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Study Reveals New Details About the ‘Floating Moon’ of Uranus

Uranus’ moon Cressida would float if placed in water, according to new research, which has recorded the first measurements of the satellite’s mass and density.TrendsSpace exploration Robert Chancia of the University of Idaho and colleagues calculated Cressida’s density and mass using variations in an inner narrow ring of the planet as Uranus passed in front of a distant star. The … Continue reading

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Bus-Size Asteroid Zipped By Earth Closely This Morning (Passed Safely)

An asteroid about the size of a bus gave Earth a close shave this morning (Oct. 2), cruising well inside the orbit of the moon. The roughly 26-foot-wide (8 meters) space rock, known as 2017 SX17, zoomed within 54,100 miles (87,065 kilometers) of our planet at 6:20 a.m. EDT (1020 GMT) today. For perspective, the moon orbits Earth at an … Continue reading

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Australian Engineers Find New Way to Build Quantum Computers

Researchers in Australia have found a new way to build quantum computers which they say would make them dramatically easier and cheaper to produce at scale. Quantum computers promise to harness the strange ability of subatomic particles to exist in more than one state at a time to solve problems that are too complex or time-consuming for existing computers. Google, … Continue reading

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Reach Record Setting Highs in America

New figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 2016 show a disturbing rise in sexually transmitted diseases, including record rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, particularly among young and pregnant women, gay and bisexual men. The CDC’s Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report says that 2 million cases were reported overall in 2016. Over 75% of … Continue reading

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How The Internet ‘Rewires’ Our Brains and Makes Us ‘Dumb’

Dr. Phil Reed, a psychologist specializing in internet addiction, has spoken to Sputnik about some of the negative ways the digital revolution has negatively affected our key brain functions and made us, for lack of a better word, dumber. Reed, a professor of developmental psychology, behavioral science and abnormal psychology at Swansea University in Wales, told Radio Sputnik that internet … Continue reading

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Light Drinking May Help Extend Your Life, CHEERS!

The adverse effects of heavy alcohol consumption are well-known. However, exciting news for the occasional drinker was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology recently, which suggests that light drinking may actually prolong life. The research study surveyed more than 333,000 people about their lifestyle and drinking habits and tracked them for about eight years. The results … Continue reading

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Life May Have Started Even Sooner than Once Thought

Earth was once bombarded by comets and asteroids. Scientists have made a discovery that could push back the emergence of life further than ever before. The controversial findings are based on a recent analysis by researchers in Japan of graphite particles found in rocks from the Saglek region of northern Labrador, Canada. The results of the study indicate that the … Continue reading

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Women of a Particular Body Shape Twice as Likely to Get Cancer – Study

According to a study conducted by researchers from Nordic Bioscience and ProScion, a biotechnology company in Herlev, Denmark, women with excess abdominal fat are 50 percent more likely to develop lung and bowel tumors. The study’s findings, presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology conference in Madrid, analyzed the body fat scans of almost 6,000 postmenopausal women with an … Continue reading

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Physics-Defying Engine for Deep Space Exploration Unveiled by China

I must admit I find find this sort of scary and troubling, yet exciting. Troubling and scary because the very action of the EmDrive goes against the known laws of physics but yet exciting for that very same reason AND also the fact that it can potentially make space exploration somewhat more realistic for example the trip to Mars can … Continue reading

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Robot Dentist Performs First Successful Implant Surgery in China

Ok so the headline states that this is the first ‘SUCCESSFUL’ implant surgery performed by a robot, does that mean there were UNSUCCESSFUL ones performed by robot dentist, every fiber of my being is cringing at that thought, I sure hope there weren’t any unsuccessful attempts…YIKES! South China Morning Post reports: A robot dentist has carried out the first successful … Continue reading

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