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All of Humanity Exposed to Chemical, Radioactive and Heavy Metal Contamination
The Romans were aware that lead could cause serious health problems, even madness and death. However, they were so fond of its diverse uses that they minimized the hazards it posed. What they did not realize was that their everyday low-level exposure to the metal rendered them vulnerable to chronic lead poisoning, even while it spared them the full horrors … Continue reading
LIVING ROBOT with ‘HUMAN BRAIN’ Close to Creation as Super AI Computer around the Corner
COMPUTER scientists attempting to electronically replicate the human brain are close to creating a ‘living PC’. Engineers at the University of Massachusetts are developing microprocessors which mimic biological synapses – the nerve cells which pass messages across the human body. The science fiction-style project is being undertaken by Joshua Yang and Qiangfei Xia, professors of electrical and computer engineering at … Continue reading
Ice Cream for Breakfast ‘Makes You Smarter’
Editor’s Comment: That all I ever eat for breakfast, SLURP! 🙂 (joking of course) Eating ice cream for breakfast is still probably not a good idea A Japanese scientist has revealed that eating the frozen dessert for breakfast boosts mental performance. It may sound like a counter-intuitive alternative to healthy cereals, toast or porridge oats, but according to Professor Yoshihiko … Continue reading
HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH: ‘Evidence of Life on Mars’ Found in NASA Image, Say Scientists
NASA’S rover based on the Red Planet could have found the first solid proof that Mars once housed alien life, it has been revealed. Scientists have reviewed images taken by the Spirit rover nearly a decade ago, and have concluded that NASA may have previously overlooked evidence contained in them that could point towards them being biosignatures for past early … Continue reading
The Sun Won’t Die for 5 Billion Years, So Why Do We Have only 1 Billion Years Left on Earth?
In a few billion years, the sun will become a red giant so large that it will engulf our planet. But the Earth will become uninhabitable much sooner than that. After about a billion years the sun will become hot enough to boil our oceans. The sun is currently classified as a “main sequence” star. This means that it is … Continue reading
Swedish Developers Offer a Way to Delete Your Entire Existence Off the Internet in a Few Clicks.
The internet can be a beautiful and horrible place at the same time, and it isn’t weird to sometimes feel like you want to leave — there’s wasn’t an easy way out, until now. Swedish developers Wille Dahlbo and Linus Unnebäck created Deseat.me, which offers a way to wipe your entire existence off the internet in a few clicks. When … Continue reading
Troubling Study Says Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Who Will Be Criminals Based On Facial Features
THE FIELDS OF artificial intelligence and machine learning are moving so quickly that any notion of ethics is lagging decades behind, or left to works of science fiction. This might explain a new study out of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which says computers can tell whether you will be a criminal based on nothing more than your facial features. The … Continue reading
What If You Had Ebola And Didn’t Even Know It?
The Ebola virus doesn’t always make people incredibly sick, and some people who are infected don’t even know they have it, according to research published Tuesday in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. “We are finding more and more that there [are patients with] minimally symptomatic Ebola infections,” says Dr. Gene Richardson, lead author of the study. “And why wouldn’t there be? … Continue reading
Why are Venus and Uranus Spinning in the Wrong Direction?
Two of these things are not like the others. Space offers plenty of mysteries for astronomers to solve, and there’s one in our own Solar System that’s been unexplained for decades: why are Venus and Uranus spinning in different directions to the other planets around the Sun? Venus spins on its axis from east to west, while Uranus is tilted … Continue reading
Evidence of Water Found on Pluto
Main Image Caption: NASA image of Pluto showing heart shaped Tombaugh Regio. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Pluto, demoted from full planetary status a decade ago, continues to surprise and astonish researchers who are sifting through data from the New Horizons‘ recent fly-by. New Horizons is the NASA mission, launched in 2006, that made a close approach to Pluto in July, … Continue reading
