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Physicists Clash on How the Universe Began
Inflation theory has come under fire. Some of the world’s most respected scientists have penned an open later in response to a recent article. The thirty-three-strong group, which includes Professor Stephen Hawking, is objecting to an article published in the February issue of the magazine Scientific American. Entitled “Pop Goes the Universe”, the article, which was written by Paul Steinhardt, … Continue reading
Surgical Technique to RESTORE Failing Organs Discovered by Researchers
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco are using a new technique that may help restore failing organs. Researchers at the University of California at San Francisco, or UCSF, have found a technique to transplant cells into organs to treat disease and restore failing organs. The technique involves piercing cells with rapid pulses of electricity, which allows researchers to … Continue reading
Overwhelming Amount of New Satellites Could Lead to Catatrophic Collisions
THE launch of “mega-constellations” of thousands of communication satellites could lead to a rise in collisions and build-up of space junk in Earth’s orbit, scientists have warned. A decrease in the cost of the manufacture of satellites is set to lead to the deployment of hundreds or thousands into space from next year, creating a massive rise in the number … Continue reading
‘Superbug’ Fungus Spreading Rapidly, CDC Is Worried
Last June, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned health clinics about the emergence of a new multidrug-resistant yeast strain called Candida auris. Just a few months later, the first seven cases of C. auris infection in the US were reported. Now it’s clear that the fungus has started a march through US hospitals, and healthcare officials are … Continue reading
The Hidden Health Impact of Wireless Communications
Imagine you arrive home after work to discover a new microwave antenna tower stationed at the edge of your backyard fence? How would you respond? If you’d had non-existent mobile phone reception for years prior (or if you were a techie ‘hooked on faster downloads’) then you might find reason to celebrate! You might respond as an ambivalent disempowered citizen, … Continue reading
The Mysterious Force That Makes Crystals Align Measured by Scientists for the First Time
Crystals are among the most fascinating structures in the natural world – not only do they have a unique, highly ordered, and repeating lattice structure, they also have all kinds of inherent, interesting properties, including the ability to self-assemble. When placed next to each other, tiny crystals will twist, snap into alignment, and slam into each other to form larger … Continue reading
This Discovery Could Rewrite the History of Human Evolution, Europe May Have Been Birthplace of Mankind Not Africa
Did humans split from apes in Europe ? A remarkable new palaeontological discovery in Europe could rewrite the history of human evolution. For years, it was generally understood that humans had split from apes around seven million years ago in Africa where they had remained for another five million years before venturing further afield. Now though, in a groundbreaking new … Continue reading
Astronomers Discover Moon Orbiting ‘Snow White’ Dwarf Planet
A new study has revealed that the third-largest dwarf planet in our solar system has its own moon. Researchers used three different space observatories to confirm that dwarf planet 2007 OR10, which is nicknamed “Snow White,” is orbited by a moon. Snow White is a 1,530 kilometer-wide (950 mile) dwarf planet, while the new moon has been measured at between … Continue reading
Scientists are Certain We Will Make Contact With Aliens in the Next Decade
TECHNICAL ADVANCES DRIVING CONTACT Both the most cynical person on Earth and the world’s greatest optimist could easily look at everything around them and ask: could this truly be all there is in the universe? Whatever your reason for posing the question, you may have an answer sooner than you think — and that answer is likely to be “no.” … Continue reading
We Have 100, not 1,000, Years to Find A New Planet to Live On, Says Hawking
Renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has again called on humanity to redouble its efforts to colonize other worlds before the Earth becomes uninhabitable. This time, however, the deadline is even tighter. Speaking to The Royal Society in London ahead of the Starmus IV festival to be held this June in Trondheim, Norway, Hawking reiterated his desire for humanity … Continue reading
