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Researchers Attempt to Find the ‘Engine’ of Consciousness in the Brain
By Chris Barncard University of Wisconsin-Madison A small amount of electricity delivered at a specific frequency to a particular point in the brain will snap a monkey out of even deep anesthesia, pointing to a circuit of brain activity key to consciousness and suggesting potential treatments for debilitating brain disorders. Macaques put under with general anesthetic drugs commonly administered to … Continue reading
17 New Planets, Including Earth-Like One Discovered by Astronomy Student
University of British Columbia (UBC) astronomy doctoral student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new exoplanets outside the solar system by analyzing data from NASA’s Kepler mission, which was completed in 2018. Since its 2009 launch, astronomers using the Kepler orbital observatory have found scientific confirmation of the existence of exoplanets – including the possibly Earth-like Kepler-452b – in other regions … Continue reading
‘Alien-Like’ Sea Creature That Doesn’t Need to Breathe Discovered
This is goes to show how possible it is for life to exist and not require what we think is required for life. via Sputniknews: Studies identify that the sea creature, descended countless millennia ago from jellyfish, developed into a bizarre alien-like creature that does not follow the rules of life on planet Earth. Marine biologists have discovered a living … Continue reading
Oxygen Discovered Half a Billion Light Years Away
Astronomers announce a significant discovery: they have found molecular oxygen outside the Solar System, for the first time ever! via Fox News: In a research published in The Astrophysical Journal, they noted that it was discovered in the Markarian 231 galaxy, 561 million light-years from Earth. A light-year, which measures distance in space, equals about 6 trillion miles. “This first … Continue reading
What Should We Do if a ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid Takes Aim at Earth?
This will be a reality one day, it’s not a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN! via Live Science If a giant object looks like it’s going to slam into Earth, humanity has a few options: Hammer it with a spacecraft hard enough to knock it off course, blast it with nuclear weapons, tug on it with a … Continue reading
Bumblebees Have Internal Mental Representations Of Objects’ Shapes
We think we know all about other life forms or how capable or not capable they are intellectually, but our rating of their intelligence is limited by our ability/inability to understand them. via IFL Science: Bumblebees have again been found to be capable of doing something thought to be restricted to animals with much larger brains: apply an understanding of … Continue reading
Scientists Find a Way to Generate Electricity ‘Out of Thin Air’
New microbe powered device unveiled! via Cosmos magazine: Scientists in the US have developed a device they say uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air. Writing in the journal Nature, electrical engineer Jun Yao and microbiologist Derek Lovley, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, introduce the Air-gen (or air-powered generator), which Lovley describes as “the … Continue reading
Scientists Discover a Vulnerability in Viruses that Could Lead to Universal Vaccine
New discovery may be monumental in battle against viruses! via RT: Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US have uncovered the ‘Achilles’ heel’ of most viruses which plague mankind, and could soon develop a universal vaccine. Vaccine research, development and testing takes a long time, as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak has shown, but that is because researchers … Continue reading
New Nanosensor Can Detect Cancer Biomarkers in a Single Drop of Blood
Looking for cancer biomarkers in blood is a promising method for detecting metastatic cancer. It is less demanding than imaging techniques like MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). The main challenge to overcome is the extremely low concentrations of these markers, which makes it difficult to detect them. Researchers of the University of Twente and Wageningen University developed a nanosensor that accurately … Continue reading
Unknown Virus Discovered in Brazilian Lake
Is it simply a yet to be discovered virus that is of Earthly origins or could it be of extraterrestrial origins? via Unexplained-Mysteries: Scientists have identified a strange new type of virus with a genome that is almost entirely unknown to science. The mysterious pathogen, which was discovered in an artificial lake within the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, has … Continue reading
