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Jan 26, 2024

The identities of the occupants of the unspoiled 4th-century BCE Royal Tombs at Vergina in northern Greece have been identified

Posted by in category: futurism

The burials contain the remains of Alexander’s father, stepmother, half-siblings, and son, along with armor and other items belonging to the man himself.

While there is never been any doubt that the human skeletal remains found in Royal Tombs I, II, and III belong to close relatives of Alexander, scholars have spent almost half a century bickering over who exactly lies within each grave.

The researchers examined the skeletal elements with the aid of macrophotography, radiographs, and anatomical dissection. The study authors combined osteological analyses, macro photography, X-rays, and anatomical dissections of the ancient remains with historical sources from the ancient past.

Jan 26, 2024

NASA’s Perseverance rover confirms presence of ancient lake on Mars and it may hold clues to past life

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

Evidence of ancient lake sediments at the base of Mars’ Jezero Crater offer new hope for finding traces of life in samples collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover.

Perseverance touched down on Feb. 18, 2021 inside the Red Planet’s 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, which is believed to have once hosted a large lake and river delta. The rover has been scouring the crater in search of signs of past life and collecting and caching dozens of samples along the way for a possible future return to Earth.

Jan 26, 2024

Watch live: Newly discovered asteroid to fly between Earth and moon on Saturday

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The space rock poses no threat to our planet, despite being on a path to zoom between Earth and the moon.

Jan 26, 2024

Sick of being sick? As respiratory viruses roar back, experts offer guidance

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

It crept up slowly, almost imperceptibly. A vague rawness at the back of my throat. A thrumming malaise. On Thanksgiving Day, it lunged.

For two weeks, I was in the grip of an unusually malevolent respiratory illness. But I was in good company: Nationwide, the percentage of health care visits for flulike symptoms ticked up above the baseline at the start of November and has remained elevated ever since, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“All the respiratory viruses are back in full force,” Anne Liu, MD, a Stanford Medicine immunologist and infectious disease specialist confirmed. The main reasons, she said, are fairly straightforward: Social distancing and masking are not popular choices in the wake of the pandemic.

Jan 26, 2024

Bugs as Drugs to Boost Cancer Therapy

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

Bioengineered bacteria sneak past solid tumor defenses to guide CAR T cells’ attacks.

Jan 26, 2024

‘Cancer-cooling’ protein puts bowel cancer on ice

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A protein in the immune system can be manipulated to help overcome bowel cancer, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). The research is published in Science Advances.

Bowel cancer claims more than 100 lives in Australia each week, yet around 90% of cases can be successfully treated if detected early.

According to lead author Dr. Abhimanu Pandey, from ANU, the protein, known as Ku70, can be activated or “turned on” like a light switch by using a combination of new and existing drugs.

Jan 26, 2024

Flying microchips the size of sand are tracking air data. Watch them fly

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing

This microchip is the size of a grain of sand, and its job is to track data.


Inspired by nature, the latest microchip can dissolve and fly.

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Jan 26, 2024

Experimental Gene Therapy Enables Hearing in Five Children Born Deaf

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Study co-led by HMS scientist corrects gene mutation involved in inner ear function.

Jan 26, 2024

Watch Chinese startup Landspace launch and land reusable rocket prototype for 1st time (video)

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A test version of the company’s Zhuque-3 rocket soared about 1,150 feet (350 meters) high on Jan. 19.

Jan 26, 2024

See the humanoid robots that will build new BMWs

Posted by in categories: employment, robotics/AI

This can free humans from taking on those tedious — and potentially dangerous — jobs, but it also means manufacturers need to build or buy a new robot every time they find a new task they want to automate.

General purpose robots — ones that can do many tasks — would be far more useful, but developing a bot with anywhere near the versatility of a human worker has thus far proven out of reach.

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