Articles by Rhodi Lee
Thomas Eric Duncan: First and only Ebola patient diagnosed in the US now in critical condition
The first Ebola patient to be diagnosed in the U.S. is in critical condition, reveals the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he is being treated. About 50 people he came into contact with are being monitored for signs of infection.
Dwindling Antarctic ice messing with Earth's gravity: Blame climate change
Massive loss of ice sheets in Antarctica because of the warming climate has caused changes in the Earth's gravitational force over the region.
Rosetta spies comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko spout jets of water: Sublimation in action
ESA's Rosetta captured images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko spewing jets of gases and dust as it approaches the sun. The vapor released had been locked in a frozen state since the birth of the solar system.
Curiosity boosts brain learning and memory power: Go, get curious
Curiosity stimulates the brain's ability to learn and retain new information. New study reveals curious people have increased activity in areas of the brain associated with reward and memory formation.
Swedish woman gives birth to baby using transplanted womb: A first!
A 36-year old woman from Sweden who was born without a uterus successfully gave birth to a live baby boy via cesarean section after receiving a womb transplant last year.
Is it a solar cell? Is it a battery? No, it's a solar battery!
The solar battery fuses the ability of solar cells and battery saving energy and bringing down the cost of renewable energy. The hybrid device runs on light and oxygen.
Mystery behind Monarch butterflies mega migration capability solved: One gene
By sequencing the genome of hundreds of butterflies, researchers finally unraveled the secret to the migration capability of Monarch butterflies: a single gene associated with collagen.
Sharks have distinct personalities like humans - they can be social or solitary
Researchers from the UK demonstrated that sharks have their unique personalities. Solitary catsharks and those that form big groups tend persist with their behavior regardless of changes in environment and group size.
New seafloor map is stunning and most detailed ever: Ocean's best-kept secrets now revealed
Gravitational data from NASA's Jason-1 satellite and ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite allowed researchers to come up with a new seafloor map that vividly shows the geological features of the Earth's oceans.
Braveheart drone gets up, close and personal with Bardarbunga volcano eruption: Watch amazing video footage
Armed with a GoPro camera and Phantom 2 drone, Ragnar Th. Sigurdsso and Eric Cheng captured close-up videos of the Bardarbunga volcano spewing red-hot lava.
Origin of HIV pandemic traced to 1920s Kinshasa
Study suggests HIV spread started from Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly because of the expansion of the city's transportation systems coupled with changing sexual habits and unsafe medical practices.
He's alive! 'Dead' Ebola victim in body bag wakes up!
A man who has been lying on the streets of Monrovia in Liberia was believed to be dead until he twitched his arm while the burial team is preparing to bring him to the crematorium.
Chimpanzees learn from each other how to use tools: Social learning in wild spotted
Chimpanzees learn new skills by observing other chimps, a trait that influence chimpanzee culture and explains the animals' varying behaviors.
NASA Swift spots red dwarf star belch superflare: 10,000 times more powerful than largest solar flare ever recorded
A stellar flare over 10,000 times more powerful than the biggest solar flare on record was spotted by NASA's Swift satellite, coming from a binary star system 60 light-years away.
How dinosaurs got bird wings? The wrist evolved
The wrists of dinosaurs gradually transformed into wings when their bones underwent changes. Some bones fused and some disappeared. A bone also disappeared and later re-emerged in modern birds.
600-year old wooden canoe explains how Polynesian seafarers colonized New Zealand
A 600 year-old wooden canoe and an analysis of climate spanning eight centuries give hints on how Polynesian seafarers crossed vast areas of open seas to colonize New Zealand and other Pacific Islands.
Outpouring of lunar lava cause behind striking 'Man in the Moon' effect
The "Man in the Moon" is earlier attributed to an asteroid impact but analysis of data from NASA's GRAIL mission suggests that volcanic plumes may be responsible for this lunar feature.
35,000: Number of walruses that beached in northwest Alaska for resting (blame it on global warming)
Thousands of walruses were spotted gathered on the shores of Northern Alaska. Climate change has caused the ice that these animals typically rest on to disappear.
Govt. sheds light on (shady) nexus between drug makers and doctors
The government released the first batch of data that reveal the payments made by drug makers and medical device companies to doctors and hospitals totalling nearly $3.5 billion for a five month period in 2013.
Bats make fatal mistake of thinking wind turbines are trees: Study
Wind turbines can be deadly dangerous for bats. Researchers found that these flying mammals are drawn to these structures because they mistake these as trees.
Half of Earth's wildlife disappeared in past 40 years: WWF warns biodiversity loss is alarming
Over half of the world's amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles have disappeared in the last 40 years, WWF's Living Planet Report 2014 reveals. Human activities largely attributed to the decline in wildlife population.
Even tiny sea monkeys may influence ocean currents: Butterfly effect? [Video]
Tiny as they are, sea monkeys can have profound impact on the ocean current comparable to that of tides and winds with their collective force, new study suggests.
Acupuncture does little good in alleviating chronic knee pain
Patients with chronic knee pain who received acupuncture and fake treatments reported similar improvement suggesting that the benefits associated with the alternative treatment may be due to placebo effect.
Aral Sea shrinking to nothingness, destroying local communities: NASA satellite photos reveal all
A series of photos taken by NASA's Terra satellite shows how the water levels of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth largest lake, declined over the years.
Extreme weather in 2013? Blame man-made climate change
Human-caused climate change has increased the likelihood and worsened the severity of heat waves in 2013 but scientists did not find a clear association between human influence and some extreme weather events including droughts, storms and heavy rains.
After-school exercise programs sharpen cognition skills in prepubescent children
Prepubescent children who participated in the after-school physical fitness program FITKids for nine months were not just fitter than their counterparts. They also showed improved thinking skills.
Tooth fossil suggests aquatic and land dinosaurs fought savage battles for supremacy
Bite marks and a tooth of the semi-aquatic phytosaur that were found in the thigh of the terrestrial predator rauisuchid provide evidence that land and water dinosaurs interact and even engage in fights during the Triassic era.
Enterovirus D68 may cause muscular paralysis in children with respiratory illness, doctors warn
Health experts suspect that the respiratory illness Enterovirus D68 is responsible for symptoms of paralysis in children. The D68 is related to the virus that causes the crippling Polio.
FBI snares allegedly corrupt judge with invented defendant and pretend arrest and court appearances
A Philadelphia municipal judge admitted using his position to influence the outcome of two cases following an FBI sting operation that involved a fictional case and defendant.
Long term use of opioid painkillers may lead to dangerous addiction, warns American Academy of Neurology
In a position paper, the American Academy of Neurology, said that risks of using opioid painkillers outweighs its benefits in treating non-cancerous pain.
