Science
What does altruism have to do with the survival of the species?
There’s a surprising new wrinkle in the story of the celebrated Shroud of Turin.
If successful a completely new universe will be revealed – rewriting not only the physics books but the philosophy books too.
When you tickle the toes of newborn babies, the experience for them isn’t quite as you would imagine it to be. That’s because, according to new evidence reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on October 19, infants in the first four months of life apparently feel that touch and wiggle their feet without connecting the sensation to you.
A group of bioengineers from the University of Illinois in Chicago developed a so-called “psychic robot” that can predict our physical actions thanks to a mathematical algorithm, which estimates a person’s intents by analyzing their previous actions.
Not only that, much of the science research that remains is more and more motivated by profits.
Their conclusions may surprise you – and make you want to be a lot more altruistic.
What if Elon Musk pulled a fast one on us and announced some of the building blocks of that ‘invisible chauffeur’ service, but didn’t tell anyone what those features were truly meant for.
Scientists face the most complicated task – the attempts to find out which genes are providing the longevity of bacteria, and which proteins are protecting the DNA structure from damages.
After taking a single stem cell from an embryo and growing a patch of cells in a laboratory, these were then transplanted into the patient’s eye.
This is a discovery that, were the scientific community to get on board, would represent “the most significant experiments performed in the past 90 years, demanding re-evaluation of the whole conceptual framework of modern chemistry,” according to one chemist.
Researchers have figured out how to send thoughts over the Internet using a brain-to-brain connection and a huge magnet.
Invisibility has long been one of the marvels in science fiction and fantasy – and more recently in physics.
If you want to experience what it’s like to be humbled, read through the following mind-altering crazy facts about life.
University of Washington researchers recently used a direct brain-to-brain connection to enable pairs of participants to play a question-and-answer game by transmitting signals from one brain to the other over the Internet.
