While biofuels may be a boon for motorists besieged by the constantly rising price of gas, they may also cause the disappearance of one of the most well-known alcoholic drinks in the world, tequila. What'll happen to National Tequila Day now?

First, there were test tube babies. Now comes test tube blood! Scientists have managed to create test tubes upon test tubes of the rare type O-negative blood using those magic stem cells we hear so much about. Vampires need not risk getting staked just to get some ever food again!

The world's oldest tree root system - almost twice as old as the current record-holder listed in the Guinness Book of World Records - has been discovered by a group of Swedish researchers in a province in northern Sweden. Hit the full article for all the details.

Who built Stonehenge? Why? When and how did they ever manage to lug around those huge bluestones and lay them in concentric patterns? Science has yet to give us any definite answers on the "who, why, and how" parts, but a pair of archaeologists are about to tackle the "when" question. More in the full article.

Hardware pirates are about to get another force to contend with: The new EPIC chip locking system developed by computer engineers at the University of Michigan and Rice University. While not infallible, the new locking technique should make things very difficult and costly for hardware pirates to copy chips that come armed with it. More in the full article.

A new species of prehistoric predator that could prove to be the missing link between prehistoric and present-day crocodiles was unveiled by Brazilian paleontologists, Thursday. Learn more about this agile predator in the full article.

General belief holds the Black Death as an indiscriminate killer that cut down anyone it took hold of regardless of sex, age, or health level. A new study by a pair of anthropologists have revealed, however, that the pandemic was actually more selective than previously thought. More in the full article.

Apparently, a zero-G flight isn't enough for Richard Garriott. The well-known game developer has just shelled out about US$ 30 million to become the sixth paying visitor to the International Space Station. Read more in the full article.

A new study has revealed that over-the-counter painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen could help reduce a person's risk of getting Parkinson's disease by as much as 60 percent. These painkillers, known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), were tested on 579 men and women, half of whom had Parkinson's. Regular users of non-aspirin NSAIDs reduced their risk by as much as 60 percent, while women who used aspirin regularly reduced their risk by 40 percent. Read more at the full article.

Scientists have come up with a new drug composed of chemicals found in weed and sea urchin eggs. The new drug, a hybrid of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive agent found in weed, and anandamide, the euphoria-causing chemical found in sea urchin eggs, has so far proven to be a powerful painkiller. The scientists have so far declined to comment on the possible recreational uses of this new drug.