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Evolution May Be Making Us Too Sick to Drink, According to Study
Though a quick visit to your local pub, bar or nightclub may have you second guessing this study.. HAHA! Okay, so this is quite interesting. I couldn’t help but wonder if it couldn’t be possible that other elements might be to blame or contribute to the change in the genes behavior, for instance, environmental pollution such as chemicals in the … Continue reading
Our Universe is Expanding Faster than Expected
Everytime I think about the universe expanding I can’t help but think to myself, “so what is outside of our universe?”, based on our concept/understanding of things, there must be something outside of it but that is one scary rabbit hole to go in because then you have to ask what contains whatever is outside of our universe and what’s … Continue reading
Digital Immortality: Swedish Scientists Look to Revive the Dead in Robots Using AI
Fascinating and of course being an unknown, it’s also a little terrifying when you really think about what that might actually be like to be revived into a robot. Will the person go mad, will they be happy or learn to be happy with their shell? How will others react to interacting with it, will this be a new life … Continue reading
Google’s AI to Use Retinal Scan to Predict Heart Disease and Hypertension
Google always brings tremendous innovations but with like everything they do I can’t help but always feel their intentions might be more than meets the eyes (no pun intended). via USA Today: I can look into your eyes and see straight to your heart. It may sound like a sappy sentiment from a Hallmark card. Essentially though, that’s what researchers … Continue reading
DNA Variants That Cause Poor Health May Also Make You ‘Stupid’
What makes some people smarter than others? A genetic analysis of families in Scotland, UK, hints that brainier people have fewer DNA mutations that impair intelligence and general health, rather than having more genetic variants that make them smarter. “This is one of the most exciting studies on the genetics of intelligence I’ve seen for a while,” says Steve Stewart-Williams … Continue reading
Mysterious Stone from Space Raises Questions
Scientists have been trying to explain the emergence of life for centuries. Did it form on Earth? Or did it originate in space and arrive on our planet via meteorites? A mysterious Hypatia stone that fell to Earth from space raises a lot of questions in this regard, scientist Georgy Belyanin reveals. The Hypatia stone that was found by Egyptian … Continue reading
Infrasound Microphones Could Provide Early Warning of Volcano Eruptions
Maybe we should be using this on Yellowstone volcano..am I right? via Digital Trends: Their technology involves monitoring inaudible low frequencies, called infrasound, which are produced by a type of active volcano such as the in southern Chile. “Many volcanoes produce energetic infrasound — not ultrasound — which is low-frequency sound that travels long distances through the atmosphere and can … Continue reading
Asteroids May be Crucial in the Search for the Chemical Origins of Life
Asteroids are often thought to be a threat to life, but could they be the key finding out how the Earth evolved into the thriving planet which we know today? Nicholas Hud, director of the Center for Chemical Evolution at the Georgia Institute of Technology, thinks so and has been studying space rocks in an effort to pinpoint the chemical … Continue reading
A Fully Solar-Powered Car May Be On The Road by 2019
The car that charges itself. Lightyear One, a car whose ability to use solar power has been thought of as an impossible feat, just won a Climate Change Innovator Award. Designed by the Dutch startup Lightyear, the “car that charges itself” can supposedly drive for months without charging and has a 400-800 km range. But is a solar-powered car feasible? For … Continue reading
There’s an Amount of Alcohol That’s Good for the Brain, According to Study
Okay, just don’t get all carried away now. via Phys.org: Alcohol helps remove damaging waste from the brain. A couple of alcoholic drinks can help clear the brain of toxins, new research finds. Low levels of alcohol – the equivalent of around 2.5 standard drinks per day – may help to remove waste linked to Alzheimer’s disease and reduce inflammation … Continue reading
