Lifeboat News: The Blog – Safeguarding Humanity

Filipina High School Student Discovered ‘Aratiles’ Fruit as Potential Cure for Diabetes, Wins Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Posted by Paul Battista in biotech/medical, education, engineering, science

Nov 16
2019

This 16-year-old high school student from Iloilo went viral after discovering the properties of Aratiles fruit or Sarisa that can cure diabetes.

The young Filipina scientist was identified as Maria Isabel Layson, was one of the winners of the 2019 National Science and Technology Fair (NSTF), that was held last February.

She was also one of the 12 candidates sent to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona USA to represent the Philippines in one of the biggest pre-college science research competition in the world and was the first in her batch to receive Gokongwei Brothers Foundation Young Scientist Award.

Read more | >

[FREE] Watch the Groundbreaking 8-Part Docu-series, ‘The Gut Solution’ (Starts July 1st)

Posted by Paul Battista in biotech/medical, neuroscience

Nov 16
2019

Did you know that obesity, autoimmune disease, diabetes, arthritis, depression, anxiety and eczema all have one thing in common? It’s the gut.

Read more | >

Welcome to cultured meat — not pigs reading Proust but a viable alternative to slaughter

Posted by Dan Kummer in food

Nov 16
2019

The meatball that shook the world has investors salivating.

Read more | >

Scientists find a new way to measure gravity

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Nov 16
2019

Researchers develop a novel method to measure gravity that can get much more information.

Read more | >

New twist on CRISPR technology

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, food

Nov 16
2019

In a classic episode of an old-school TV comedy called I Love Lucy, we see Lucille Ball stepping into an assembly line job at a candy factory. As the pace of the conveyor belt exceeds her ability to wrap the candy, the frenzy gets the best of her. She shoves candy into her pockets, into her hat, into her mouth—it’s a job fail.

As we know, faster doesn’t always mean better. And precision can take a big bite out of speed.

Sometimes, though, innovative minds come up with a new strategy that improves both efficiency and precision.

Read more | >

Sleep deprivation makes you crave sugar

Posted by Paul Battista in neuroscience

Nov 16
2019

Purified cannabidiol reduces seizures in patients with severe epilepsy

Posted by Paul Battista in biotech/medical

Nov 16
2019

Purified cannabidiol reduces seizures in patients with severe epilepsy, study shows.

Read more | >

Regular Crew Launches by SpaceX, Boeing Likely Won’t Start Until Summer 2020, NASA Inspector General Says

Posted by Genevieve Klien in space travel

Nov 16
2019

A new report from NASA’s Office of Inspector General finds that regular commercial crew flights by private companies SpaceX and Boeing likely won’t begin until summer 2020, despite NASA’s push for spring 2020 targets.

Read more | >

Polio Vaccine May Stall The End Of Polio

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, health

Nov 16
2019

CDC Sends Surge Staffers To Stop Vaccine-Derived Polio Outbreaks In Africa : Goats and Soda Health officials have long known that virus from the oral vaccine can contaminate water supplies; they underestimated how big a problem this would be.

Read more | >

Discovered: the brain’s map pins

Posted by Genevieve Klien in neuroscience

Nov 16
2019

New finding sheds new light on how the brain processes spatial memory.

Read more | >