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Surprise Finding Shows More Planets Could Contain Water –Which Supports Life– Than Previously Believed
Water is the one thing all life on Earth needs, and the cycle of rain to river to ocean to rain is an essential...
Manuka Honey Could Help to Clear Deadly Bacteria Which Cause Cystic Fibrosis
Combining Manuka honey with a common drug was able to help clear a bacterial infection that's drug resistant and occasionally lethal.
Furthermore the addition of...
A Smart Watch Saved His Life with Alert About His Heart Slowing–and Stopping
An Apple smartwatch saved a man's life when it alerted him that his heart was beating extremely slowly, and had even stopped 138 times...
Evidence of Amputation in Prehistoric Times Shows Patient Surviving for a Decade–Proves Medical Expertise Existed
A child that lived in Borneo 31,000 years ago had its left foot amputated and survived for up to nearly a decade.
It is the...
Ordinary Plastic Turned into Diamonds Via Laser Beam in the Blink of An Eye
A thin film of plastic was, for the first time ever, turned into tiny diamonds in the blink of an eye after being shot...
Getting Plants ‘Drunk’ Insulates them Against Drought, According to New Research
Main crop plants thrived when their soil was soaked in ethanol alcohols even after two weeks without water, report scientists.
Climate change may be affecting...
White House Bans Paywalls on Any Publication Containing Taxpayer-Funded Research
The White House ruled this week that scientific research which is taxpayer-supported must be available to the American public at no cost—addressing the expensive...
Brightest Jupiter in 70 Years Appears in the East Two Hours After Sundown Thanks to Near-Perfect “Opposition”
Stargazing typically demands that people pry themselves out of bed at 4:30 AM, as the conditions tend to be better.
But in this period anyone...
California Begins Covering Canals with Solar Panels to Fight Drought
State utilities in California are preparing to launch a pilot project to cover California's irrigation canals in solar panels.
The decision was influenced by a...
Take-out Containers Turned into Valuable Seaweed Chemical Using Rays of Sunlight
Polystyrene (Styrofoam) has been turned into a valuable chemical found in seaweed by exposing it to sunlight.
Broken down, it produces DPM (diphenylmethane,) a molecule...
Their Bodies Age, But Seniors Have Higher Emotional Well-Being – Here’s Why
Written by Tim Vernimmen, this article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine, a nonprofit publication dedicated to making scientific knowledge accessible to all.
Bodies lose their...
NASA Detects Carbon Dioxide–the Building Block of Life–in Exoplanet’s Atmosphere for First Time
For all the grief carbon dioxide gets down here on Earth, its detection for the first time ever in the atmosphere of an exoplanet...
Breeding Corals for the Great Barrier Reef Achieves First Out-of-Season Spawning Event Ever
Scientists in Australia have achieved the first-ever offseason coral spawning in the history of coral breeding and restoration sciences.
The breakthrough dramatically expands the capacity...
First Study to Show Dogs Cry ‘Happy Tears’ When Reunited With Their Owners
Dogs cry “happy tears” when their owners come home, according to a study inspired by a scientist whose own pup welled up with joy...
Breakthrough Might Finally Destroy the Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Our Water
FAS, a group of manufactured chemicals commonly used since the 1940s, are called ‘forever chemicals’ for a reason. Bacteria can’t eat them; fire can’t...
A New Detection System Could Save Sperm Whales From Ship Strikes
Greek scientists have developed technology to pinpoint a sperm whale's location to within 40 meters of its 16 meter-long body by tracking the whale's...
Genetic Heart Conditions Could be Cured for First Time with Single Jab – It’s a ‘Defining Moment’
Armed with a big research grant, a crack team of scientists will seek to develop an injectable gene therapy to cure one of the...
Study Discovers ‘Hero’ Protein That Helps Repair DNA and Prevent Cancer Like a ‘Guardian of the Genome’
DNA replication and repair happens thousands of times a day in the human body and most of the time, people don’t notice when things...
New Design for Solid-State Hydrogen Fuel Cell Significantly Reduces Charging Times and Improves Safety
Hydrogen is gaining significant attention as an efficient way to store 'green energy' from renewables such as wind and solar.
Now, an Australian team has...
New Evidence Shows Giant Meteorites Created the Seven Continents Upon Impact With Earth
New research suggests the seven continents were created by giant meteorite impacts—similar to the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.
They happened more than three-and-a-half...