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Researcher Hunts DNA Evidence on Mars that Could Prove Shared Common Ancestry with Earth
Astrobiologist alumna Alexandra Pontefract, PhD’13 (Geology), knows finding DNA on the Red Planet will be no easy feat. But it is possible. What’s more, if DNA is found, it’s not far-fetched to think it would be proof of shared ancestry between Earth and Mars. “There is a really good argument for the fact that if there was life on Mars, … Continue reading
Scientists Successfully RESTORE Sight; New Hope to CURE Blindness
SCIENTISTS are on the brink of finding a cure for blindness after they successfully restored sight in mice. Mice who had become blind after experiencing retinal degeneration – where cells in the retina begin to die off and are not regenerated sufficiently, affecting one in 2,000 people – were given their vision back by scientists who performed stem cell transplants … Continue reading
Freak Australian Outback Rain Brings Prehistoric ‘Alien’ Shrimp Back to Life
FREAK rain in the Australian outback has allowed a prehistoric, alien-looking shrimp to emerge from out of the blue. A species of odd-looking crustaceans have been brought back after rare rain that comes around on average every half a century rehydrated the shrimp. There was so much rainfall in the usually perpetually dry Uluru, near Alice Springs in the middle … Continue reading
Are We to Face the Same Doom? Researchers Reconstruct the Dark and Frozen Conditions on Earth After Asteroid Megastrike
Are we any more empowered to stop annihilation by asteroid strike? The apocalyptic time that many believe wiped out the dinosaurs has been reconstructed by scientists in unprecedented detail. They found tiny droplets of sulfuric acid formed high up in the air after the well-known impact of a large asteroid 66 million years ago, blocking the sunlight for several years. … Continue reading
Scientist Predicts That We Will Be Talking to Our Dogs by 2050
A series of predictions about life in the middle of the century includes wearable muscles, neural interfaces with computers, and most excitingly – chatty chihuahuas. How many times do dog owners look at their pets and say, ‘If only they could talk.’ Well, if futurologist Ian Pearson is right, they might be able to. One day. In a report prepared … Continue reading
Superbug Resistant to Every Antibiotic Available in US Kills Nevada Woman
A woman in Nevada died when a superbug she picked up in India proved resistant to every antibiotic available in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A woman in Nevada died when a superbug she picked up in India proved resistant to all 26 antibiotics available in the US, according to the Centers for Disease … Continue reading
Dark Streaks Seen on Venus’ Clouds be Alien Microbes
The question of life on Venus, of all places, is intriguing enough that a team of U.S. and Russian scientists working on a proposal for a new mission to the second planet—named Venera-D—are considering including the search for life in its mission goals. If all goes as planned, an unmanned aerial vehicle could one day be cruising the thick, sulfuric … Continue reading
209 Seconds That Will Make You Question Everything There is
Warning: this video may lead to feelings of insignificance This video will probably blow your mind and make you question your very existence! It might be difficult to truly grasp as the human mind is limited to understanding things beyond a certain distance and time. BuzzFeedBlue – YouTube Channnel IF YOU ENJOY THIS SITE PLEASE TELL OTHERS ABOUT US…SHARING IS … Continue reading
End of Fillings in Sight; Scientists Find Way to Regrow Decayed Teeth
Fillings could be consigned to history after scientists discovered that a drug already trialled in Alzheimer’s patients can encourage tooth regrowth and repair cavities. Researchers at King’s College London found that the drug Tideglusib stimulates the stem cells contained in the pulp of teeth so that they generate new dentine – the mineralised material under the enamel. Teeth already have … Continue reading
What You Were Taught About How the Moon Formed May be Completely Wrong
For years planetary scientists have chalked up the moon’s origin to an impact between Earth and a Mars- or larger-sized body called Theia. According to this theory about 4.5 billion years ago a newly-coalesced Earth was hit by another protoplanet. The impact pulverized a sizable part of our young planet, sending the debris into orbit where, under its own gravity, … Continue reading