( education / science / space ) I just found this article while researching the Van Allen belts.
The kicker? It's actually saving us.
Forget the Karman line, there's a human-made space barrier to wonder about, first observed by NASA in 2017. T ... read more
( education / science / biology ) "Researchers have mapped the normal bacteria that live in and on the healthy human body. The accomplishment sets the stage for better understanding how bacterial communities affect human health and disease... The scientists found that more than 10,000 microbial species occupy the human body. Th ... read more
( education / science / biology ) "HMP researchers also reported that this plethora of microbes contribute more genes responsible for human survival than humans contribute. Where the human genome carries some 22,000 protein-coding genes, researchers estimate that the human microbiome contributes some 8 million unique protein-co ... read more
( education / science / biology ) "Bacterial communities play important roles in the health of their hosts, including roles in immune system development1, nutrition2, and resistance to infection3."
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( education / science / research ) "Maxwell Chikumbutso's Game-Changing Free Energy Device shows that when Foster Gamble and Kimberly Carter Gamble released the 2011 documentary Thrive...
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( education / science / research ) Read the rest of the article at physicists-circuit-limitless-power-graphene.htmlRead the rest of the article at phys.org/news/2020-10-physicists-circuit-limitless-power-graphene.htmlA team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's t... read more
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"Australia-based researchers used a metal-organic framework (MOF), a type of lattice-like crystal, to desalinate water with..."... read more
( education / science ) Read the rest of the article at dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8611631/Earths-nearest-dwarf-planet-Ceres-waterworld-harbours-salty-ocean.htmlRead the rest of the article at dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8611631/Earths-nearest-dwarf-planet-Ceres-waterworld-harbours-salty-ocean.htmlThe rese ... read more
( education / science / astronomy / biology ) Read the rest of the article at Stellar-explosions-created-calcium-teeth-bones-study-reveals.html
"Rare stellar explosions, called 'calcium-rich supernovae,' produced half of the universe's calcium and what is found in our teeth and bones, as it can create massive amounts in just..... read more
( education / science / water ) A 26-year old man decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times before). I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he wanted to bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he remove... read more
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"Children have a never-ending curiosity about the world around them and frequently question how and why it works the way it does. Researchers have previously demonstrated that children are interested in causal information, but had not yet linke... read more
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"Inhibiting a family of enzymes inside hair follicles that are suspended in a resting state restores hair growth, a new study has found. In experiments with mouse and human hair follicles, researchers found that drugs that inhibit the Janus kinase (J... read more
( education / science ) Read the rest of the article at Refreshing News: Exposing Kids To 10 Hours Of Science A Year Makes Them Smarter.
"A lot of students say things like, 'I didn't know science was fun,' said Samantha Gizerian, now a clinical assistant professor at Washington State University."... read more
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