The future of Big Tobacco: Tobacco-free products?
23 May 2012, 9:40 am
With strict new FDA warnings and more smokers kicking the habit, many cigarette makers are seeing their old business models go up in smoke

In Transit Blog: Morning Walkabout - 5/15: Hawaii's Beaches Fade, and Hertz Gets Zagat Stamp
15 May 2012, 11:29 am
A daily capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.

Dubai's $120M Underwater Hotel Dream
8 May 2012, 8:53 am
May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai ship builder Dry Docks World and Swiss firm BIG InvestConsult unveiled plans to build a disc-shaped luxury hotel submerged under 10 meters of ocean off the coast of Dubai.

'UFO Abducting Plane' Enhanced and Analyzed (Video)
8 May 2012, 6:01 am
A video of a UFO sighting, claiming that one unidentified flying object "abducts" another, has been posted to YouTube enhanced and analyzed. Does it help? The video in question shows two strangely flying . . .

Strange New UFO Found on Google Sky (Video)
7 May 2012, 3:16 pm
An intrepid UFO hunter, with his eyes peeled on Google Sky, has spotted a strange, gigantic, disc-shaped object which defies conventional explanation. What is it? The object, spotted by YouTuber planetkrejci . . .

JAM-A protein a far more powerful clot inhibitor: Study
4 May 2012, 12:43 am
Cut your toe, and platelets -- those disc-shaped cells circulating in your blood -- rush to the scene, clumping together to plug the leak. But when an unwanted clot forms in an artery, and an overaccumulation of platelets blocks blood flow, a heart attack or stroke occurs, too often with fatal results.

Dubai shipbuilder Drydocks World dives into the business of building underwater hotels
3 May 2012, 1:43 pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai is splashing into the business of underwater hotels again.

Dubai shipyard firm could build underwater hotels
3 May 2012, 1:33 pm
Dubai is splashing into the business of underwater hotels again.

Researchers Discover That JAM-A Protein Keeps Blood Clots--the Cause of Heart Attacks and Strokes--in Check
3 May 2012, 8:36 am
Previously, scientists thought the blood protein Junctional Adhesion Molecule A (JAM-A) stimulated platelets to form clots. Now UD researchers have shown that JAM-A actually inhibits the formation of clots--the direct cause of heart attacks and strokes.

'Accidental' UFO Caught on Tape at Skate Park (Video)
27 April 2012, 5:51 am
A silver, disc-shaped saucer UFO was accidentally caught on video by a skateboarder making a promo video at a skate park in Canada. What is it? The video posted here is an out-take clip from the original . . .