Oxygen may be key to life, but its absence is the key to preserving sunken artifacts. Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Price in Pakistan 2023 A pair of pants from an 1857 shipwreck sold at auction for over $100,000, sheltered from oxygen beneath the waves. The way in which a ship wrecks can often predict how well its […]
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The Energy Department Now Blames a Chinese Lab Leak for COVID
But not every U.S. government agency agrees. The U.S. Energy Department was previously noncommittal on the source of the COVID-19 outbreak. The U.S. government remains divided between blaming a lab leak or natural transmission as the source of the pandemic’s start. The CIA is a key agency still undecided on where the virus originated. The […]
Cocaine Bear Isn’t the Only Animal Getting High
Spaced-out sheep, jonesing jaguars, and wasted monkeys. The animal kingdom is full of intoxicated creatures. The new movie Cocaine Bear is based on a true story about a black bear consuming a lethal dose of smuggled drugs. Lots of animals have been documented ingesting toxic substances to get high, and studies have shown that, like humans, lab rats have […]
Scientists Are Creating Something Wild: Organoid Intelligence
Get ready for biocomputers powered by human brain cells. Researchers just announced a plan to eventually create “organoid intelligence,” or OI. They plan to grow clumps of brain cells called organoids and create technology that would allow us to turn those clumps of cells into powerful and efficient computers. The technology is only in its […]
Surprise! Earth’s Inner Core Has Another Inner Core
It’s like finding change in the couch cushion. Using seismic waveform data, researchers believe they’ve discovered Earth’s even smaller inner core. The new inner core is made up of about 400 miles of dense iron, the researchers say. Seismic waves inside the planet represents the only way to really study the inner core. In a real center-of-a-Tootsie Pop […]
The First Law of Thermodynamics Has Been Rewritten
What do we do now? Researchers have made a breakthrough in applying the first law of thermodynamics to complex systems. The law is a bedrock of physics, but has long failed to describe systems that are out of thermodynamic equilibrium. The work could have applications in fields ranging from circuitry and quantum computing to space weather. The first law […]
Scientists Defy Physics, Basically Pull Energy Out of Thin Air
That’s not supposed to happen. A shelved theory appears to have new life in pulling energy from one location to another. Two experiments have now extracted energy and filled a vacuum. A fresh world of quantum energy science is opened with the new findings. Energy teleportation sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but now, research shows that you can actually pull […]
The Weird and Concerning Reason Human Bones Are Getting More Brittle
Unfortunately, you can’t do much to avoid it. A Columbia University study says air pollutants have increased bone damage among postmenopausal women. The study explores the connection between air pollution and bone mineral density. Air pollution can double the density reduction that age already brings on. Is the air we breathe making us weaker? A […]
Scientists Discovered a Highly Reactive Superacid. It Might Just Break Chemistry.
Now, what do we’ve got right here? A number of the most harmful greenhouse gases, resembling Sulfer Hexafluoride, are laborious to transform into sustainable chemical substances. Scientists from Paderborn College found a brand new “Lewis superacid” that may very well be these lethal gases’ worst enemy. The trouble is a part of a broader initiative […]
Scientists Are Growing Mini Brains in the Lab. Are They … Conscious?
Studying brain organoids could lead to big medical breakthroughs, but troubling ethical questions remain. Since 2013, when the first “mini brain” was grown inside a test tube in order to study a genetic disorder, scientists all over the world have been mad at work. They have been mixing and matching lumps of tissue derived from human embryonic stem […]