A new rocky type planet found in the Leo constellation was identified as the fourth super-sized version of Earth to be discovered by scientists. Dubbed GH 436c, the planet boasts a relatively longer rotation and orbit around its host star compared to Earth. You can read further details about the new planet in our full article after the jump.

If you thought drinking reptile blood to gain an athletic edge was icky, you may be surprised how much medical value there actually is in the practice. Alligator blood has some pretty awesome infection-fighting abilities, and drugs made from it can even help treat AIDS and organ transplant patients. More details after the jump.

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.

A team led by the Zoological Society of London found out that the rare and elusive pygmy hippos have not been wiped out yet in the wild, contrary to the popular belief.

The mammal has been dwindling in number ever since Liberia's two civil wars and the continued deforestation. The full article awaits after the jump!

Scientists have found a very unique fossil that is relevant in more ways than one. The fossil belongs to a 70 million year-old ancestor of horned toads. It was found in Madagascar where the species was first thought to have never inhabited.

The find also proves that Madagascar and South America were indeed linked together during the latter years of the dinosaurs. More on this after the jump!

As consoles get more powerful, they break the boundaries of what they were originally designed for. While they were only limited to games before, they are now lending their power for use in the sciences, from medicine to computing the physics of two black holes colliding. Read more on the role of consoles in the fields of science by going to the full article.

Believe it or not, a revolutionary form of transportation has been designed to travel twice the speed of Concorde and five times the speed of sound.

At its speed, the A2 aircraft can travel from London to Australia in under five hours while still being able to board 300 passengers. Details of the plane 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.

A new medical device called the i-Snake is set to revolutionize surgical practice. While it won't play your favorite mp3s, the i-Snake has numerous befits to both medical procedures and personal preferences. Well, it's less scary looking than a scalpel for one thing. But what is the i-Snake and what does it do? Details in the full article.

The issue of racism is hard to get rid of, but here's an interesting trivia amidst all the furor stemming from the issue. As it turns out James Watson, the scientist who managed to cause an uproar with his comments about Africans and their comparative intelligence, possesses black genes from an African ancestor. More details in the full article!