Vladimir Skulachev, chief of the Bioenergetics Department of Moscow State University, claims to have developed a new pill that could stop the aging process in the human body. Apparently, the pill works as a super anti-oxidant and prevents oxygen from harming the body as it deteriorates.
If you’ve any interest in seeing some of the other planets in our solar system, this coming week is pretty much a fiesta. The biggest event is with Jupiter, which will be particularly visible for three reasons: At a mere 368 million miles away, it will be the closest to Earth it has been since […]
Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and marks any heart not tough enough or strong enough to take a lot of pain. But what the Everly Brothers, Nazareth, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons and Roy Orbison all omitted to mention is that love costs you two close friends. That’s the conclusion of research at Oxford University […]
Here is an example of an ant death spiral, where a group of ants gets separated from their colony and start following each other by scent in a circle, and they do so until they all die of exhaustion. [Via Reddit]
A new neuroprosthetic interface – that is “it reads minds without drilling into skulls” – is being tested by scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Federal De Lausanne’s Institute of Bioengineering. The practical application – one can now pilot an electric wheelchair using only one’s mind – brings a new type of mobility to the fully […]
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When Brazil’s Roberto Carlos struck a soccer ball from 35 meters against France and it appeared to change direction in mid-air on its way into the goal, the phrase “defied physics” was uttered by numerous pundits. Now physicists say it did nothing of the sorts. Four French scientists (Guillaume Dupeux, Anne Le Goff, David Quéré […]
Thanks to the Leidenfrost effect, Popsci’s Mike Walker was able to safely plunge (just for a second!) his hand in a jar of liquid nitrogen. Check it out: [Via PopSci]
One of the geekiest moments of any year, the leap second, may be under threat. The International Telecommunications Union, the organization that governs global communications issues including how computers deal with time, is calling for feedback on the idea of dropping the practice. The leap second is designed to correct the disparity between the rigid […]
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