The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated…
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Scientists accidentally discover Australian marsupials glow in the dark
A glow up for some of Australia’s most unique creatures. Read more at CNET…
New CRISPR Cancer Treatment Is Very Promising
I first wrote about CRISPR here in 2017. We are used to medical hyperbole and hype…
2.920050977316 – Numberphile
Dr James Grime is discussing a new prime-generating constant. Read more at YouTube…
The Black Hole Information Paradox Is Just About Solved
Good news: If you fall into a black hole, you’ll (probably) come back out. Read more…
Study of 111 ‘exceptional’ cancer patients yields clues to better drug treatments
Mutations and other changes in tumors appear to explain rare success stories Read more at Science…
Chromosomes Don’t Look The Way You Think. We Now Have a 3D Image of The Real Thing
If you’ve ever studied any chemistry or biology, there’s a very good chance you’ve come across…
Pre-symptomatic detection of COVID-19 from smartwatch data
Analysis of physiological and activity data from consumer smartwatches enables real-time detection, often before symptom onset,…
As Obesity Soars, a Mayo Clinic DNA Study May Have Cracked The Cause
Called phenotyping, this bespoke mapping of each human on a subcellular level has allowed Acosta to…
A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia
If the world’s biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastate local wildlife. Read…
A hunk of Earth’s surface lies 400 miles under China – Futurity
A piece of Earth’s lithosphere deep below China offers clues about the fate of tectonic plates…
Scientists spot a ‘kilonova’ flash so bright they can barely explain it
It may be from a magnetar born in a neutron star crash. Read more at Space.com…
Europa’s plumes may not originate from subsurface ocean
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a fascinating world, with a global subsurface ocean encased in an icy…
Middle Students Solve The Issue Of Gerrymandering And Win $10,000 Prize [Infographic]
Three middle school students decided to take on one of the more serious issue in American…
Houston hospital creates new breakthrough breast cancer risk tool
In the medical field, billions of dollars are wasted each year — about $935 billion, but…
The ambitious plan to save more than nine in 10 cancer patients from death
More than 90 per cent of Australians could survive their cancer diagnosis within a decade under…
Scientists say they’ve found the missing 40 percent of the universe’s matter
They just had to revisit some decades-old data to do it. Read more at Futurism…
Fast radio burst may have come from the Milky Way
Since the discovery of fast radio bursts in 2007, scientists have worked to identify the sources…
Viruses have been shown to produce their own energy for the first time
Viruses are supposed to be utterly reliant on the cells they infect but it appears a…
Rapidly declining body temperature in a tropical human population
Normal human body temperature (BT) has long been considered to be 37.0°C. Yet, BTs have declined…