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Experiment Shows Bees Are the First Insects To Understand the Concept of ‘Zero’
Bees are really winning me over. Not so long ago we learned that they are able to learn ball skills by watching each other and now we come to know that they are able to grasp the concept of ‘0’…amazing little creatures! Not to mention the not so little thing they do which allows us to sustain the billions of … Continue reading
Study Claims to Solve Mystery of How Animals’ Originated on Earth
The origin of animals on planet Earth has long been a mystery, however a new study, which examined 650 million-year-old rocks, claims to finally answer the age-old question. A research team from the Australian National University (ANU) studied ancient molecules buried in the rocks and discovered that a very particular set of circumstances led to the origin of life on … Continue reading
‘Dark DNA’ Could Change Our Perceptions of Evolution
DNA sequencing technology is helping scientists unravel questions that humans have been asking about animals for centuries. By mapping out animal genomes, we now have a better idea of how the giraffe got its huge neck and why snakes are so long. Genome sequencing allows us to compare and contrast the DNA of different animals and work out how they … Continue reading
Remote Brain Control: Scientists Hacked a Brain, Control Body Movements
Imagine someone remotely controlling your brain, forcing your body’s central processing organ to send messages to your muscles that you didn’t authorize. It’s an incredibly scary thought, but scientists have managed to accomplish this science fiction nightmare for real, albeit on a much small scale, and they were even able to prompt their test subject to run, freeze in place, … Continue reading
Researchers Develop Technology To Extend Cell’s Lifespan (Slow the Aging Process)
Aging. We all face it. Nobody’s immune and we’ve long tried to reverse it, stop it or just even slow it down. While advances have been made, true age-reversal at a cellular level remains difficult to achieve. By taking a different approach, however, researchers at Houston Methodist made a surprising discovery leading to the development of technology with the ability … Continue reading
New Type of Blood Test Alerts to Cancer Before Symptoms Appear
A new blood testing method could be able to give indications of cancer before symptoms manifest. Though there’s room for improvement on its accuracy, more than a handful of patients accurately had cancer identified in their bodies through the test. According to lead author Victor Velculescu of Johns Hopkins University, there were also no false positives. He told MedPage Today, … Continue reading
Asteroid that Killed Off Dinosaurs Brought On Endless Nights, Winter Lasting Nearly 2 Years
Just think, this could happen to us any moment without warning, very sobering thought… via the independent: Dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid strike 66 million years ago. It is a vision of hell on Earth. The sun disappeared behind a cloud of smoke that encircled the planet, turning day into night and causing temperatures to plummet as fire … Continue reading
A Dangerous, Silent Hiding Place for Gonorrhea: The Throat
The human throat houses billions of bacteria, most of them harmless. But one species is becoming more common, and it is anything but benign. Drug-resistant gonorrhea has been on the rise for years; the World Health Organization has reported an increase in more than 50 countries. Now scientists say the epidemic is being driven by a particular mode of transmission: … Continue reading
Snow Flurries on Mars? According to Study, Micro-Snow May Be Common on Red Planet
Contrary to what scientists expected, it could actually snow on Mars, according to a study published today in the Nature Geoscience journal. The red planet, with an atmosphere 100 times thinner than Earth’s, appears to be dusty and arid. However, scientists believe that Mars’ climate used to resemble that of earth’s — complete with fluffy clouds and liquid water. In … Continue reading
Here’s How the Solar Eclipse Looked From Space
The Moon’s shadow could be seen from the International Space Station. NASA and other agencies have been posting up photographs and videos of yesterday’s total solar eclipse. As the sky darkened across the United States yesterday, millions of people, including President Donald Trump and his family, turned out to watch. While undeniably impressive from the ground, the spectacle was also … Continue reading
