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$100 Million Google Health Project; Seeks 10,000 Volunteers For Invasive Screening
Predictive medicine – or “precision health” as it is sometimes known – is a trend in healthcare that is growing exponentially. Perhaps the greatest indication to date that this is slated to be the future of disease prevention and patient care is a massive new investment by tech behemoth and king of the algorithm, Google. However, in order to continue … Continue reading
Lack of Sleep Linked to Aging, ‘Every One of the Major Diseases’
Geezers sleep less than whippersnappers. Everybody knows that, but scientists aren’t sure why. A new study from University of California, Berkeley, argues that older people need just as much sleep as younger people, but the degeneration of certain brain signals prevents older people from getting the rest they need. The team was led by Matthew Walker, professor of neuroscience and … Continue reading
No Oxygen? No Problem! Mars’ Volcanoes May Have Created Conditions Ripe for Life
New research suggests an oxygen-rich atmosphere might not be so crucial for the emergence of life after all. Considering the size and number of volcanos on the Red Planet, volcanic activity there has arguably been the determining factor for conditions on Mars. At least, that is what a new study published in the journal Icarus by a joint team of … Continue reading
Humans Need to Prepare for a World Without Aging
EXTENDING THE HUMAN LIFESPAN Humans have always been fascinated by the prospect of long life. For a classic take on this idea from one of the greats, check out Kurt Vonnegut’s short story from 1954 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow — he paints a portrait of a crumbling society after the invention of an anti-aging drug. You might think that life extension … Continue reading
Scientists Invent New Matter, A Self-Propelling Liquid
Imagine a liquid that could move on its own. No need for human effort or the pull of gravity. You could put it in a container flat on a table, not touch it in any way, and it would still flow. Brandeis researchers report in a new article in Science that they have taken the first step in creating a … Continue reading
Detailed Study Shows Indonesia’s Human-Like ‘Hobbit’ Skeletons Are Not Our Ancestors
A comprehensive study of the bones of Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the “Indonesian hobbits” due to their miniscule stature, has revealed that they are not an ancestor of humans at all. Rather, they are an sister-species of Homo habilis, tool-using hominids that went extinct more than 2 million years ago. The study debunked the theory though anthropological examination and statistical modeling … Continue reading
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Captures Sobering Image of Earth A BILLION Miles Away
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured an incredible final image of Earth from a billion miles away during its orbit of Saturn’s rings. The space probe was facing Earth’s Southern Atlantic Ocean, some 870 million miles (1.4 billion km) away, when the image of was captured on April 12, says NASA. See that dot between #Saturn's rings? That's us. All of us, … Continue reading
Link Found Between Being Skinny and Depression
Being skinny is associated with depression, according to a new study showing the first evidence linking being underweight with low moods. Experts believe they have found the first evidence of a significant link between being underweight and being depressed. The research reveals both men and women can be affected by negative thoughts about being too thin, unlike depression among obese … Continue reading
Photon Rocket May Achieve 99.999% the Speed of Light
THEORETICAL SPACECRAFTS Theoretical physics often lifts the sanctions we set on our own imaginations. Whether it’s exploring the possibility of warp drives or understanding the rate of the universe’s expansion, we are quick to explore the unknown on our chalkboards until our tech is ready for our ideas. In a similar deep-dive into the theoretical, a Norwegian professor argues in … Continue reading
Facebook New VR Platform is ‘Like Hanging out in Person’
Facebook have revealed their first attempt at integrating the social network’s platform with virtual reality in an effort to give users a new way to hang out with their friends. “Facebook Spaces” was unveiled at the company’s annual developer conference on Tuesday. It will allow those who own virtual reality headsets to build personalized cartoonish-looking avatars from their recently tagged … Continue reading
