Dr. Hoover has discovered evidence of microfossils similar to Cyanobacteria, in freshly fractured slices of the interior surfaces of the Alais, Ivuna, and Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous meteorites…. The implications are that life is everywhere, and that life on Earth may have come from other planets.
via Journal of Cosmology.
Op-Ed Contributor - We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change - NYTimes.com.
“I, for one, genuinely wish that the climate crisis were an illusion. But unfortunately, the reality of the danger we are courting has not been changed by the discovery of at least two mistakes in the thousands of pages of careful scientific work over the last 22 years by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ”
Scientists Crunch Data to Build an Evolutionary Tree of Life - NYTimes.com.
“Biologists know how species are related but lack the tools to show off their discoveries.”
Study Suggests Why Gut Instincts Work | LiveScience.
“After conducting some unique memory and recognition tests, while also recording subjects’ brain waves, scientists conclude that some gut feelings are not just guesswork after all. Rather, we access memories we aren’t even aware we have.”
“A signaling protein released during rheumatoid arthritis dramatically reduced Alzheimer’s disease pathology and reversed the memory impairment of mice bred to develop symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease”
via Rheumatoid arthritis signaling protein reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mouse model.
“The study showed that women need more than just a kiss to experience the same chemical high as men – with additional features such as a romantic atmosphere of dimmed lights and mood music also required.”
via Kissing feels so pleasurable due to hormone surge, find scientists.
“University of Utah researchers said their new nanotechnology can scan materials such as bones and tumor cells and the method might be used for detecting fatigue in materials such as carbon-fiber plastics.”
“The Humber College seniors made contact with the International Space Station Monday with a radio system they designed and built themselves.”
via Students call space station with home-built radio - The Globe and Mail.
“The Humber College seniors made contact with the International Space Station Monday with a radio system they designed and built themselves.”
via Students call space station with home-built radio - The Globe and Mail.
YouTube - Cloning passport card RFIDs in bulk for under $250. Ethical hacker Chris Paget demonstrates a low-cost mobile device that surreptitiously reads and clones RFID tags embedded in United States passport cards and enhanced drivers’ licenses.
“An ‘immortal’ jellyfish is swarming through the world’s oceans, according to scientists.”
via ‘Immortal’ jellyfish swarming across the world - Telegraph.
“The source of the metal appears to be caustic soda and hydrochloric acid, which manufacturers of corn syrup use to help convert corn kernels into the food additive.”
via Researchers find traces of mercury in high-fructose corn syrup.
Future Emissions May Cause ‘Irreversible’ Warming | LiveScience. ”Future rises in carbon dioxide will lead to irreversible changes to Earth’s climate.”
