Scientists Trace Process Of How One Cell Can Develop into Complex Lifeforms
All forms of multicellular life here on Earth begin with just a single cell. From this one cell springs a stream of specialized cells that go on to serve needed functions to create and keep a new life-form alive. This complex process is one of nature’s greatest mysteries. A zebrafish egg cell forms a complex […]
Professor Stephen Hawking: 1942 – 2018
Stephen Hawking, the brilliant, respected and world-famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, died at his home in Cambridge, England on March 14, 2018, at age 76. Throughout his 50+ year career, Professor Hawking helped us better understand the origins and workings of our universe. According to a biography published on his website, www.hawking.org.uk, Stephen William Hawking was […]
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New Ebola Drugs Possible; New Weather Satellite; Bacteria or Virus?
Ebola Antibodies Could Lead to Effective Vaccines and Therapies According to the Centers for Disease Control, the 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic killed 11,316 people with about 28,638 suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of the deadly disease. The worst outbreak of Ebola in history prompted researchers from around the world to work on developing ways […]
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Facebook Likes Reveal Personality Traits
A new Anglo-American study has provided evidence that the ‘digital footprints’ you leave behind on your visits to social media websites such as Facebook can reveal more about your personality than your family or best friends. Researchers at California’s Stanford University and the UK’s University of Cambridge constructed a computer model that mined the Facebook […]
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Neanderthals Invented Leather Tool Still Used Today
New evidence shows Neanderthals likely invented a type of hand tool that’s still being today by high-end leather workers. Two international teams of researchers reached that conclusion after discovering remnants of bone tools crafted by ancient man about 50,000 years ago. The tools found at two Paleolithic sites in southwest France were identified as a […]