Tag: Science

Teenagers Write 5,100 Notes to Lift the Spirits of Every Student in School

This past month has been terrifying for high schoolers across the nation. Following the tragic events in Parkland, Florida, there's been an alarming number of other rumored and real threats of gun violence, especially in the hallways of Carmel Clay High School in Carmel, Indiana. After a shaky week which resulted in the arrest of two male students, the Carmel teenagers were in need...

Bill Gates Thinks We Can Fuel Cars with Polluted Air

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) levels haven’t been this high in 800,000 years, according to last year’s report by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. Let’s rewind back to science class for a moment. Remember carbon dioxide? That bully of a greenhouse gas that traps the sun’s heat in the atmosphere? Without consistent (and persistent) effort to remove the excess gas, it can remain in the earth’s atmosphere...
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New AI Can Predict How Much Longer You Have to Live

“Doctor, how much time do I have left?” is one of the most difficult but inevitable questions that the doctors of the seriously ill...

Could “Artificial” Sperm Cure Infertility?

Researchers from Cambridge University’s Gurdon Institute have made significant progress towards the replication of  human sperm cells in the lab. Their work, which employed...

Researchers Accidentally Invent Glass That Repairs Itself When Broken

Sounds like magic? Chemists in Japan have just invented a new type of glass that can heal itself when cracked or broken. All it...

Is This Weird Asteroid a Sign of Alien Life? The First Results Are In

Is “home” finally returning ET’s call? That’s what researchers at the Breakthrough Listen initiative, the largest scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of...

Hangover-Free Alcohol Could Replace Regular Alcohol in the Next Few Years

This is not a drill - alcohol that doesn't result in a hangover is coming to a bar near you. Just imagine, having drinks with...

Woman With First Womb Transplant Gives Birth to a Healthy Baby

A baby boy just made US history in Dallas. His mother, who received an experimental womb transplant to get pregnant, is the first person...

The Family Profiting From the Opioid Crisis Hides Behind Charity

America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis— opioid addiction and the subsequent loss of many lives. The prescription drug OxyContin has been attributed...

Mystery Fossil Teeth Spark Controversy About the History of Mankind

In 2016, a group of researchers in Germany found two fossilized teeth belonging to an unknown early primate. One of the teeth, the researchers...

Scientists Think Psoriasis Could be Cured With… Fire Ants

Scientists from Emory University of Medicine, Atlanta have successfully treated mice displaying symptoms of psoriasis using compounds isolated from fire ant venom. The breakthrough...

AI Can Catch Alzheimer’s 10 Years Before Symptoms Show. Here’s How

Doctors might soon have a new tool to help them catch Alzheimer’s disease years before tell-tale symptoms emerge. A research team in Italy has...

America’s Clock is Already Ticking on the Next Natural Disaster

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma might be gone for good, but don’t relax just yet. There’s an earthquake overdue in California, and it could leave...

Scientists Have Developed a New Camera That Can See Through the Human Body

Doctors will soon be able to "see" through the human body, thanks to a new camera developed by scientists in Scotland. The cutting edge technology...