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This Is What Humans Could Look Like in 1,000 Years
Humans are still evolving, So, where will evolution take us in 1,000 years? Chances are we’ll be taller. Humans have already seen a boom in height over the last 130 years. In 1880 the average American male was 5’7″ (170 cm). Today, he’s 5’10” (177 cm). We may also merge with machines that can enhance our hearing, eyesight, health, and … Continue reading
New Findings on Our ‘Freakish’ Galaxy Has Cosmologists Seriously Worried
In the grand club of galaxies, the Milky Way is increasingly looking like an outlier. This is a looming challenge for cosmology It has long been assumed that our galaxy is a classic example of many of the galaxies that pepper the cosmos. That’s important, because astronomers have intensely studied the Milky Way and, with this assumption, can use what … Continue reading
Massive Mystery Object Discovered at Milky Way Center –“Failed Star or Unknown Planet?”
Astronomer observe a gigantic mysterious world 4,000 times more massive than the Earth 22,000 light years away. via DailyGalaxy: Astronomers have used the light-warping effects of gravity to spot a massive object OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb using NASA’s infrared Spitzer Space Telescope, 13 times the mass of Jupiter and orbits a star about 22,000 light years away. This new discovery of an absolutely … Continue reading
Interstellar Ice Delivered via Meteorite Strikes May Provide the Answer to Birth of DNA
Researchers at the University of York have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted into the building blocks of DNA. They found that organic compounds, called amino nitriles, the molecular precursors to amino acids, were able to use molecules present in interstellar ice to trigger the formation of the backbone molecule, 2-deoxy-D-ribose, of DNA. … Continue reading
Potential ‘Missing Link’ Chemical that Led to Life on Earth Found by Scientist
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a compound that may have been a crucial factor in the origins of life on Earth. Origins-of-life researchers have hypothesized that a chemical reaction called phosphorylation may have been crucial for the assembly of three key ingredients in early life forms: short strands of nucleotides to store genetic information, short chains … Continue reading
Scientists Look to Clone Extinct 500,000 Year Old Lion Cub
Trying to revive an extinct species by cloning? Hmmm, I don’t believe they have seen the Jurassic Park movies.. via The Daily Star UK The lion was found frozen in ice in Siberia, Russia. It survived almost intact for tens of thousands of years, and its fur and facial features are clearly visible. It was found with its face resting … Continue reading
Ocean on Saturn’s Moon ‘Enceladus’ Could Have ‘Evolved Life’
Enceladus is looking like an increasingly good place to search for life. Scientists now believe that the ocean of Enceladus has been around long enough for life to have evolved there. Of all the discoveries made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its 13 years in orbit around Saturn, those concerning the gas giant’s enigmatic moon Enceladus are perhaps the most … Continue reading
Bees Have a Left or Right ‘Handed’ Preference Just Like We Do
A few months ago it was revealed that bees understand the concept of zero and now it appears they share another trait with humans: a preference for handedness. No, bees do not have hands like us but they do have a “distinct bias” in their flying direction. According to Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, of The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute, … Continue reading
Updated Strike Zone of China’s Doomed Space Station Indicates it Could Hit a Major City
Here is an update of sort to the story we shared this morning “The Doomed Chinese Space Station Could Rain Fire on Europe“. There is an updated potential strike area so we thought it would be important to share this. via unexplained-mysteries: The station could hit a city, but the chances of that happening are extremely remote. The European Space … Continue reading
The Down Side To Having Your Brain Connected to the Internet
Colin Wilson’s “The Mind Parasites,” a sci-fi thriller about mind control, couldn’t be more true-to-life, now that scientists have successfully established a data exchange between the human brain and the Internet. Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa have successfully streamed human brain waves to the Internet using an electroencephalograph and a mini computer, Raspberry Pi, according to … Continue reading
