Science & Technology

Gene editing in human embryos takes step closer to reality 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 12, 2018
Successful correction of genetic problems in mice before birth raises hopes of similar treatments for humans

By David Aragorn
Stephen Hawking’s final scientific paper released 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 11, 2018
Black Hole Entropy and Soft Hair was completed in the days before the physicist’s death in March

By David Aragorn
Scientists get the drop on the cell’s nucleus 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 11, 2018
A team of physicists has devised a novel strategy that uses naturally occurring motions inside the human cell nucleus to measure the physical properties of the nucleus and its components.

By David Aragorn
The early universe was a fluid quark-gluon plasma 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 10, 2018
Scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, and their colleagues from the international ALICE collaboration recently collided xenon nuclei, in order to gain new insights into the properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (the QGP) – the matter that the universe consisted of up to a microsecond after the Big Bang.

By David Aragorn
Build ‘Noah’s ark’ for beneficial gut microbes, scientists say 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 6, 2018
Repository would store ‘friendly’ germs from the intestines of people in remote communities for future medical treatments

By David Aragorn
Laser mapping shows the surprising complexity of the Maya civilization 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 4, 2018
Ancient Guatemalan cities were larger and more interconnected than thought

By David Aragorn
There’s a zombie attack happening right now. It involves crickets.0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 4, 2018
Excerpt: Plight of the Living Dead

By David Aragorn
Scientists Can Now Peek Inside Mummies in a Whole New Way 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 3, 2018
A revved-up version of traditional CT scanning shows it’s possible to acquire microscopic-scale images of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing previously unseen features such as blood vessels and nerves.

By David Aragorn
Addiction genes inserted into humans’ ‘dark DNA’ by ancient viruses, study finds 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 27, 2018
Human genome ‘littered’ with viral DNA but problem drug users three times more likely to carry genetic fragments in regions which control reward centres and addictive behaviour

By David Aragorn
Watch Plants Light Up When They Get Attacked 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 26, 2018
Scientists showed that plants are much less passive than they seem by revealing the secret workings of their threat communication systems.

By David Aragorn