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Feb 22, 2019

Why It’ll Take Israel’s Lunar Lander 8 Weeks to Get to the Moon

Posted by in category: space travel

An Israeli lunar lander just launched on a historic moon mission — but touchdown is still eight weeks away.

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Feb 22, 2019

Woman with heart and double-lung transplant praises new technology

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Three years ago Kate Phillips, who has suffered congenital heart disease her whole life, received a heart and lung transplant which saved her life.

But her successful operation isn’t a reality for many patients on vital organ waiting lists.

Out of 381 hearts only 81 were successfully transplanted in Australia last year. Hearts are usually lucky to withstand a transport time of about four hours, with only one in four reaching operating tables.

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Feb 22, 2019

Scientists Discovered a Star That Explodes Every Year

Posted by in category: futurism

An astrophysicist involved with the research said he was “very surprised.”

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Feb 22, 2019

Utilities are starting to invest in big batteries instead of building new power plants

Posted by in category: energy

Energy storage could prove an inexpensive way for power companies to handle heat waves and other times when consumers use more electricity than usual.

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Feb 22, 2019

Science: Talking to Your Dog Means You’re Smart, Not Crazy

Posted by in category: science

Chatting with your pets is actually a sign of intelligence, according to experts.

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Feb 22, 2019

Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor

Posted by in categories: computing, materials

A scientist working for the U.S. Navy has filed for a patent on a room-temperature superconductor, representing a potential paradigm shift in energy transmission and computer systems.

Salvatore Cezar Pais is listed as the inventor on the Navy’s patent application made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday.

The application claims that a room-temperature superconductor can be built using a wire with an insulator core and an aluminum PZT (lead zirconate titanate) coating deposited by vacuum evaporation with a thickness of the London penetration depth and polarized after deposition.

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Feb 22, 2019

Virgin Galactic space plane takes first test passenger into space

Posted by in category: space travel

Astronaut trainer Beth Moses joined two pilots on the space tourism company’s latest test flight.

Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo at the Mojave Space Port in California on Feb. 22, 2019. Virgin Galactic / AFP — Getty Images.

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Feb 22, 2019

Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board

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Astronaut trainer Beth Moses tagged along for the ride.

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Feb 22, 2019

Ron Howard Grew Up on TV. Now He’s Tackling the Science of Aging

Posted by in categories: life extension, science

The points he makes here are things many of us have told people many times over and now it will be part of a tv show for mainstream audiences.


He’s executive producer of the National Geographic Channel’s “Breakthrough” series, exploring scientific fields on the brink of discovery.

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Feb 22, 2019

Breastmilk microbiome linked to method of feeding

Posted by in category: biological

The idea that breastmilk has a microbiome (or microbiota)—a community of bacteria living within it—is relatively new and has sparked debate about where breastmilk bacteria come from. Some scientists believe breastmilk bacteria originate in the mother’s gut while others believe they are transferred to the mother from the infant’s mouth during breastfeeding.

New research from the CHILD Cohort Study—an ongoing birth cohort study involving thousands of Canadian children and their families—has shed some light on this question by highlighting the importance of the infant’s mouth as a source of breastmilk bacteria.

The study, published today in Cell Host & Microbe, found that among the many factors examined, the method of breastfeeding—whether mothers fed their infants directly at the breast or fed them pumped breastmilk from a bottle—was the most consistent factor associated with the milk microbiota composition.

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