office of Olympic, Paralympic, and Youth Sport. The office will promote the values of the Olympic movement and encourage increased youth participation in athletics.

May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Kim Kardashian is obsessed with ear buds, Debra Messing has a fetish for pens - these are just some of the secrets of celebrities. Fox News has put together a list of 5 Surprising Celebrity Admissions straight from the horse's mouth.

April 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Your usual nine to five office shift has a biological reason behind it, and now scientists have found that some genes in the body are switched on once every 12 or 8 hours, which in turn keeps us actively involved in the work, according to a new study. The findings by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies indicated that shorter cycles of the circadian rhythm are also biologically encoded.

April 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 19th anniversary by detecting a peculiar galactic system that contains several galaxies, along with a "cosmic fountain" of stars, gas, and dust that stretches over 100,000 light-years. Known as Arp 194, the northern (upper) component of the system of galaxies appears as a haphazard collection of dusty spiral arms, bright blue star-forming regions, and at least two galaxy nuclei that appear to be connected and in the early stages of merging.

March 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - With the aid of a new method developed by scientists in Germany, the output frequency of the atomic fountains clocks has become more stable. At present, Caesium fountain clocks are the most accurate clocks in the world, furnishing the second accurate to 15 places after the decimal point.

December 23rd, 2008 WASHINGTON - Deep inside a cave system in Italy and more than 1,600 feet below the earth's surface, divers found filamentous ropes of microbes growing in the cold water. 'Sulphur caves are a microbiology paradise.