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Earthworms Thrive in Simulated Martian Soil, Could Make Space Farms a Reality
A group of researchers from Wageningen University & Research has found that earthworms can thrive and reproduce in simulated Martian soil. Given that the creatures are a crucial factor in making soil fertile, that means the first colonizers of Mars might be able to grow food on the Red Planet. What we call Martian “soil” is in fact barren dust … Continue reading
Evidence Shows of Oral Bacteria Contributes to Bowel Disorders
An international team of researchers has found evidence that suggests certain types of oral bacteria may cause or exacerbate bowel disorders. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes testing the impact of introducing bacteria found in the mouths of humans to mice models. Xuetao Cao with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences offers a Perspective piece … Continue reading
Bacteria ‘That Was’t There Before’ Found on Hull of ISS, According to Russian Cosmonaut
This is most fascinating indeed. Alien or not, if alive, it is able to survive in space. Wouldn’t that tell us a lot about the “transfer” of life/bacteria throughout the cosmos.. via RT: Living bacteria were found on the surface of the International Space Station (ISS), and they might have extraterrestrial origins, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov said. The microorganisms will … Continue reading
Will We Ever be able to Know If Our Universe is a Simulation?
Are we living in a simulation? A flurry of headlines says no: we need no longer worry about our lives being mere software spawned by a highly advanced supercomputer. These stories stem from a recent Science Advances paper about simulating quantum physics. One science magazine extrapolated from this to suggest that storing information about just a few hundred electrons needs a computer memory made up … Continue reading
Clone Cloned to Study Possible Health Issues
An international team of researchers have re-cloned the first dog to ever be cloned, to basically find out if genetically identical animals will suffer the same fate. The scientists from Seoul National University, Michigan State University and the University of Illinois had their paper on the monumental re-cloning published in the journal Scientific Reports. The group said they duplicated the … Continue reading
Mutant Gene in Amish People Seems to Give Them a 10 years Longer Lifespan
An age-defying mutation found in the genes of Amish people appears to be boosting their lifespan. Individuals carrying a single non-functional copy of the gene SERPINE1 live an average of 10 years longer than other members of their communities, according to new research. The study was carried out with the Old Order Amish of Indiana, who generally avoid the trappings … Continue reading
Canadian Lake Hints at Possible Life on Mars
The lake is made up of lots of smaller pools. The lake has been described as ‘a chunk of Mars [that] has somehow broken off and travelled 33 million miles’. Situated in British Columbia, the aptly named Spotted Lake is a large body of water with hundreds of smaller pools inside it which, according to local folklore, are said to … Continue reading
No More Hair Loss and Bald Heads?
Scientists have made a breakthrough that could eventually help lead to a cure for baldness. They discovered that in animals individual hairs communicate with each other to form an even covering all over the body, vital for furry creatures to survive in different climates. But, in humans, that signalling pathway appears to break down in certain areas, such as the … Continue reading
Very Large ‘Asteroid 3200 Phaeton’ With Unusual Orbit Approaching Earth
The astronomer community at Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University used its own Astro-Model simulation environment to produce a virtual image of object 3200 Phaethon approaching the Earth, plus the expected Geminids meteor shower. December 17, 2017 will see an interesting astronomic event in the form of object 3200 Phaethon approaching our planet. This is a fairly large asteroid nearly 5 … Continue reading
First Recorded Interstellar Asteroid ‘Oumuamua Looks Like Nothing Observed Before
For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space. Observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other observatories around the world show that this unique object was traveling through space for millions of years before its chance encounter with our star system. It appears to be a dark, … Continue reading
