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Terrifying Brain Slug Parasites Are On the Rise
A rare and terrifying brain parasite carried by slugs is spreading around the world, and doctors aren’t sure how to fight the spread. The parasite, named Angiostrongylus cantonensis or the rat lungworm, is carried by slugs, who contract the parasite after eating rat feces containing the worm’s eggs. Those slugs then crawl over fruits, vegetables, and other surfaces and are … Continue reading
GPS Inaccuracy Caused by Earth Wobble Tackled by Kiwi Scientists
The ride might seem pretty smooth but the pull of the moon and the sun actually causes the earth to wobble as it heads around the sun and can throw GPS readings out. GPS relies on orbiting satellites but this wobble means they are not completely accurate. Currently, readings can be out by as much as 5 to 10 centimetres … Continue reading
NASA’s Mars Probe (MRO) Sends Home Snapshots of Basin on Mars Where a Lake Once Existed
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped photos of the Melas Basin, which researchers believe was once the location of a 1,300-foot-deep lake when Mars was a watery world billions of years ago. In the MRO image, “a group of steeply inclined light-toned layers is bounded above and below by unconformities (sudden or irregular changes from one deposit to another),” … Continue reading
Best Types of Exercise for Anti-Ageing Benefits Revealed by Study
If you only pick one exercise, choose high-intensity interval training. The secret to keeping your body youthful may be found in the way you move. A new study has found that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) can essentially stop cellular ageing in its tracks and, in some cases, rejuvenate the cells that repair damage in the body. For the study, researchers … Continue reading
China Plans to Develop New AI With Chip That Simulates Human Brain
Chinese researchers are developing an advanced artificial intelligence processor that is expected to help China launch its foray into the global chip market; a whopping 1.4 million dollars has already been earmarked for the purpose by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to Xinhua. China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported that the country’s Academy of Sciences has allocated a whopping … Continue reading
Incredible MASSIVE Tail of Comet PanSTARRS
More than 180 million km from Earth, something is happening to Comet PanSTARRS (C/2015 ER61). On April 4th and 5th, the comet brightened more than 6-fold, from magnitude +8.5 to +6.5, suddenly reaching the verge of naked-eye visibility despite its great distance from our planet. Now amateur astronomers are photographing an incredible tail. Gerald Rhemann sends this picture from his … Continue reading
Japanese Scientists Plan to Use Giant Undersea Drill to Reach Earth’s Mantle
Earth’s elusive mantle is too much to resist for a team of Japanese scientists who plan to be the first to reach it. The team will use a giant drill to reach the molten rock, located six kilometers (3.7 miles) beneath the planet’s surface. “If we dig into the mantle we will know the whole Earth history, that’s our motivation … Continue reading
Planet GJ 1132b Found to Have Earth-Like Atmosphere
Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around GJ 1132b – a planet situated 39 light years away. For the first time ever, the atmosphere around an Earth-like world in orbit around a distant star has been directly detected by scientists – a breakthrough that takes us one step closer to discovering habitable extraterrestrial worlds beyond our own solar system. The planet, … Continue reading
Big Asteroid to Fly “Very Close” to Earth in Mid-April: NASA
A relatively large asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will pass “very close” to Earth on April 19, U.S. space agency NASA has said. The space rock, known as 2014 JO25, is estimated to be 2,000 feet (650 meters) in size. It’s expected to fly by Earth at a safe distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers), or … Continue reading
Study Shows UK and Canadian Infants Cry More Than US Newborns
It’s a fact of life that newborns cry, but a new analysis of nearly 8,700 infants reveals that babies cry and fuss more in certain countries than in others. The study looked at infants in eight countries: Denmark, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Japan and the Netherlands. The lengthiest crying and fussing spells happened in the … Continue reading
