Arsenic may be deadly to us, but now a microbe that can live and grow entirely off the poison has been discovered.
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Feb 8, 2021
Amazing Engineer Transforms Ordinary Paper into Tactile Tessellations
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: materials
Artist Matthew Shlian creates intricate 3D paper sculpture that transforms into everyday material into dazzling tessellations that look like waves of spikes.
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Feb 8, 2021
Devious sperm ‘poison’ their rivals, forcing them to swim in circles until they die
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: genetics
Sperm are ‘ruthless competitors’ who aren’t above poisoning their brothers.
Mouse sperm carrying a genetic sequence called the t-haplotype will poison their competitors, then make an ‘antidote’ only for themselves, new research finds.
Feb 8, 2021
Interstellar Lab’s BioPod prepares for plant cultivation on the moon
Posted by Paul Gonçalves in category: space travel
Revealed at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyad, the inflatable, environmentally controlled plant cultivation pod is intended to sustain flora beyond the earth’s surface.
Feb 8, 2021
In Florida, a near-miss with a cybersecurity worst-case scenario
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: cybercrime/malcode
“A hacker, who authorities believe to be the same one from the initial breach, took control of the computer and changed the acceptable level of sodium hydroxide — better known as lye, the main ingredient in many household drain cleaners — from 100 parts per million to 11100 parts per million. A water plant operator noticed immediately and corrected the change, Gualtieri said, adding that if the operator had missed it and the change didn’t trigger some of the plant’s alarms, the lye could have seeped into the water supply in 24 to 36 hours.”
A hacker broke into a Florida water treatment plant and ordered it to increase the amount of lye to extremely dangerous levels, officials said.
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Feb 8, 2021
The Father Of The Cyborgs
Posted by Brent Ellman in categories: biotech/medical, computing, cyborgs, neuroscience
“A famous neurologist Phil Kennedy made global headlines in the late 1990s for implanting wire electrodes in the brain of a ‘locked-in patient’ to control a computer cursor with their mind. Compared to Alexander Graham Bell in The Washington Post, Kennedy became known as ‘The Father of the Cyborgs’. Travelling to South America in 2014, he made further headlines when tiny electrodes were implanted inside his brain in order to continue his research. This film examines the ethical quandaries of self-experimentation and a future where technology and human brains combine.”
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Feb 8, 2021
How Scientists Reversed Aging, And What It Means For You
Posted by Nicholi Avery in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
By blocking a receptor in macrophages, researchers were able to reverse aging in mice.
There are many suggested causes of old age. Telomere shortening, DNA damage, and depletion of stem cells are just a few of the proposed sources.
Recently, researchers found that a type of cell called a macrophage also plays a crucial role in aging. Macrophages are phagocytotic immune cells; they consume cells and other pathogens flagged by the immune system as dangerous. When macrophages need to consume a pathogen, their energy needs drastically go up.
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Feb 8, 2021
Space race: UAE, US and Chinese missions prepare to explore Mars
Posted by Derick Lee in category: space travel
The Red Planet is about to get a little crowded. Three separate missions to Mars launched by the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will all reach their destination this month after taking flight within just 11 days of each other in 2020.
Deep-space ventures by the UAE, US and China will arrive at Earth’s planetary neighbour this month.