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Pregnant women are using cannabis as a remedy, but doctors raise concerns

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 12 Comments • 5 years ago

Chinese scientists insert human brain gene into monkeys, spark ethical debate

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 17 Comments • 5 years ago

By Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky When scientists in China added human genes to monkeys, they were hoping to gain a better understanding of how human brains develop. In the process, they triggered an...

Hubble Measurements Confirm There's Something Weird About How the Universe Is Expanding

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 53 Comments • 5 years ago

Astronomers know that the Universe is expanding, and the expansion is accelerating. Sometimes you’ll hear news stories claim that the Universe is expanding “faster than we thought.” But...

What Is Tetanus, Anyway?

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • 5 years ago

Pixabay Here’s your primer on what tetanus is, and how to avoid it (spoiler: there’s a vaccine). Tetanus is a horrific disease Tetanus is also known as “lockjaw,” because it can cause...

The U.S. Military: Like the French at Agincourt?

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 5 years ago

Early on a Sunday morning in 1932, a fleet of some 150 fighters, dive-bombers and torpedo planes struck the naval base at Pearl Harbor. The ships lying at anchor on Battleship Row sustained...

Harvard study raises concern about contaminated e-cigarettes

Via: jasper2529 • Health, Science & Technology • 8 Comments • 5 years ago

That e-cigarette you’re puffing on could be contaminated, according to a newly released study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, entitled “Endotoxin and...

‘Partly Alive’: Scientists Revive Cells in Brains From Dead Pigs

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 9 Comments • 5 years ago

By Gina Kolata In a study that raises profound questions about the line between life and death, researchers have restored some cellular activity to brains removed from...

Great white sharks are afraid of orcas, study finds

Via: freefaller • Health, Science & Technology • 16 Comments • 5 years ago

It appears one of the most fear-inducing predators in the ocean may have a fear of its own. A new study led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and published Tuesday in Nature found great white...

Babies with 'bubble boy disease' cured using gene therapy developed by St. Jude's

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • 5 years ago

By Associated Press They were born without a working germ-fighting system, every infection a threat to their lives. Now 10 babies with " bubble boy disease " have had it fixed by a gene...

Your next car may not allow you to speed on the highway

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 124 Comments • 5 years ago

By Paul A. Eisenstein As many as 37,000 Americans have been killed on the highway in the past 25 years as a result of increased speed limits, according to a new study by the Insurance...

ISRAELI SCIENTISTS 'PRINT' WORLD'S FIRST 3D HEART WITH HUMAN TISSUE

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Health, Science & Technology • 9 Comments • 5 years ago

ISRAELI SCIENTISTS 'PRINT' WORLD'S FIRST 3D HEART WITH HUMAN TISSUE A team of Tel Aviv University researchers revealed the heart, which was made using a patient’s own cells and biological...

SpaceIL moon lander, A critical step closer to touchdown

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Health, Science & Technology • 16 Comments • 5 years ago

SpaceIL moon lander, A critical step closer to touchdown By Bestmagyou, April 5 2019 Israel's Beresheet lunar lander captured this selfie with Earth in the background A tiny...

The Lyrid meteor shower is back. Here's how to see April's shooting stars.

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 8 Comments • 5 years ago

By Polina Porotsky April brings the return of the annual Lyrid meteor shower . Skywatchers may be able to see the shooting stars, though experts say the full moon threatens to upstage this...

Scientists added human brain genes to monkeys. Yes, it’s as scary as it sounds.

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 21 Comments • 5 years ago

Scientists in China have created a new kind of monkey . It’s got a human brain gene. And that just might make its intelligence a little bit more like ours. That, in turn, makes its fate —...

Evolutionary changes played a crucial role in industrialization, study finds

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Health, Science & Technology • 10 Comments • 5 years ago

A recent study of centuries-old French-Canadian genealogical data by a Brown University economist revealed evidence that supports his own 17-year-old theory that natural selection played a...

A decade-long quest to build an ecosystem in a room

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Health, Science & Technology • 3 Comments • 5 years ago

Yesterday the MELiSSA pilot plant at the University of Barcelona celebrated 10 years spent demonstrating the ideal technologies to recycle waste from space missions into air, water and food....

The Darwin Day Lecture 2019, with Richard Dawkins

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Health, Science & Technology • 559 Comments • 5 years ago

See also... Richard Dawkins awarded inaugural Humanists UK Darwin Day medal To celebrate Darwin Day on 12 February 2019, Humanists UK hosted its largest annual Darwin Day Lecture to...

Deadly germs, Lost cures: A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy

Via: xdm9mm • Health, Science & Technology • 18 Comments • 5 years ago

Here's the entirety of the article. It is quite scary and sobering to say the least. Last May, an elderly man was admitted to the Brooklyn branch of Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery....

U.S. health officials alarmed by paralyzing illness in kids

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 3 Comments • 5 years ago

By Associated Press One morning last fall, 4-year-old Joey Wilcox woke up with the left side of his face drooping. It was the first sign of an unfolding nightmare. Three days later, Joey was...

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2018 - Biology / Evolution - Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Health, Science & Technology • 16 Comments • 5 years ago

From Wikipedia: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic each, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825,...

AI can predict when someone will die with unsettling accuracy

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 12 Comments • 5 years ago

By Mindy Weisberger, Live Science Medical researchers have unlocked an unsettling ability in artificial intelligence (AI): predicting a person's early death. Scientists recently trained an AI...

The breakthrough battery technology investors are betting millions on

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 18 Comments • 5 years ago

Meteor no one saw coming exploded over Earth with force of 10 atomic bombs

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 21 Comments • 5 years ago

By Brandon Specktor, Live Science On Dec. 18, 2018, a school bus-size meteor exploded over Earth with an impact energy of roughly 10 atomic bombs. According to NASA , the blast was the...

Why a cat always lands on its feet

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 6 Comments • 5 years ago

Scientists in the late 19th century wanted to settle a curious physics problem: Why does a cat always lands on its feet? It should be impossible to reorient your body midair without...

This, Apparently, Is the Optimal Driving Position

Via: bob-nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 9 Comments • 5 years ago

Recently, Jaguar enlisted the help of its Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Steve Iley, to create a video guide of the perfect driving position. Obviously, this position is only feasible if your...

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