Future healthcare systems will benefit from improved diagnostics and treatment, as well as being assisted by digital tools and AI, a new report from the World Economic Forum points out. But macro-economic trends, worker well-being and growing inequalities continue to…
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Why Scientists Are Starting to Care About Cultures That Talk to Whales By Krista Langlois
22 February 2021Views: 619“If you start looking at the relationship between humans and animals from the perspective that Indigenous people themselves may have had, it reveals a rich new universe,” says Matthew Betts, an archaeologist with the Canadian Museum of History. Read more…
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We now know that cells can flirt dangerously with the boundary of death — and perhaps even cross it entirely — yet regain their lost function. Read more in quantamagazine Cellular Life, Death and Everything in Between By Elizabeth Svoboda…
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Have you had your genome sequenced? If you asked this question five years ago, people would have thought you were crazy. Today, genome sequencing is already for sale in supermarkets Read more in weforum Today you can have your genome…
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25+ Astounding Science Facts We Didn’t Know at The Start of 2018 By Science Alert
4 February 2019Views: 1,917Viruses are literally raining on us from the sky all the time. In fact, hundreds of millions of viruses per day are deposited above the lowest layer of the atmosphere – much more than anyone suspected. Read more in Science…
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Scientists Fix a Crucial Photosynthesis ‘Glitch’, Boosting Crop Growth by 40% By Mike Mcrae
12 January 2019Views: 1,240Photosynthesis is the chemical reaction that lets plants turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into food, and this new hack could result in enough calories to help feed another 200 million people on our planet, from the same volume of crops.…
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Anti-aging medicine is so hot even this controversial idea has investors by Karen Weintraub
28 September 2018Views: 1,037The startup, Elevian, which is based in San Francisco, says it intends to explore whether daily injections of a protein called GDF11 can promote “the body’s ability to restore itself” The company builds on research findings several years ago that if…
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Here’s The Secret to Unlocking Your Creativity According To Science By Valerie Van Mulukom
28 April 2018Views: 1,556“Creative imagination” is what we normally consider to be creativity with a large C .This is different from everyday creativity, such as coming up with imaginative solutions to household problems or making crafts. Creative inspiration is notoriously elusive. Being able…
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Scientists Have Uncovered The Atomic Structure of a Key Alzheimer’s Protein By Peter Dockrill
24 July 2017Views: 1,432Thanks to the tau structures obtained from the deceased patient, researchers now have the ability to investigate how abnormal filaments function at an atomic level in the human brain – and studying these tangles won’t only benefit Alzheimer’s research Read…
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Colour-Changing Tattoo Ink Monitors Your Health in Real Time By Signe Dean
20 July 2017Views: 1,252Researchers have developed a new colour-changing tattoo ink that responds to changes in the body, such as blood sugar and sodium levels.So far, the team has developed three different inks that shift colour in response to changes in interstitial fluid.…