Beyond Resveratrol: The Anti-Aging NAD Fad
Source: Scientific American By David Stipp A Boston science writer who has focused on gerontology since the late 1990s. His book on the subject,The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of […]
15 striking findings from 2015
Source: Pew Research Center Every year, we look back at our research to select the most memorable facts that illustrate important trends shaping our world. At Pew Research Center, the topics we analyze range from the specific subjects of video gaming and family caregivers to broader areas like political attitudes, global climate […]
The microbes so extreme they might survive on Mars
Source: BBC Mars is a hostile planet. Its distance from the sun makes it cold and barren – average daily temperatures on Mars are around -60C and this falls to […]
200-year-old fossil mystery resolved
Source: BBC Scientists have reconstructed how an ancient reptile swam in the oceans at the time of the dinosaurs. Computer simulations suggest the plesiosaur moved through the water like a penguin, using its front limbs as paddles and back limbs for steering. The creature’s swimming gait has been a mystery […]
How Random Is Cancer? A New Study Adds to the Answer
Source: Time In January 2015, a compelling study published in the journalScience reported that most cancers are random and out of one’s control. The study made waves, challenging decades of […]
The remote lake that tells the story of humanity’s birth
Source: BBC Our ancient human ancestors were an elusive lot. Their remains are literally thin on the ground, and even when fossils are unearthed it is rare for them to […]
4 Surprising Ways Science is Battling Aging
Source: Time New strategies could mean big advances in staying young For humans, death in old age has always been life’s great punchline. It takes 70 or 80 years to […]
One amazing substance allowed life to thrive on land
Source: BBC Mud. Muck. Dirt. Although we have plenty of words for it, we rarely give soil a second thought. But without soil, we would certainly be dead. Soil is […]
Here are all the reasons you cant hibernate in winter
Source: BBC Many of us feel sleepy in the winter, but other species often take it a step further and hibernate. Dormice head underground to curl up tight, colonies of […]
Safer way to do gene editing
Source: BBC Scientists say they have fine tuned a gene editing method to make it safer and more accurate – vital if it is to be used in humans to […]
Take a journey through the sleeping mind
Source: BBC As you drift to sleep tonight, your mind will be doing some remarkable things : charging its batteries, saving your memories and taking you on a trip deep into your imagination Touch the ‘Zzz’ icons to reveal what is happening inside your mind at each stage of sleep. […]
Bid to drill deep inside Earth
Source: BBC Scientists will set out this week to drill a hole into the Indian Ocean floor to try to get below the Earth’s crust for the first time. They […]
Social scientists have a long history of predicting the demise of religion
Source: Social scientists have a long history of predicting the demise of religion. Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Sigmund Freud, and Karl Marx envisioned the decline of organized religion and the rise of the religiously unaffiliated. More recently the idea that the unaffiliated population will increase has been promoted using mathematical […]
The strange beasts that live in solid rock deep underground
Source: BBC Just how far down in the Earth’s crust can animals survive? In the dark, hot depths of several South African gold mines, there live some tiny worms that […]
How Coffee Can Help You Live Longer
Source: Time There’s great news for coffee lovers this week. A new study published in the journal Circulation found that regular coffee drinkers—people who drank less than five cups of […]
Kids on ADHD Medication Are More Likely to Be Bullied, Study Says
Source: Time Especially if they’ve ever given their drugs to someone else Children who take commonly-prescribed stimulants to treat their attention disorders are more likely to be victimized at school […]
Ice Age engravings found at Jersey archaeological site
Source: BBC News A dig in Jersey has yielded a stash of hunter-gatherer artefacts from the end of the last Ice Age, including stone pieces criss-crossed by carved lines. They […]
Antarctic ozone hole expands
Source: Emirates 24/7 The Antarctic ozone hole has swelled this month to one of its biggest sizes on record, UN and US scientists say, insisting that the Earth-shielding ozone layer […]
There may be flowing water on Mars. But is there intelligent life on Earth?
theguardian: by George Monbiot — While we marvel at Nasa’s discoveries, we destroy our irreplaceable natural resources – so we can buy pre-peeled bananas and smartphones for dogs ‘Think of what would change if we valued terrestrial water as much as we value the possibility of water on Mars.’ […]
Growing up on a farm provides protection against asthma and allergies
ScienceDaily — Significant insights for development of vaccine against asthma Growing up on a farm provides protection against asthma and allergies. Credit: © ambrozinio / Fotolia Researchers at VIB (a leading life sciences institute in Flanders, Belgium) and Ghent University have successfully established a causal relationship between exposure to so-called […]