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Air Travel Brings Health Risks From Radiation Exposure – Is It Worth It?
This past April, business traveler Tom Stuker became the world’s most frequent flyer, logging 18,000,000 miles of air travel on United Airlines over the last 14 years. That’s a lot of time up in the air. If Stuker’s traveling behaviors are typical of other business flyers, he may have eaten 6,500 inflight meals, drunk 5,250 alcoholic beverages, watched thousands of … Continue reading
Pill Helps Fight Breast Tumors Tied to ‘Cancer Genes’
A twice-daily pill could help some advanced breast cancer patients avoid or delay follow-up sessions of chemotherapy, a new clinical trial reports. The drug olaparib (Lynparza) reduced the chances of cancer progression by about 42 percent in women with breast cancer linked to BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, according to the study. Olaparib delayed cancer progression by about three months. … Continue reading
Mysterious ‘Wow!’ Signal Was Likely NOT Caused by Comet (But Aliens Might Have)
If you’ve been following the latest news on the famous WOW signal, you may have heard that it has been suggested that a comet may be the cause of the famous unexplained “wow” signal. Or was it? Give the article by Live Science a read: An astronomer thinks he’s pinpointed the source of a mysterious radio signal from space: a … Continue reading
A Key Feature Thought to Be Unique to the Human Brain Has Been Found in Monkeys
We humans think we’re so special. To determine what sets us apart from the rest of the animal world, scientists investigate features that might be uniquely human, such as self-awareness or language. But every now and then, a new finding throws the narrative, leaving us to wonder what those truly unique human traits really are. In a new study, neuroscientists … Continue reading
NASA to Provide Latest Update in the Hunt for Habitable Planets Beyond Our Solar System
NASA is ready to reveal the latest discoveries by the powerful Kepler space telescope which scans for planets outside our solar system. The space agency says it will stream its news live on Monday, June 19, at 11am EDT. We got news for you! Hear from experts about the latest results from our search for distant worlds on June 19: … Continue reading
Mathematical Model for a Viable Time Machine Discovered
After some serious number crunching, a researcher says that he has come up with a mathematical model for a viable time machine: a Traversable Acausal Retrograde Domain in Space-time (TARDIS). He describes it as a bubble of space-time geometry which carries its contents backward and forwards through space and time as it tours a large circular path. The bubble moves … Continue reading
Astronomers Reveal Secrets of TRAPPIST-1 System; Planets Similar to Earth
An astrophysics researcher, Billy Quarles, has identified the possible compositions of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. By studying the compositions of “thousands of numerical simulations to identify the planets stable for millions of years, Quarles concluded that six of the seven planets are consistent with an Earth-like composition,” science journal Phy.org reported. The exception is TRAPPIST-1f, which has … Continue reading
The Notion That You Need Sun For Vitamin D is a Myth
A lot of folks think summer is the perfect time to head outside and soak up all the vitamin D from the sun they couldn’t get during the winter. It’s an essential nutrient that helps our bodies use other substances key to good health, like calcium and phosphorous. But while it is good to come out of your indoor hibernation, … Continue reading
Pilotless Passenger Planes Being Planned by Boeing; How Safe Would You Feel?
Aerospace company Boeing, the world’s largest planemaker, wants to put pilotless jetliners to flight tests in 2018. “The basic building blocks of the technology clearly are available,” Boeing’s vice president of product development Mike Sinnett said at a briefing ahead of the Paris Air Show later this month, pointing out that self-flying drones are already available for less than $1000. … Continue reading
The Brain Can Detect Disease in Others Even Before it Breaks Out
The human brain is much better than previously thought at discovering and avoiding disease, a new study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reports. Our sense of vision and smell alone are enough to make us aware that someone has a disease even before it breaks out. And not only aware – we also act upon the information … Continue reading
