Passionfish12Quantum Computing Quantum computing may be closer than expected with ‘game changer’ discoveryInverse - Sarah Wells Scientists say a superconducting material that naturally exists in a quantum state could be the answer. While quantum computing has long been an …
Passionfish12DNA Mitochondrial Aging Theory Is A Myth: Aging Lies In The NucleusMashable - Afiya QureshiFor almost half a century, it was thought that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and oxidative stress were the major contributors to aging. This theory was postulated by Harman in the 70’s, where two independent
Passionfish12Science Snakehead fish discovered in Georgia, sparks warning from wildlife officials: 'Kill it immediately'Fox News - Nicole DarrahAn invasive fish species has been spotted in Georgia — and wildlife officials want anyone who encounters it to "immediately" kill the animal, which can survive on both land and in water. The northern native
Passionfish12Science ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are in Your Popcorn—and Your BloodWIRED - Condé Nast While the Food and Drug Administration reiterated that BPA was safe in food containers, consumers and local governments pushed back. By 2012, the FDA …
Passionfish12Space Weather A Trillion Dollar Storm Looms For Earth And It’s Not A HurricaneForbes - Marshall ShepherdHurricanes can cause widespread damage because they are so expansive, long-lasting, and powerful. Two of the costliest hurricanes on record, Katrina and Harvey, tallied damage numbers close to $125 billion
Passionfish12Science ‘There’s no hope for the rest of us.’ Uyghur scientists swept up in China’s massive detentionssciencemag.org - Catherine Matacic No one outside the Chinese government knows where Tashpolat Tiyip is. No one knows exactly what charges have been filed against him. The only thing …
Passionfish12Universe Three Astrophysicists Reveal Structure Of Universe To Win The 2019 Nobel PrizeForbes - Ethan SiegelEvery year, the Nobel Prize reminds all of humanity to appreciate all that we’ve achieved scientifically and to be aware of how that newfound knowledge has impacted us as a species. To a scientist, it
Passionfish12Geek Humans Have a ‘Salamander-Like’ Ability to Regenerate Damaged Body Parts, Study FindsGizmodo Salamanders are renowned for their regenerative capabilities, such as growing back entire limbs. We can’t pull off this biological trick, but new …
Passionfish12Tardigrades Move Over, Tardigrades — 'Mold Pigs' Are the New Micro-Beast in TownLive Science - Nicoletta Lanese If you can't get enough of tardigrades — those tough, tubby microscopic critters with eight squirmy legs — you'll love this newly discovered …
Passionfish12Exoplanets A Second Interstellar Visitor Has Arrived in Our Solar System. This Time, Astronomers Think They Know Where It Came FromLive Science - Rafi Letzter For the second time ever, astronomers have detected an interstellar object plunging through our solar system. But this time, researchers think they …
Passionfish12Space Exploration SpaceX Crew Dragon: Elon Musk responds as NASA hits 'full panic' modeInverse - Mike Brown Will the capsule be ready? Questions are circling around NASA’s Commercial Crew program, which has asked SpaceX and Boeing to design a capsule to …
Passionfish12Science Breathing Is Simple. The Way Your Cells Process Oxygen Isn't.Popular Mechanics - By Jennifer LemanBut the scientists who just won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine are unraveling the mystery. Simple, right? We breathe all day long without thinking, so it must be a cinch. But for our bodies,
Passionfish12Meteorites Scientists say a platinum meteorite hit Africa 12,800 years agoQuartz - Francis ThackerayJust less than 13,000 years ago, the climate cooled for a short while in many parts of the world, especially in the northern hemisphere. We know this because of what has been found in ice cores drilled
Passionfish12Icon version of the Flipboard logoSpace How Many People Have Died in Outer Space?discovermagazine.com Following the only deaths to have ever occurred in space, the USSR started a policy requiring all cosmonauts to wear pressurized spacesuits during …
Passionfish12Galaxies The center of the Milky Way exploded when ancient human ancestors walked the EarthCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — Around 3.5 million years ago, a gigantic energy flare punched out from the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. The radiation it released erupted in two energized cones that were so powerful, impact
Passionfish12Science Does anybody actually know what time it is?sciencefocus.com - Ella Frances Sanders This extract from the beautifully illustrated book A Small Illustrated Guide to the Universe explores how the arrow of time isn’t quite as simple as …
Passionfish12Culture NASA Mars Curiosity rover finds an 'ancient oasis'CNET - by Corinne Reichert Mars transitioned from a wet environment to a desert, NASA says.
Passionfish12Turbines The Hunstable Electric Turbine promises a revolution in electric motorsAutoblog - Jonathon RamseyLinear Labs was founded as a father-son team based in in Ft. Worth, Texas six years ago. Prior to that, father Fred Hunstable designed electrical systems for nuclear power stations for companies like and
Passionfish12Earth Science These are the deepest and largest man-made holes in the worldInsider - James Pasley America might have landed on the moon, but Russia drilled the deepest man-made hole on Earth. Since the early 1960s, scientists have attempted to …
Passionfish12Quantum Physics 2,000 Atoms Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum Experimentspace.com - Rafi Letzter Giant molecules can be in two places at once, thanks to quantum physics. That's something that scientists have long known is theoretically true based …
Passionfish12The Future The story of the billion-dollar telescope and the sacred mountainCNET - by Jesse OrrallFor months, Native Hawaiians have gathered at the base of their most sacred mountain, Mauna Kea, to peacefully block construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). I visited Mauna Kea and the TMT offices
Passionfish12Environment First meat grown in space lab 248 miles from EarthThe Guardian - Rebecca SmithersLab-grown meat has been successfully cultured in space for the first time. The Israeli food technology startup Aleph Farms grew the meat on the International Space Station, 248 miles (339 km) away from
Passionfish12Science (India) China grows a cotton plant on the far side of the moon in a biological firstDigital Trends - Georgina Torbet China has broken new lunar ground, successfully growing cotton on the moon for the first time. The experiment was part of the Chang’e 4 project, in …
Passionfish12Mobile Technology This quantum physics breakthrough could be the origin story for time travelTNW - Tristan GreeneAn international team of researchers recently placed an entire molecule into a state of quantum superposition. This huge breakthrough represents the largest object to ever be observed in such a state essentially
Passionfish12Quantum Physics 2,000 Atoms Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum ExperimentLive Science - Rafi Letzter Giant molecules can be in two places at once, thanks to quantum physics. That's something that scientists have long known is theoretically true based …
Passionfish12Environment When plants cry out for help, their neighbors start screaming, tooPopular Science - Kat EschnerAnimals might warn their compatriots of a threat by roaring, trumpeting, whinnying, barking, growling, or letting loose any of a hundred other noises. Goldenrod plants in peril just get smellier. A new
Passionfish12Spiders Listen: Expert debunks scary myths about spidersfuturity.org - NC State Spiders have a special place in Halloween lore, but they’re more than just scary, hairy, creepy crawlers to entomologist Matt Bertone. “[M]ost spiders …
Passionfish12History First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)publicdomainreview.org In a series of experiments conducted in 1856, Eunice Newton Foote — a scientist and women’s rights campaigner from Seneca Falls, New York — became …
Passionfish12Geology Plate tectonics runs deeper than we thoughtArs Technica - Howard Lee At 52 years old, plate tectonics has given geologists a whole new level to explore. It’s right there in the name: “plate tectonics.” Geology’s …
