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Using Coffee to Treat Diabetes
This is the Freethink Dispatch, our rundown of the stories that mattered from the frontiers of a changing world. This week, engineers created brain-surgery robots that can work inside an MRI, scientists found a way to use coffee to treat diabetes, and a startup is making fresh produce that lasts twice as long. All that and more, plus a new episode of Freethink’s original hit series Superhuman about how doctors are reprogramming the immune system to kill untreatable cancers.
This artificial intelligence can see through walls
There’s no place to hide.
Tasmanian Tiger Could Come Back From Extinction
The Tasmanian Tiger could come back from extinction thanks to new technology (yes, really)! 🐅
Want to Breathe on Mars? A Sea-Dwelling Bacteria Could Make That Possible
They seem perfectly suited to the harsh conditions of the Red Planet.
Cyanobacteria can convert CO2 into oxygen in some of the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, meaning they might be able to do so on Mars, too.
IT’S OFFICIAL: General Relativity Was Just Tested on Galactic Scales, Proving Einstein Right Again
Einstein’s theory was validated on a galactic scale.
The curvature of empty space caused by an entire galaxy has now been pinned down with unprecedented precision, demonstrating Einstein’s theory of general relativity still rules on a super-sized scale.
Not that anybody is seriously surprised. But on the off chance the results had failed to meet expectations, they might have provided insight into some of the Universe’s biggest mysteries. It can be so boring being right in science.
Astronomers combined data from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to examine how light was warped by a nearby galaxy according to Albert Einstein’s explanation of gravity.
Futuristic ‘sensory deprivation tanks’ make you feel like you’re floating in space
Floating in a sensory deprivation tanks allows you to feel completely weightless.
