FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScience Scientists Just Solved a Mystery of How Gallstones Formdiscovermagazine.com A large gallstone. (Credit: eleonimages/Shutterstock) Up to 25 million Americans suffer from gallstones. The unwanted pebbles form in the gallbladder …
Chemistry For The First Time Ever, Scientists Have Made a Stable Ring of Pure CarbonScienceAlert - Michelle Starr Carbon can be arranged in a number of configurations. When each of its atoms is bonded to three other carbon atoms, it's relatively soft graphite. …
Voyager 2 NASA's Voyagers Grow Weaker Each YearThe Atlantic - Marina KorenNASA is rationing watts to keep its oldest mission going. Beyond Earth and its bubble of satellites; past Mars, where rovers explore; past Jupiter and its circling orbiter—outside the solar system entirely—two
Blood Tests New Version of Blood Test Can Predict Heart Attacks, Strokes Years Before SymptomsHealthline Blood tests are widely used to help doctors diagnose heart attacks after a patient experiences symptoms. Now researchers recently found a more …
Fatty Acids A New Clue to the Origins of LifeThe Atlantic - Ed YongA long-standing mystery about early cells has a solution—and it’s a rather magical one. When Caitlin Cornell looked down her microscope, she saw large bright spots against a black background. They resembled
Cancer Cells Scientists Successfully Turn Breast Cancer Cells Into Fat to Stop Them From SpreadingScienceAlert - Jacinta Bowler Researchers have been able to coax human breast cancer cells to turn into fat cells in a new proof-of-concept study in mice. To achieve this feat, the …
Columbia University Brain scans discover consciousness in coma patientssciencefocus.com - Jason Goodyer Some patients that become unresponsive following a significant brain injury retain a degree of ‘hidden consciousness’ and are more likely to make a …
World Economic Forum NASA worked out how to make food out of thin air - and it could feed billionsweforum.org - Robby Berman It's not like you can make food out of thin air. Well…it turns out you can. A company from Finland, Solar Foods, is planning to bring to market a new …
Lifestyle (UK) ‘I don’t smell!’ Meet the people who have stopped washingThe Guardian - Amy FlemingDavid Whitlock has not showered or bathed for 15 years, yet he does not have body odour. “It was kind of strange for the first few months, but after that I stopped missing it,” he says. “If I get a specific
Malaria Sniffing out disease: the power of smell in diagnosing illnesssciencefocus.com - Rosie Mallett Picture a world where you no longer have to run a gauntlet of tedious, invasive tests when you suspect that something is amiss with your health. …
The Brain Physicists Overturn a 100-Year-Old Assumption on How Brain Cells WorkScienceAlert - Mike McRae The human brain contains a little over 80-odd billion neurons, each joining with other cells to create trillions of connections called synapses. The …
Success 9 skills you should learn that pay dividends foreverLadders - Travis Bradberry The further along you are in your career, the easier it is to fall back on the mistaken assumption that you’ve made it and have all the skills you …
A Decades-Old Computer Science Puzzle Was Solved in Two PagesWIRED - Erica Klarreich A paper posted online this month has settled a nearly 30-year-old conjecture about the structure of the fundamental building blocks of computer …
CRISPR In A 1st, Doctors In U.S. Use CRISPR Tool To Treat Patient With Genetic DisorderNPR - Rob SteinFor the first time, doctors in the U.S. have used the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to treat a patient with a genetic disorder. "It is just amazing how far things have come," says Victoria
Play buttonLight Sail Solar-sailing satellite proves it can use light to propel through spaceThe Verge - Loren GrushThe Planetary Society’s experimental LightSail 2 spacecraft — designed to fly on light coming from the Sun — has lived up to its namesake. The nonprofit today announced that the satellite has successfully
Science Stopping statins treatment in old age increases heart attack risk by nearly half, major study warnsThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinPensioners should not stop taking statins just because they feel healthy, scientists have warned after finding that doing so may boost the risk of heart attack by nearly half. The first major study to
The Who The World Health Organization Says No More Gene-Edited BabiesWIRED - Megan Molteni The world’s largest public health authority has weighed in with the most authoritative statement yet on the use of Crispr to alter the DNA of human …
Quote SymbolEvan HawthornThings have got very exciting after NASA received a response from the void. The Voyager 1 spacecraft of NASA fired its thrusters up after being inactive for 37 years. The unsuspected triumph means that
Health Japan Approves Groundbreaking Experiment Bringing Human-Animal Hybrids to TermScienceAlert - Carly Cassella Stem cell biologist Hiromitsu Nakauchi has been waiting for this moment for more than a decade. After years of planning, the persistent researcher has …
Science Discovery of liver cell with stem cell-like properties could eliminate need for organ transplantsnewatlas.com - Rich Haridy An exciting new study, led by scientists from King's College London, has discovered a new type of cell in the liver. The research describes the cell …
Mobile Technology Scientists create contact lenses that zoom when you blink twiceCNET - by Mark Serrels Me: Accidentally blinks twice while driving.
Vaping Teens in Wisconsin Are Being Diagnosed With Severe Lung Damage That May Be Linked to VapingGizmodo - Ed Cara Health officials in Wisconsin are looking into a scary-sounding cluster of cases that could be linked to vaping. Doctors in the state have reported …
Albert Einstein Extreme black hole vindicates Einstein (again)National Geographic - Nadia DrakeA detailed look at the supermassive black hole in our galaxy’s core is the latest attempt to push our knowledge of gravity to the limit. What happens when a star has a close encounter with a supermassive
Without a Hippocampus, Your Long-term Memory Is Historyhowstuffworks.com - Michelle Konstantinovsky When the movie "Memento" came out in 2000, audiences were stunned by the innovative storytelling. The film centered on a protagonist with no …
Tumors Breast milk chemical dissolves tumours so cancer patients can pass them in urine, trial showsThe Telegraph - By Sarah KnaptonA chemical found only in breast milk helps break up tumours into fragments in the body, allowing cancer patients to pass them through their urine, trial results have shown. Alpha1H usually helps in the
Success 11 signs you’re going to be successful, even if it doesn’t feel like itLadders - Shana Lebowitz If you’re pursuing your passions, if you’re learning, and if you’re forging solid relationships, you’re probably on track to being successful. If …
Huge news: Scientists have found the cause of endometriosisnews.com.au UK researchers found a type of white blood cell, called macrophages, that has mutated or undergone some change could be the prime cause of …
Success 5 skills you should highlight on your resumeLadders - Michele Lando It’s important that your resume is effective at articulating your accomplishments and what you bring to the table. Create an accomplishment-based …
Success A 40-Year Scientific Study Reveals the Richest People Are Never the Most Talented (and Why That's a Really Good Thing)Inc Magazine - Jeff HadenYep: The smartest, most talented people almost never reach the highest peaks of success. Which is actually a good thing for people like me. Success: However you choose to define it--because how you define
Science Scientists Find a New Kind of Cell That Helps Heal the HeartGizmodo - Ed Cara The human body has plenty of nifty tricks to keep itself alive for as long as possible, and scientists still haven’t come close to figuring them all …
