NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has found ammonia ice in a crater on Charon, Pluto’s largest moon.
Get the latest international news and world events from around the world.
Why is the universe flat?
Cosmic inflation is a theory that was proposed in the 1980s by cosmologist Alan Guth to answer some of the most fundamental questions of the origins of our universe. It also solved the Horizon Problem and the Flatness Problem.
Subscribe — https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=physicswoman
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl
Twitter: http://www.physicsgirl.org/twitter
Facebook: http://www.physicsgirl.org/facebook
http://www.physicsgirl.org/
Heat-triggered ‘grenades’ hit cancer
Scientists have designed microscopic “grenades” that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours.
The team will present its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference next week.
They plan to use liposomes — tiny bubbles of fat which carry materials round the body — to release toxic drugs when their temperature is raised.
EXCLUSIVE: Oncology dietitian reveals the foods YOU can eat to prevent cancer
THIS week we learnt red meat can give you cancer from the World Health Organisation, but is your diet linked to illness?
Sounds Gross, But Intestinal Worms Can Actually Be Good For You
Intestinal worms that can reduce inflammation. Could we GMO a probiotic worm to help reduce aging?
Intestinal worms have an incredibly bad reputation. The thought of them sneaking around inside our bodies and eating us from the inside is pretty unpleasant. But for decades, results coming out of lab after lab have shown that some kinds of helminths can be extremely beneficial to their host, and aren’t parasites at all.
Just 100 years ago, before toilets and running water were commonplace, everybody had regular exposure to intestinal worms. Thanks in part to modern plumbing, people in the industrialized world have now lost almost all of their worms, with the exception of occasional pinworms in some children.
Intestinal worms are properly called “helminths,” which most dictionaries will tell you are parasites. Exploiting their hosts, draining resources, sucking the life out of the body – that’s what parasites do, by definition. Indeed, many helminths, including the porcine tapeworm and the human hookworm, are known to cause disease and even death in the human population. Parasitic worms are still a big problem in some parts of the world.
Artificial intelligence is coming to a surveillance camera near you
Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence being made at Carnegie Mellon University, computers may soon be able to give timely warnings when video surveillance cameras detect unusual activity.
Why Focusing On The Obesity Epidemic Distracts Us From The Aging Epidemic
Large amounts of precious resources are being spent on encouraging weight loss and healthy living. While the intention of trying to reinforce healthy living is laudable, the evidence is that our resources are being wasted on minimal benefits.
Society considers obesity a big threat that needs to be overcome, but being thin is seen as a panacea
The diseases caused by biological aging carry on incessantly taking the lives of 100 000 people every day. While age 87 is the most common age of death for people in the western world, little progress has occurred during the past decades.
Mind Control Device Alters Emotions on Demand
Think of all the possibilities!
Thync announced on Oct. 8 that it’s raised $13 million from financial contributors to develop technology combining neuroscience and consumer electronics.
“This is an avenue for people to call up their best stuff on demand,” says Isy Goldwasser, Thync’s chief executive officer and co-founder. “It’s a way for us to overcome our basic limitation as people. It lets us call up our focus, our calm, and creativity when we need it.”