SCIENCE

SINGLE-DOSE OF GENE THERAPY HAILED AS ‘MAGIC WAND’ FOR PATIENTS WITH DEADLY CONDITION
BY: ANDY CORBLEY ... CRISPR is at it again: this time providing a single-dose option to cure a debilitating genetic disorder called hereditary angioedema … continue reading

RARE FOSSIL SHOWS TREES LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT 350 MILLION YEARS AGO
BY: CHRISTIAN THORSBERG ... The newly discovered specimen looks like something from the imagination of Dr. Seuss, and it sheds light on a little - understood … continue reading

LARGEST BODY OF WATER WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI DISAPPEARED 130 YEARS AGO. NOW IT'S BACK
BY: NOAH LLOYD ... The San Joaquin Valley of California, despite supplying a significant percentage of the country's food, is nevertheless a dry, arid place … continue reading

ENVIRONMENTAL DNA IS EVERYWHERE - SCIENTISTS ARE GATHERING IT ALL
BY: PETER ANDREY SMITH ... The ability to extract trace bits of DNA from soil, water, and even air is revolutionizing science. Are there pitfalls? … continue reading

CULTURED BEEF RICE: 'HYBRID' FOOD ENGINEERED FOR WARFARE, SPACE TRAVEL
BY: SEJAL SHARMA ... In eatables that could be used during wars or in space, where there’s usually a scarcity of edible food, a new kind of ‘hybrid’ meals … continue reading

REPURPOSING WASTEWATER COULD HELP STOP THE PLANET FROM CIRCLING THE DRAIN
BY: SARA FRIEDMAN ... A company is taking the water from your toilet bowl and turning it into something good enough to drink … continue reading

ANOTHER SPUTNIK MOMENT FOR RUSSIA? PUTIN ANNOUNCES CANCER VACCINE
BY: SEJAL SHARMA ... In a surprise announcement, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed a promising breakthrough in cancer research during a technology forum in Moscow … continue reading

THE NEW SELF-AMPLIFYING RNA VACCINES PROMISE TO BE DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE THE FUN!
BY: KAREN HUNT ... It’s all part of a quest to discover the best ways to send messages through human bodies instructing those bodies to perform in whatever way they are ordered … continue reading

DO MCDONALD'S FRENCH FRIES CONTAIN A 'CIGARETTE INGREDIENT' CALLED 'ACRILANE'?
BY: JORDAN LILES ... Since at least August 2023, Facebook users have shared a warning about the purported dangers of McDonald's french fries containing "acrilane," which was described … continue reading

CHINESE SPACEPLANE RELEASES SIX MYSTERIOUS OBJECTS THAT ARE EMITTING SIGNALS WHAT'S THE SPACECRAFT UP TO?
BY: VICTOR TANGERMANN ... After embarking on its third mission, China's top-secret spaceplane, dubbed Shenlong, has released six mysterious objects into Earth's orbit … continue reading

WHY WE’LL NEVER LIVE IN SPACE
BY: SARAH SCOLES ... Medical, financial and ethical hurdles stand in the way of the dream to settle in space … continue reading

MEET THE NEXT GENERATION OF DOCTORS—AND THEIR SURGICAL ROBOTS
BY: NEHA MUKHERJEE ... When medical student Alyssa Murillo stepped into surgery, she was met with something most wouldn’t expect to find in an operating room: a towering surgical robot … continue reading

SEVEN THINGS SCIENCE HAS REVEALED ABOUT ALIENS SO FAR
BY: BBC FUTURE TEAM ... Lunar bugs to ocean moons: seven things science has revealed about aliens so far. Extraterrestrial life could really be out there among the stars – here is some of what we have learned thanks to science … continue reading

TYSON FOODS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST MEAT PRODUCERS, IS INVESTING IN INSECT PROTEINL
BY: DANIELLE WIENER-BRONNER ... New York CNN — Tyson, a major US producer of beef, pork and chicken, is betting on protein that comes from insects … continue reading

10 SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS WE CAN'T ANSWER YET
BY: NATHAN CHANDLER ... When the Black Death ran rampant through cities in the Middle Ages, no one knew exactly how or why the awful disease spread. After many generations, we figured out … continue reading

THESE PLANT-BASED MICROROBOTS COULD SAVE YOU TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL
BY: AMAL JOS CHACKO ... A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo has unveiled a remarkable leap in medical technology … continue reading

PALM BEACH COUNTY SMASHES ALL-TIME RECORD FOR SEA TURTLE NESTS: 21,800 & COUNTING
BY: ANDY CORBLEY ... alm Beach County has already shattered the record for the number of turtle nests recorded during a single nesting season on Juno Beach, with three months of countin … continue reading

A PATH TO DEFEATING CROP-KILLING GRAY MOLD WITHOUT TOXIC CHEMICALS
BY: JULES BERNSTEIN ... If you've ever seen a fuzzy gray strawberry, you've seen gray mold. It affects more than 1,400 different plant species, and there is no real cure for it … continue reading

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION POLLUTED WITH HARMFUL CHEMICALS
BY: MRIGAKSHI DIXIT ... The study found that the concentration of chemical contaminants on the ISS notably exceeds that of dust on the floors of homes in the United States and Western Europe … continue reading

BUTTERFLIES PROVE COMPLEX LEARNING MAY BE MORE COMMON IN INSECTS THAN WE THOUGHT
BY: MELISSA BREYE ... A new study reveals the first direct evidence of spatial learning in any butterfly or moth species … continue reading

SCIENTISTS CLAIM TO HAVE DEVELOPED TARGETED CHEMOTHERAPY PILL THAT CAN “ANNIHILATE” TUMORS
BY: ETHAN HUFF ... Scientists claim to have developed targeted chemotherapy pill that can “annihilate” tumors while leaving healthy cells alone … continue reading

A BACKGROUND ‘HUM’ PERVADES THE UNIVERSE - SCIENTISTS ARE RACING TO FIND ITS SOURCE
BY: JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN ... Astronomers are now seeking to pinpoint the origins of an exciting new form of gravitational waves that was announced earlier this year … continue reading

IN SOUTHERN ITALY, THE LOOMING THREAT OF AN UNDERGROUND VOLCANO
BY: AGOSTINO PETRONI ... An uptick in small earthquakes has caught the attention of scientists, who watch for signs of an imminent eruption … continue reading

WHO ARE THE MOST LIKELY LOSERS OF THE 'ORCA UPRISING?
BY: KELSEY VLAMIS ... Who are the most likely losers of the 'orca uprising?' Sadly, the killer whales themselves … continue reading

CULTIVATED MEAT TO ENTER US MARKET WITH FULL USDA APPROVAL FOR EAT JUST & UPSIDE FOODS
BY: MEGAN POINSKI ... Cultivated meat is officially able to enter the U.S. market, with the USDA issuing grants … continue reading

HOW LASER WEAPONS ARE CHANGING MILITARY DEFENSE AND OFFENSE
BY: TREVOR ENGLISH ... Laser weapons are agile, have infinite ammunition, and can take down a variety of targets … continue reading

TERMITES OUTSMART HUMANS WHEN IT COMES TO HVAC SYSTEMS
BY: MELISSA BREYER ... Termite mounds can teach us the secret to creating "living and breathing" buildings … continue reading

FLY LONDON TO NEW YORK ON USED COOKING OIL
BY: BABA TAMIM ... World’s first net-zero transatlantic flight: fly London to New ork on used cooking oil … continue reading

17-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS GREENER MOTOR THAT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE EVS
BY: SAMI GROVER ... Even though electric vehicles might help us in transition away from fossil fuels, they also create these new problems … continue reading

A MYSTERIOUS METALLIC ORB THAT MIGHT HOLD VALUABLE INFORMATION WAS FOUND IN MEXICO
BY: DENIZ YILDIRAN ... Random objects falling onto random locations on our planet are nothing new, and it wouldn't be a surprise … continue reading

FUNGI SPECIES NEW TO SCIENCE DISCOVERED IN SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
BY: ANDY CORBLEY ... What happens when you take 216 teaspoons of dirt from 55 remote Scottish mountains? Discovery, that’s what. Scientists doing a survey of soil-born … continue reading

PFAS: POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH TO DESTROY HARMFUL 'FOREVER CHEMICALS'
BY: ESME STALLARD ... Chemists have identified how to destroy "forever chemicals" in a low-cost way for the first time, new research says … continue reading

SPACE COMMAND’S LT. GEN JOHN SHAW SAYS SPACE IS 'UNDER THREAT'
BY: RAMIN SKIBBA ... In an exclusive interview, the military branch’s second in command talks about junk in orbit … continue reading

MIT RESEARCHERS REVERSE HEARING LOSS BY REGENERATING INNER EAR HAIR GROWTH
BY: ZACH WINN - MIT ... Spinoff from MIT, Frequency Therapeutics, has a new drug candidate that stimulates the growth of hair cells in the inner ear … continue reading

WHY A U.S. COMPANY PLANS TO RELEASE 2.4 BILLION GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES
BY: MARGARET OSBORNE ... The insects, created by biotech firm Oxitec, will be non-biting males engineered to only produce viable male offspring … continue reading

AMERICANS’ TRUST IN SCIENTISTS, OTHER GROUPS DECLINES
BY: BRIAN KENNEDY, ALEC TYSON, CARY FUNK ... Republicans’ confidence in medical scientists down sharply since early in the coronavirus outbreak … continue reading

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POWERS PROTEIN-FOLDING PREDICTIONS
BY: MICHAEL EISENSTEIN ... The student’s science project included a spotted lanternfly, an invasive species, that officials did not yet know reached the state … continue reading

KANSAS BOY’S BUG COLLECTION GARNERS BLUE RIBBON AT STATE FAIR & FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
BY: DAVID KINDY ... The student’s science project included a spotted lanternfly, an invasive species, that officials did not yet know reached the state. … continue reading

RETIRED BLACK SURGEON ON GLOBAL MISSION TO EDUCATE HOW VITAMIN D3 CAN HELP COMBAT COVID-19
BY: JEFFREY MCKINNEY ... Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews has devoted much of his life—and spent $3.5 million of his own money—to research and uncover the benefits of Vitamin D3.M. … continue reading

AFTER WILLIAM SHATNER FLIGHT, PRINCE WILLIAM SLAMS SPACE TOURISM
BY: ALJAZERRA STAFF ... ‘We need some of the world’s greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live,’ says royal … continue reading

INTERNATIONAL TEAM CREATES FIRST CHIMERIC HUMAN-MONKEY EMBRYOS
BY: USHA LEE MCFARLING ... TA team of scientists from the U.S., China, and Spain reported Thursday they have created the first embryos that were part human and part monkey and kept them alive for up to 20 days in laboratory dishes … continue reading

ENDANGERED BLACK-FOOTED FERRET CLONED FOR THE FIRST TIME
BY: RACHAEL RETTNER ... The feat marks the first time an endangered species in the U.S. has been cloned. Elizabeth Ann is the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species. Above, Elizabeth Ann at 68 days old … continue reading

STEM CELL AI -- 'BRAIN ON A CHIP' PROJECT AIMS TO REVOLUTIONIZE COMPUTING POWER
BY: JAMES TOUT ... Revolutionary Neu-ChiP project will see scientists use human brain stem cells on microchips to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence (AI) ASTON UNIVERSITY. Scientists have started work on a project that will see human brain stem cells used to power artificial intelligence … continue reading

SUSTAINED, HIGH-FIDELITY QUANTUM TELEPORTATION ACHIEVED FOR THE FIRST TIME
BY: FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY ... A viable quantum internet — a network in which information stored in qubits is shared over long distances through entanglement — would transform the fields of data storage, precision sensing and computing, ushering in a new era of communication … continue reading

YOUTUBER CREATES REAL-LIFE ‘STAR WARS’ LIGHTSABER THAT SLICES STEEL
BY: HANNAH SPARKS ... This is no Hollywood prop. Engineer and YouTube personality James Hobson has finally done what so many movie nerds before him have dreamed about: He created a functional — and potentially deadly — lightsaber fit for a real Jedi … continue reading

SCIENTISTS CLAIM TO DISCOVER NEW ORGAN IN HUMAN SKULL
BY: DAN ROBITZSKI ... FA team of doctors from the Netherlands was studying high-resolution brain scans when they stumbled upon a set of previously-undiscovered organs hiding inside the base of the human skull: a fourth pair of salivary glands … continue reading

THIS MAY BE THE FIRST LAB-GROWN MEAT TO ACTUALLY HIT THE MARKET
BY: JON CHRISTIAN ... For years, there’s been a crowded market of startups racing to bring the first lab-grown meat to market — think Aleph Farms, JUST, and the Bill Gates-funded Memphis Meats. But bringing a product to supermarket shelves has remained elusive. To be fair, it continues to do so … continue reading

THE RUSH TO PATENT, CONTROL, PROFIT FROM THE CORONAVIRUS DATES BACK TO 1999, IMPLICATES THE CDC, DR. FAUCI
BY: LANCE D JOHNSON ... The rush to patent, control and profit from coronaviruses dates back to 1999 and implicates the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and virus researchers such as Ralph Barrick and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leader of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) who helped … continue reading

SMART DUST
BY: MAIZE. ... Smart Dust is a system of many tiny microelectromechanical systems such as sensors, robots, or other devices, that can detect light, temperature, vibration, magnetism, chemicals and other stimuli. In 1965, Gordon Moore, the founder of Intel, predicted that the number of components that could fit … continue reading

WHY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOSQUITOES WILL SOON BE RELEASED IN FLORIDA
BY: KASHMIRA GANDER ... Hundreds of millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes will soon be released in Florida, in a first for the U.S. On Tuesday … continue reading

US ARMY IS DEVELOPING SELF-HEALING & SHAPE-SHIFTING MATERIAL
BY: STACY LIBERATORE ... US Army is developing self-healing and shape-shifting material that could lead to 'Terminator-style' drones which morph to adapt to new threats. The US Army is pulling inspiration from the popular film 'Terminator 2' in designing material capable of shape-shifting and autonomously healing … continue reading

SCIENTIST FIND MICROPLASTICS INSIDE HUMAN ORGANS
BY: VICTOR TANGERMANN ... Bits of microplastics are showing up inside human tissues, according to new research. A team from Arizona State University found nanoplastic particles in all 47 samples of a variety of human organs, including lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys. “You can find plastics contaminating the environment … continue reading

JAPAN’S LIFE-SIZE, FULLY FUNCTIONAL 55,000-POUND GUNDAM IS NOW COMPLETE
BY: ELIAS MARAT ... Japan’s life-size, fully functional 55,000-pound Gundam is now complete Late last month, footage emerged of Japan’s full-sized Gundam robot testing the functionality of its legs in the Port of Yokohama which lies near Tokyo. Late last month, footage emerged of Japan’s full-sized Gundam robot testing … continue reading

GATES TRIES TO JUSTIFY SIDE EFFECTS OF FAST-TRACKED VACCINE
BY: DR. MERCOLA ... As vaccine companies rush to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to market, billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates — who routinely funnels hundreds of millions of dollars to various vaccine projects — warns you will probably need “multiple doses” of any given COVID-19 vaccine for it to be effective … continue reading

GEOPHYSICISTS DISCOVER VAST, ANOMALOUS STRUCTURES EMBEDDED IN THE EARTH’S LOWER MANTLE
BY: JAKE ANDERSON ... Whatever these structures are, they are located 3,000 kilometers below the surface of the Earth in the hellishly hot zone where the outer core meets the lower mantle. A stunning announcement by geophysicists earlier this month suggests the inside of our planet still has many deep mysteries that remain hidden … continue reading

ASTRONOMERS RECORD SIGNAL COMING FROM DEEP SPACE EVERY 157 DAYS
BY: VICTOR TANGERMANN ... A Scientists can't explain these mysterious signals from space — but they're trying. A team of astronomers have discovered a new “fast radio burst” (FRB) signal, Space.com reports — mysterious flashes of millisecond-wave energy, coming from distance space, that repeat every 157 days … continue reading

ISRAELI-ARAB RESEARCHER INVENTS SELF-HEALING ‘ELECTRONIC SKIN’
BY: YAKIR BENZION ... A doctoral student at the Technion has invented a soft electricity-conducting polymer that is elastic and waterproof, and can heal itself in the event of an “injury,” even if cut apart. Technion doctoral student Muhammad Khatib is working on his PhD in chemical engineering and developed a new plastic … continue reading

UNIVERSE MAY ACTUALLY HAVE A 'NORTH' & A 'SOUTH' AS NEW TESTS TEAR HOLES IN EINSTEIN'S GRAVITY THEORY
BY: RT NEWS ... Scientists studying a quasar 13 billion light years away believe they have discovered a ‘direction’ to the universe which, if proven true, would upend not only Einstein’s theory of gravity, but the standard model of cosmology. The universe is governed by four fundamental forces which stitch it together … continue reading

THIS MUTANT BACTERIAL ENZYME COULD RECYCLE PLASTIC BOTTLES IN JUST HOURS
BY: ANTHONY MCLENNAN ... It’s one of the biggest challenges facing humanity: how to stop the tide of plastic pollution that is suffocating our planet. Now, a French company called Carbios has developed a mutant enzyme formula which can break down plastic into a pristine recyclable form in only a few hours … continue reading

SCIENTISTS GROW ‘YARN’ FROM HUMAN FLESH SO THEY CAN STITCH PEOPLE UP, REPAIR ORGANS
BY: ELIAS MARAT ... Scientists just created flexible yarn from human skin cells. A team of scientists in France have managed to grow a “human textile” from human skin cells, creating yarn based on human flesh that can be used to close wounds or knitted, crocheted, and weaved into unique patterns for implantable skin … continue reading

SCIENTISTS BUILD “FIRST LIVING ROBOTS” FROM FROG STEM CELLS
BY: VICTOR TANGERMANN ... A team of researchers have built what they claim to be the first living robots. The “xenobots,” they say, can move, pick up objects, and even heal themselves after being cut. The team is hoping the biological machines could one day be used to clean up microplastics in the ocean or even deliver drugs … continue reading

FAMOUS GENETICIST’S DATING APP WOULD MATCH USERS BASED ON DNA
BY: KRISTIN HOUSER ... Harvard geneticist ... George Church’s long list of lofty — but very possibly attainable — goals for the future of DNA research includes resurrecting the woolly mammoth, reversing human aging, and perhaps even helping you gain superhuman powers … continue reading