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Jun 13, 2018

The Plague Has Been Reported in Idaho: Here’s What You Need to Know

Posted by in category: futurism

A case of plague has been diagnosed in Idaho, but you don’t need to cancel your trip to Boise just yet. This is not the first time plague has cropped up in the United States, and it probably won’t be the last. And officials know what to do when a case does pop up.

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Jun 13, 2018

New stem cell technique tested for babies with life-threatening heart condition

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The diagnosis is devastating and you look for anything that’s going to give you hope.

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Jun 13, 2018

Deterministic delivery of remote entanglement on a quantum network

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Remote deterministic spin–spin entanglement is achieved using nitrogen–vacancy centres in diamonds and a single-photon entangling protocol, with much improved entangling rates compared to previously used two-photon protocols.

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Jun 13, 2018

How Much Longer Can Earth Support Life?

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Jun 13, 2018

Researchers reveal how disrupting gut-brain communication may affect learning and memory

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, neuroscience

The connection between food and memory is one of those fundamentally human experiences we can all relate to. A compelling new study from the University of Southern California has revealed an intriguing explanation behind this phenomenon, and it illustrates how strongly the “second brain” in our gut communicates with our brain.

Inside our gastrointestinal tract lies a massive mesh of neurons often referred to as our “second brain.” While this neuronal control system primarily works to independently manage our digestive system, it also has been found to directly communicate with the brain via a long nerve, called the vagus nerve.

The vagus nerve has been found to mediate a great deal of metabolic communication between the gut and the brain. For example, one recent study revealed how feeding behavior, modulated by activity in the hippocampus, is directly activated by vagal nerve stimulation, mediated by signals from the gastrointestinal tract.

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Jun 13, 2018

How the Earth’s continents will look 250 million years from now

Posted by in category: futurism

Speaking of Pangaea, this video shows how the present-day continents came to be formed from the Pangaea supercontinent about 240 million years ago, then shows what the Earth’s surface might look like 250 million years in the future, if the tectonic plates continue to move in predictable ways.

I hope this explanation is helpful. Of course all of this is scientific speculation, we will have to wait and see what happens, but this is my projection based on my understanding of the forces that drive plate motions and the history of past plate motions. Remember: “The past reveals patterns; Patterns inform process; Process permits prediction.”

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Jun 13, 2018

The Surprising Reason Why Neutron Stars Don’t All Collapse To Form Black Holes

Posted by in category: cosmology

There’s something very special inside a proton and neutron that holds the key.

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Jun 13, 2018

What happens when the AI bubble bursts?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The experts are warning that an AI winter is coming, but what does that even mean? We examine the AI bubble to determine whether it’s time to worry.

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Jun 13, 2018

Glass is the future of data storage

Posted by in categories: computing, futurism

Engineers have discovered how to make glass an information storage powerhouse.

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Jun 13, 2018

Lentils significantly reduce blood glucose levels, study reveals

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, health

Replacing potatoes or rice with pulses can lower your blood glucose levels by more than 20 per cent, according to a first-ever University of Guelph study.

Prof. Alison Duncan, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, and Dan Ramdath of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, found that swapping out half of a portion of these starchy side dishes for can significantly improve your body’s response to the carbohydrates.

Replacing half a serving of rice with lentils caused to drop by up to 20 per cent. Replacing potatoes with lentils led to a 35-per-cent drop.

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