Reported Breakthrough in Growing Embryos in Vitro Could Raise Ethical Issues for Research
Photo taken in 2008 shows a scientific researcher handling frozen embryonic stem cells in a laboratory, at the Univesity of Sao Paulo's human genome research center. Scientists reported on May 4, 2016 they had grown human embryos in the lab for nearly ...>> view originalHumans Paid for Bigger Brains With Gas-Guzzling Bodies
Evolution works on a strict energy budget. Each adaptation burns through a certain number of calories, and each individual can only acquire so many calories in the course of a day. You can’t have flapping wings and a huge body and venom and fast legs and a big brain. If you want to expand some departments, you need to make cuts in others. That’s why, for example, animals that reproduce faster tend to die earlier. They divert energy towards making new bodies, and away from maintaining their own...>> view originalMeteor Shower Spawned by Halley's Comet Peaks This Week
Justin Ng of Singapore captured this view of a bright Eta Aquarid meteor hurtling across the night sky over Mount Bromo, on the Indonesian island of Java. Credit: © Justin Ng If you missed out on seeing Halley's Comet during its last Earth flyby in 1986, don't despair — you can spot tiny pieces of the icy wanderer overhead this week. Dusty debris that Halley's Comet has shed on its 75-year-long laps around the sun slams into Earth's atmosphere during the first week of May every year..>> view originalIBM invites users to test its quantum computer
IBM on Wednesday opened its quantum computer processor to anyone who wants to try what is expected to be a new kind of computing with enormously improved power and speed. The cloud-based computing system will allow users to explore the ...>> view originalGlobal Warming Is Running Down The Oceans' Oxygen
First Posted: May 05, 2016 04:10 AM EDT Ocean's oxygen is depleting because of climate change, according to a study. (Photo : Andrew Redington/Getty Images) The researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) state that the oceans' oxygen all around the globe is depleting due to the global warming.Like Us on Facebook Tech Times reports that study was published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles. It was led by Matthew Long and other scholars from NCAR. They a..>> view originalWhere Do Trump, Clinton, And Sanders Stand On NASA?
With just three major candidates left in the running for President of the United States, where do they stand on NASA? And what could this mean for the drive to place humans on Mars? Shown: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. (Photo : Andrew Burton | Getty Images) The 2016 presidential race has now come down to just three contenders in the two major political parties. Each of these candidates - Billionaire real estate Mogul Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Vermont Se..>> view original
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