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Space Colonists Likely to Resort to Cannibalism, Scientists Warn
“Cockell noted that humans can degenerate very quickly when under severe conditions, and so if things were to go wrong on a space colony, people could turn to eating each other.” via RT Headline image credit: dcmp – Space Colonies Two scientists have suggested there is a very real possibility the first space colonists may turn to cannibalism, noting that … Continue reading
Paralyzed Man with Brain Chip Posts ‘First Direct-thought’ Tweet
“”I created this tweet just by thinking it” – the tweet read…” via RT Headline Image: © Reuters / Kacper Pempel / Illustration A 62-year-old man in Australia diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – a disease that causes paralysis – is now able to communicate thoughts with others with no muscle activity involved. On Thursday, he published a post … Continue reading
2022 Will Kick off With a Bus-sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
via RT Headline Image: © Pixabay / urikyo33 The beginning of 2022 will be marked by a large asteroid approaching the Earth. NASA’s classifications provide a clue on whether we should be worried. According to the US space agency, Asteroid 2014 YE15, first discovered in 2014, will approach Earth at a distance of around 7,400,000km on January 6. As NASA … Continue reading
Exotic Alien Life Forms Could be Living in the Clouds of Venus
“Of particular note is the unexplained presence of ammonia in the upper atmosphere of Venus – a gas that, on Earth at least, is typically associated with aquatic life forms.” via Unexplained-Mysteries Headline Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech A new study has put forward the idea that Venus could host life ‘unlike anything we’ve seen.’ With surface temperatures exceeding 860 … Continue reading
China Fires Up ‘Artificial Sun’
“…achieved a peak temperature of 288 million degrees Fahrenheit (160 million degrees Celsius), which is over ten times hotter than the sun.” via RT Headline Image: © Pixabay.com A new round of nuclear fusion experiments for an advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), or “Chinese artificial sun,” kicked off at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science this month, Xinhua News Agency reported … Continue reading
Study Reveals Covid’s Effects on Sperm
“The impact of Covid on male fertility lasted for three months, the researchers found…” via RT Covid infections can have a negative impact on sperm quality for up to three months, according to newly released research which found that the coronavirus reduces sperm count by up to 37% while also slowing its movement. The study, which hasn’t been peer reviewed … Continue reading
Rover Finds Organic Molecules on the Surface of Mars
“…scientists this week have revealed that the rover’s exploration of Jezero Crater has yielded the discovery of organic compounds in the dust and rock.” via Unexplained-Mysteries Headline Image: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered organic compounds in rocks and dust on the floor of Jezero Crater. It has certainly been an eventful year for the car-sized rover which, having … Continue reading
Some ‘Mysterious Ingredient’ May Be Causing Universe to Expand Faster Than it Should, Study
“Some unknown “ingredient” in cosmic space is forcing the Universe to expand faster than scientists’ models predict…” by Svetlana Ekimenko via Sputniknews Headline Image: CC BY 2.0 / ESA/Hubble, R. Sahai Ever since astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1929 observed the rate at which the Universe expands, called the Hubble constant H0, astronomers have been arguing about its actual value, as … Continue reading
Japanese Scientists Develop Vaccine to Eliminate Cells Connected to Aging
“We can expect that (the vaccine) will be applied to the treatment of arterial stiffening, diabetes and other aging-related diseases…” via The Japan Times Headline Image: IStock/Getty Images A Japanese research team said it developed a vaccine to remove so-called zombie cells that accumulate with age and damage nearby cells, causing aging-related diseases including arterial stiffening. The team, including Juntendo … Continue reading
The Most Terrifying Places In The Universe: Voids And Supervoids
First one. The Boötes void. Discovered by astronomer Robert Kirshner and his team back in 1981, the Boötes void, sometimes called the Great Void, is a huge, spherical region of space that contains very few galaxies. It’s approximately 700 million light-years from Earth and is located near the constellation Boötes, which is how it got its name. The researchers originally … Continue reading